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U.S. House leaders reach deal on Flint, could avert government shutdown
The Democratic and Republican leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives have agreed to aid Flint, Michigan, resolve its water crisis, aides said on Wednesday, a deal that could clear the way for funding the federal government beyond Friday. Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan and Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi reached the deal on Tuesday hours…
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U.S. House leaders reach deal on Flint, could avert government shutdown
The Democratic and Republican leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives have agreed to aid Flint, Michigan, resolve its water crisis, aides said on Wednesday, a deal that could clear the way for funding the federal government beyond Friday. Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan and Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi reached the deal on Tuesday hours…
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Monsanto ally Novozymes sees opportunity, risk in Bayer merger
Novozymes , already grappling with the consequences of low oil and crop prices, is watching anxiously to see what Bayer's purchase of Monsanto will mean for the Danish group's ties with its key agricultural partner. Chief Executive Peder Holk Nielsen said in an interview that a merged Bayer-Monsanto could extend the market for the company's…
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Mother sues U.S. hospital for discriminating against dead transgender son
The mother of a transgender boy filed a lawsuit against a U.S. hospital on Monday claiming its medical staff repeatedly addressed her son – who later committed suicide – as a girl. In the landmark case, Katharine Prescott argues the Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego (RCHSD) in California discriminated against her transgender son based on his…
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Kite immunotherapy drug helps blood cancer patients in study
(Reuters) – Kite Pharma Inc on Monday said its experimental CAR T-cell therapy, which helps the immune system fight cancer, was highly effective in treating aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma, although two deaths were related to the drug, according to interim data from a midstage trial. Shares of Kite, which had been halted before the release of…
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More U.S. babies born addicted to opiates like heroin
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – The proportion of U.S. babies born suffering from withdrawal syndrome after exposure to heroin or prescription opiates in utero has more than doubled in less than a decade, a study suggests. Researchers focused on what’s known as neonatal abstinence syndrome, a condition akin to withdrawal that develops when babies…
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Thousands march in Dublin, abroad for Irish abortion rights
By Padraic Halpin DUBLIN (Reuters) – Thousands of protestors marched in Dublin, and Irish expatriates joined in demonstrations around the world on Saturday, to put pressure on the Irish government to hold a referendum to repeal restrictive abortion laws. Regulations in the once stridently Catholic Ireland are among the strictest in the world and next…
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Boxing-‘Medically unfit’ Fury out of Klitschko rematch
* Heavyweight fight called off for second time * Champion Fury’s condition is “too severe” (Adds quotes, details) BERLIN, Sept 23 (Reuters) – Next month’s world heavyweight title rematch between champion Tyson Fury and Ukrainian Vladimir Klitschko was called off on Friday for a second time with the Briton ruled “medically unfit”. The fight was…
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Boxing-Fury pulls out of Klitschko rematch through injury
BERLIN, Sept 23 (Reuters) – The world heavyweight title rematch between champion Tyson Fury and Ukrainian Vladimir Klitschko on Oct. 29 has been called off for a second time with the Briton ruled “medically unfit”. “Tyson has this week been declared medically unfit to fight,” Fury’s promoters Hennessy Sports said in a brief statement on…
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Cost hampers drive to double number of children treated for starvation: hunger experts
By Alex Whiting ROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A drive to give six million severely malnourished children life-saving treatment every year by 2020 – twice the current number – will only succeed if governments prioritize it alongside other killers and treatment costs are cut, hunger experts said on Thursday. The number of children treated for severe…