Tag: family-court
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Judge makes no ruling on timing of Sumner Redstone competence trial
The battle over control of Sumner Redstone’s $40 billion media empire moved to a Massachusetts courtroom on Tuesday, where a state judge is mulling whether to move up the date of a trial questioning the 93-year-old’s mental competence. Probate and Family Court Judge George Phelan did not set a date for a trial over Redstone's…
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Australian judge refuses to order radiotherapy for ill child
SYDNEY (AP) — An Australian judge on Friday ruled in favor of a couple who refused to allow their 6-year-old son to undergo radiotherapy for a malignant brain tumor.
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Australian judge refuses to order radiotherapy for ill child
SYDNEY (AP) — An Australian judge on Friday ruled in favor of a couple who refused to allow their 6-year-old son to undergo radiotherapy for a malignant brain tumor.
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Roche breast cancer drug Perjeta rejected by NICE
Roche's breast cancer drug Perjeta, or pertuzumab, has been turned down for use on Britain's state health service, making it the latest in a number of pricey new cancer treatments deemed not to offer value for money. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) said in draft guidance on Friday that it could…
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Roche breast cancer drug Perjeta rejected by NICE
Roche's breast cancer drug Perjeta, or pertuzumab, has been turned down for use on Britain's state health service, making it the latest in a number of pricey new cancer treatments deemed not to offer value for money. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) said in draft guidance on Friday that it could…
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Yellow fever outbreaks in Africa need action, mass vaccination – WHO
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) – Outbreaks of deadly yellow fever in Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo do not constitute a global health emergency but require stepped-up control measures and mass vaccination, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Thursday. “This can be a devastating disease with rapid spread particularly in urban areas,”…