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Reckitt says many cases filed against baby formula makers


March 18, 2024

Reckitt said on Monday that many cases had been filed against baby formula makers in general, but it was unclear how many directly related to its unit’s Enfamil product. An Illinois jury last week ordered Reckitt unit Mead Johnson to pay $60 million to the mother of a premature baby who died of an intestinal disease after being fed the …

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No more ‘normal-sized babies’ in Gaza, says UN


March 17, 2024

UNITED NATIONS: The humanitarian situation in Gaza is a “nightmare” for mothers and babies, with doctors reporting small and sickly newborns, stillbirths and women forced to undergo C-sections without adequate anesthesia, a UN official said. “I’m personally leaving Gaza this week terrified for the one million women and girls of Gaza… and most especially for the 180 women who are …

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Climate protesters under fire in Europe, says UN


March 17, 2024

GENEVA: Environ­mental activists are increasingly facing hostility across Europe, a UN expert said, warning that the very right to protest was “at risk” in countries usually considered beacons of democracy. Michel Forst, the UN special rapporteur on environmental defenders, said that he was deeply troubled by the hardening tone against climate activists in countries including France, Austria, Germany and Britain. …

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Second polio case in as many days rings alarm bells


March 16, 2024

ISLAMABAD: The second polio case in as many days has once again raised concerns over the efforts to end the crippling disease from Pakistan. The latest case has been repor­ted from Balochistan’s Chaman district, where a 52-month-old child has been paralysed by the wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1). According to the Regional Re­­fe­rence Lab for Polio Eradication at the National …

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Scientists warn of bird flu spread as penguin cases confirmed


March 15, 2024

SANTIAGO: Scientists in Antarctica are warning of the spread of deadly H5N1 avian flu virus after the disease was first confirmed on the frozen continent’s mainland last month and has since been detected in local penguin and cormorant populations. The spread of the virus, which has decimated bird populations worldwide and hit South American wild bird and marine mammal populations …

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Enfamil case: Mead Johnson to pay $60 million to woman


March 15, 2024

An Illinois jury has ordered Reckitt Benckiser unit Mead Johnson to pay $60 million to the mother of a premature baby who died of an intestinal disease after being fed the company’s Enfamil baby formula. The jury in an Illinois state court in St. Clair County on Wednesday found that Mead Johnson was negligent and that it failed to warn …

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Aid efforts intensify as famine looms in Gaza


March 15, 2024

GAZA STRIP: Efforts grew on Thursday to get more aid into the war-devastated Gaza Strip, where the UN warns of famine and desperate residents have stormed relief shipments. After mediators failed to reach a truce between Israel and Hamas for the holy fasting month of Ramazan, which started on Monday, fighting continued with at least 69 deaths over the previous …

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Adcetris: Pfizer drug succeeds in late-stage blood cancer trial


March 14, 2024

Pfizer said on Tuesday a combination treatment using its drug, Adcetris, met the main goal of a late-stage study of extending survival in patients with a type of blood cancer. The safety and tolerability of ADCETRIS in the ECHELON-3 trial were consistent with what has been previously presented for patients with relapsed/refractory DLBCL treated with ADCETRIS in clinical trials. Full …

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Bird flu strain kills South American wildlife


March 14, 2024

The deadly H5N1 bird flu virus has spread more aggressively than ever before in wild birds and marine mammals since arriving in South America in 2022, raising the risk of it evolving into a bigger threat to humans, according to interviews with eight scientists. Of more immediate concern is evidence the disease, once largely confined to bird species, appears to …

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South Korea to suspend licences of 4,900 striking doctors


March 12, 2024

SEOUL: South Korea said on Monday it had started procedures to suspend the medical licences of 4,900 junior doctors who have resigned and stopped working to protest government medical training reforms, causing healthcare chaos. The walkout, which started Feb 20, is over government plans to sharply increase the number of doctors, which it says is essential to combat shortages and serve South …

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