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FDA issues letters to makers of scopes linked to superbug outbreak

(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it has issued warning letters to manufacturers of medical scopes linked with recent superbug outbreaks, citing violations found during inspections of facilities in the United States and abroad. The devices, called duodenoscopes, are flexible tubes inserted down the throat in a procedure called endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). More than 500,000 ERCPs using duodenoscopes are performed in the U.S. annually, usually to

Jewish groups protest cancellation of U.S. musician's Spanish concert

Jewish groups protested on Monday after a Spanish reggae festival canceled a concert by an American Jewish musician when he failed to reply to a demand to clarify his position on Palestinian statehood. Matisyahu, who fuses reggae, hip-hop and rock with Jewish influences in his songs, had been due to perform next Saturday at the week-long Rototom Sunsplash reggae festival at Benicassim near Valencia in eastern Spain. “Rototom Sunsplash, after