Tag: lealiifano
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Rugby-Cancer patient Lealiifano awarded top Brumbies prize
Wallabies back Christian Lealiifano was awarded the ACT Brumbies’ top prize at an emotional club function on Friday as he continues his battle against leukaemia. Lealiifano’s diagnosis was announced by the Canberra-based Super Rugby team a month ago, prompting an outpouring of global support for the 28-year-old playmaker. Named the Brett Robinson Players’ Player of…
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U.S. lawmakers question Mylan’s Medicaid EpiPen rebates
Two key U.S. congressional committee members on Friday called for an investigation into whether Mylan NV, under fire for raising the price of its EpiPen device, overcharged the government's low-income healthcare program for the allergy treatment. In a letter to the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Senator Ron Wyden and Representative…
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EPA: Flint’s new water will need 3 months or more of testing
FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Federal officials say it will take at least three months of testing before Flint can distribute water from a new pipeline in the wake of its crisis with lead-tainted water.
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No Zika cases detected among Olympics participants: WHO
No Zika cases have so far been detected among athletes, spectators or other participants in last month's Olympic Games in Brazil, the World Health Organization said Friday. “We don't have any confirmed cases of Zika amongst travellers or amongst… the athletes,” Peter Salama, the WHO's chief on outbreaks and health emergencies, told reporters. The experts…