EV batteries remain major challenge for insurers – UK’s Thatcham

By Nick Carey LONDON (Reuters) -A lack of data on electric vehicle (EV) batteries continues to challenge insurers who are forced to scrap EVs after mild accidents, potentially undermining EV adoption, Thatcham Research said on Wednesday. The British automotive risk intelligence company cited a “concerning lack of affordable or available repair solutions and post-accident diagnostics”…

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Almost one in three UK women expect to end careers early – poll

LONDON (Reuters) – Almost one in three female workers in Britain expect to stop working before reaching their retirement age with many citing health and well-being issues including the menopause, according to a survey published on Wednesday. The British Standards Institution, which commissioned the survey, said the results showed the need for employers and the…

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Explainer-How Japan plans to release Fukushima water into the ocean

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan is set to begin pumping out more than a million tonnes of treated water from the destroyed Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant this summer, a process that will take decades to complete. The water was distilled after being contaminated from contact with fuel rods at the reactor, destroyed in a 2011 earthquake….

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UN agencies ‘alarmed’ at scale of Jenin raid, concerned about access

By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -U.N. aid agencies on Tuesday voiced alarm at the scale of the ongoing Israeli military operation in the West Bank town of Jenin, where 10 Palestinians have been killed, saying there were restrictions on medical access. The operation, which involved drone strikes and hundreds of troops and was one of…

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Samsung Biologics unveils $920 million manufacturing deals for Pfizer

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s Samsung Biologics announced on Tuesday two deals with Pfizer worth around a combined 1.2 trillion won ($921.38 million) to manufacture products for the U.S. pharmaceutical giant. The latest deals will see the biotech division of the Samsung Group produce biosimilar products ranging from oncology and inflammation to immunotherapy in the…

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US judges halt healthcare bans for transgender youth

By Daniel Trotta and Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – In state after state, conservative lawmakers this year have banned medical procedures for transgender youth. Now, a growing number of federal judges are blocking those laws from taking effect. U.S. district court judges have halted such laws in six states – Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, Kentucky and…

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U.S. maternal mortality more than doubled since 1999, most deaths among Black women – study

By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) – The number of U.S. women who died within a year after pregnancy more than doubled between 1999 and 2019, with the highest deaths among Black women, researchers said on Monday. There were an estimated 1,210 maternal deaths in 2019, compared with 505 in 1999, according to a study published in…

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Sandoz launches rival version of AbbVie’s arthritis drug Humira

(Reuters) – Swiss drugmaker Sandoz said on Saturday it had launched a biosimilar version of AbbVie Inc’s big selling arthritis treatment Humira, adding to U.S. competition for the drug that started in January. The Novartis-owned company said its drug, Hyrimoz, will be priced at a 5% discount off Humira’s current list price of $6,922 per…

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