SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers are preparing for another round of heated talks Wednesday on whether the state should prevent parents from seeking vaccination exemptions for their children because of religious or personal beliefs.
By Katie Nguyen LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Victims of trafficking have seen little benefit in the 15 years since a global treaty to combat human trafficking was adopted, and some nations have passed laws or policies that do more harm than good, a rights group said on Wednesday. To date, 166 countries have ratified the 2000 U.N. protocol designed to prevent trafficking, protect victims and prosecute offenders involved in
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Groundbreaking information in the fight against Alzheimer’s. Washington (AFP) – The immune system may play a part in Alzheimer’s disease, US researchers have discovered, in a breakthrough which could lead to the development of new treatments for the most common form of dementia. A Duke University study published in the Journal of Neuroscience reported on researchers’ findings that certain immune system cells which normally protect the brain began to consume
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AstraZeneca Plc’s diabetes drug Onglyza should include new safety information about the risk of heart failure, an advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration concluded on Tuesday. The panel voted overwhelmingly that the drug’s label should be changed to add information about an increased heart failure risk, but did not express concern about the overall cardiovascular risk profile of the drug. The FDA is not obliged to follow
By Mohammed Mukhashaf ADEN (Reuters) – Civil war may be tearing Yemen apart but every afternoon combatants set aside the struggle for the country’s future to stuff their cheeks with wads of the narcotic green leaf, qat. The national pastime of chewing qat is one of the few certainties in a nation turned upside down by air strikes and street fighting. Three weeks of Saudi-led air strikes aimed at stemming
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