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'No matter the price', Amal Clooney seeks justice for Yazidi sex slaves
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Islamic State militants who have enslaved, murdered and raped Yazidi women and children must be brought to justice, no matter the price, international human rights lawyer Amal Clooney said on Monday.
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Phone game Pokemon GO distracts driver, pedestrians
(Reuters Health) - According to accident reports and Twitter, playing Pokemon GO has led to distraction and at least some car crashes or near-crashes.
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U.S. FDA approves Bayer contraceptive device Kyleena
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Bayer AG's hormonal contraceptive device, Kyleena, to prevent pregnancy for up to five years, the German company said on Monday.
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Starboard sets date for special meeting of Depomed shareholders
(Reuters) - Activist investor Starboard Value LP, which owns 9.8 percent of drugmaker Depomed Inc
and wants to oust the company's board, said on Monday it had won enough support from shareholders to set Nov. 15 as the date for a special meeting. -
Drug resistance in people and animals may push millions into poverty: World Bank
ROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - If drug-resistant infections in people and animals are allowed to spread unchecked, some 28 million people will fall into poverty by 2050, and a century of progress in health will be reversed, the World Bank said on Monday.
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Astellas, Vical herpes vaccine fails mid-stage study
(Reuters) - Japan's Astellas Pharma Inc and San Diego-based Vical Inc said their experimental herpes vaccine failed a mid-stage study involving certain kidney transplant patients.
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GSK cuts vaccine price for refugees, bowing to pressure
LONDON (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline is cutting the price charged for its pneumococcal vaccine when given to refugees, following complaints about the product's "exorbitant" cost by medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres.
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Data leak boosts Froome, puts Wiggins in spotlight
LONDON (Reuters) - Chris Froome's credibility as triple Tour de France champion has only been boosted by the hacking of his private medical information, according to a South African physiologist who carried out tests on the Briton last year.
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GE brings off-the-shelf biotech drug factories to Ireland
LONDON (Reuters) - General Electric
is digging deeper into biotechnology with plans to build four prefabricated drug factories in Ireland, bringing to Europe a low-cost manufacturing concept it first pioneered in China. -
Indian entrepreneur sells 'untouchable' foods to challenge caste bias
MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A former rebel fighter and member of India's "untouchable" caste is taking on caste-based discrimination with packaged foods that would have been regarded as impure just decades ago.
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