Tag: europe
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Thousands of Poles protest efforts to change abortion law
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Thousands of Poles rallied Saturday against tightening Poland's anti-abortion law, which is already among Europe's strictest.
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Austalian bank boss says insurer got it wrong on heart attacks
By Peter Gosnell SYDNEY (Reuters) – The head of Australia's largest bank said its insurance business, CommInsure, had used an outdated and discredited definition of a heart attack to deny some claims from clients and he would apologize to any customers adversely affected. “I am saddened and disappointed by the handling of these cases,” Ian…
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Violent escapee from Washington state hospital recaptured, police say
A man accused of murder who escaped from a Seattle-area psychiatric hospital this week was recaptured in eastern Washington late on Friday following an extensive manhunt, state police said. Anthony Garver, 28, was one of two accused criminals who broke out of Western State Hospital, in the city of Lakewood, about 40 miles south of…
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Pro-life Poles seek to tighten restrictive abortion law
Pro-life activists in Poland want to tighten an abortion law that is already one of the most restrictive in Europe, but the move risks a backlash against the new right-wing government. The anti-abortion movement in the devout EU country, where 90 percent of residents identify themselves as Roman Catholic, has also set its sights on…
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GSK asthma drug Nucala’s long-term study supports safety profile
(Reuters) – GlaxoSmithKline Plc said on Saturday its asthma drug, Nucala, which is already approved in the United States and Europe, showed a similar safety profile in a long-term study compared with previous studies. GSK said Nucala, which is administered once every four weeks by injection, maintained its risk/benefit profile over an extended 52-week period.…
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British sailors ready ‘protection package’ for Rio
By Alexander Smith LONDON (Reuters) – Obsessive hand washing, mouthwashes, downing cola after races and popping garlic tablets are just some of the precautions Britain's Olympic sailing team will be taking for the Games in Rio. With the polluted waters of Guanabara Bay a concern and the Zika virus also a worry, the athletes are…
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Infant refugee at center of Australian hospital protest gets reprieve
By Jane Wardell and Peter Gosnell SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia said on Sunday a baby girl facing repatriation to an offshore immigration detention camp would go to an onshore facility instead, easing tension that peaked in a blockade outside a hospital where she is a patient. Doctors at the Lady Cilento Children's Hospital in Brisbane…
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Adviser to top EU court says EU cigarette law is valid
An adviser to Europe's highest court in Luxembourg on Wednesday said an EU law on cigarettes was valid, rebuffing a challenge from Philip Morris International, although the court still has to deliver a final ruling. The opinion, if adopted by the court, would be a blow to Big Tobacco, which had lobbied vigorously against what…
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Adviser to top EU court says EU cigarette law is valid
An adviser to Europe's highest court in Luxembourg on Wednesday said an EU law on cigarettes was valid, rebuffing a challenge from Philip Morris International, although the court still has to deliver a final ruling. The opinion, if adopted by the court, would be a blow to Big Tobacco, which had lobbied vigorously against what…
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India’s Piramal eyes nutrition, cough-cold brands to boost consumer health arm
India's Piramal Enterprises Ltd is exploring buying nutritional supplements and cough and cold brands to grow its consumer healthcare business to among the three largest in the country by 2020, a senior executive said. The healthcare and financial services conglomerate, owned by Indian billionaire Ajay Piramal, is studying various brands, but is not close to…