Tag: government
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South Africa hasn’t protected residents from gold mine pollution: Harvard report
By Tanisha Heiberg JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa has failed to protect residents affected by pollution from contaminated water and mine dumps over more than 130 years of gold mining near Johannesburg, an independent investigation by the Harvard Law School said. Its International Human Rights Clinic (IHRC) said successive governments including the current administration had…
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South Africa hasn’t protected residents from gold mine pollution: Harvard report
By Tanisha Heiberg JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa has failed to protect residents affected by pollution from contaminated water and mine dumps over more than 130 years of gold mining near Johannesburg, an independent investigation by the Harvard Law School said. Its International Human Rights Clinic (IHRC) said successive governments including the current administration had…
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Australian state reverses dog racing ban
The Australian state of New South Wales has reversed a ban on greyhound racing that was due to come into force on July 1 next year. State Premier Mike Baird, who has been under pressure from his own party on the issue, said the reprieve was a last chance for the industry to reform. In…
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Beware extremes: Exercise, anger may trigger heart attack
If you're angry or upset, you might want to simmer down before heading out for an intense run or gym workout. A large, international study ties heavy exertion while stressed or mad to a tripled risk of …
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Mylan to pay $465 million over EpiPen Medicaid rebate dispute
Mylan NV on Friday said it will pay $465 million to settle questions of whether it underpaid U.S. government healthcare programs by misclassifying its EpiPen emergency allergy treatment, which has come under intense scrutiny after a series of drastic price increases. Mylan has been lambasted by consumers and lawmakers for raising prices on the lifesaving…
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Mylan to pay $465 million over EpiPen Medicaid rebate dispute
Mylan NV on Friday said it will pay $465 million to settle questions of whether it underpaid U.S. government healthcare programs by misclassifying its EpiPen emergency allergy treatment, which has come under intense scrutiny after a series of drastic price increases. Mylan has been lambasted by consumers and lawmakers for raising prices on the lifesaving…
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Mylan to pay $465 mn over EpiPen overcharges to Medicaid
Mylan will pay $465 million to resolve accusations from some regulators that it overbilled the federal Medicaid program for the EpiPen allergy medication, the drugmaker announced Friday. The settlement with the Department of Justice and some other regulators resolves questions about Mylan's classification of EpiPen as a generic drug, the drugmaker said. Mylan said it…
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Hurricane Matthew death toll passes 800 in Haiti, cholera takes lives
By Makini Brice and Joseph Guyler Delva CHANTAL, Haiti/PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Hurricane Matthew's trail of destruction in Haiti stunned those emerging from the aftermath on Friday, with the number of dead soaring to 842, tens of thousands homeless and outbreaks of cholera already claiming more lives. Information trickled in from remote areas that were cut…
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Canadian college to launch marijuana cultivation course
By Ethan Lou TORONTO (Reuters) – A college in the Atlantic Canadian province of New Brunswick plans to institute a program on marijuana cultivation so that students can be trained to work at local companies that produce the drug, a school official said on Tuesday. The French-language College Communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick will launch the course…
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Oklahoma Supreme Court strikes down restrictive abortion law
Oklahoma’s highest court on Tuesday struck down a law imposing restrictions on abortion providers, including a requirement that they take samples of fetal tissue from patients younger than 14 and preserve them for state investigators. The law also set new criminal penalties for providers who violate abortion-related statutes as well as individuals who help a…