Category: Latest News
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Regeneron CEO says Amgen not putting patients first in patent dispute
A federal judge last week handed Regeneron and its partner Sanofi a stunning setback by banning sales of their LDL-lowering medicine Praluent, finding it infringed patents held by Amgen on its Repatha cholesterol drug. Regeneron and Sanofi were given 30 days before the ban takes effect to give them time to appeal.
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California Republican challenges state’s hiring of Eric Holder to fight Trump policies
By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – A California Republican state lawmaker is challenging the legality of a move by Democrats in the legislature to hire former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to help in any legal battles with President-elect Donald Trump's administration. Assembly member Kevin Kiley has requested a formal ruling from state lawyers…
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Watchdog urges greater protection of UK transgender prisoners as deaths climb
By Lin Taylor LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Transgender prisoners in Britain need more support and greater protection from bullying and harassment, a government watchdog said on Tuesday, more than a week after a transgender woman was found dead in her cell. Transgender prisoners are especially vulnerable to discrimination and sexual violence, and they have…
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Senate leader expects Obamacare repeal this week, new plan ‘quickly’
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Sunday the Senate would take the first step in repealing President Barack Obama’s health care law by the end of this week and that a replacement health care plan would be in place “very quickly” after that. President-elect Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans have said dismantling…
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Replacing, repealing Obamacare at same time ‘ideal’: top Trump aide
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Repealing and replacing the U.S. Affordable Care Act in one action would be “ideal,” but it “may take time” to get all elements of the heath care law's alternative ready, President-elect Donald Trump's incoming chief of staff said on Sunday. A full repeal and replacing of Obamacare may not happen immediately but…
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Britain’s health service in a ‘humanitarian crisis’ – Red Cross
By Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) – Britain's health service is engulfed in a “humanitarian crisis” that requires the support of the Red Cross to use Land Rovers to transport patients, the charity said on Saturday. Founded in 1948, the National Health Service (NHS) is a source of huge pride for many Britons who are able…
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Choked by smog, Beijing creates new environmental police
BEIJING (AP) — Officials in Beijing have announced a new environmental police squad to root out illegal burning in the city, the latest government response to the widespread public anger over China's persistent problems with smog.
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Gun was given back to Florida shooting suspect last month
By Zachary Fagenson FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Reuters) – Police in Alaska took a handgun from the man accused of killing five people at Fort Lauderdale's airport on Friday, but they returned it to him last month after a medical evaluation found he was not mentally ill, authorities said on Saturday. Esteban Santiago, a 26-year-old Iraq…
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Iraq war veteran accused of killing five at Ft. Lauderdale airport
An Iraq war veteran took a gun out of his checked luggage and opened fire in a crowded baggage claim area at Fort Lauderdale's airport on Friday, killing five people, months after he showed up at an FBI office behaving erratically. Esteban Santiago, 26, who was taken into custody immediately following the shooting and questioned…
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California pays for inmate’s gender reassignment surgery
A transgender California prison inmate who was born male but identifies as female underwent gender-reassignment surgery paid for by the state this week in what is believed to be the first such case in the United States, her attorneys said Friday. The state had promised to refer inmate Shiloh Quine, then 56, to a surgeon…