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Halloween hits Hollywood strike as actors boycott Barbie costumes
AFP, Published on 01/11/2023
» LOS ANGELES - Generic ghosts and vague vampires haunted the Hollywood picket lines this Halloween, as striking actors tried to scare studio bosses by refusing to dress up as any of their famous characters.
Abortion pill to be blocked across US under judge’s order
Published on 09/04/2023
» A Republican-appointed federal judge in Texas issued an order suspending the US government’s decades-old approval of a key drug used in medication abortion, initiating a process that could block access to the pill nationwide in a week.
Ketamine ushers in fraught new frontier
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 12/03/2023
» For Greg Rice, ketamine was transformative. The drug, approved decades ago to sedate patients during surgery, was increasingly being used to treat mental health conditions such as his depression.
Miracle drug kept from poor nations
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 26/02/2023
» When Seshagiri Buddana learned of a powerful new cystic fibrosis drug that was transforming lives in the United States and Europe, he was filled with hope that it could help his son, Hemanth, who had spent much of his childhood in a hospital bed. But the family couldn't get the drug because they live in India.
Hong Kong doctors report people chasing Covid antivirals 'for family members'
South China Morning Post, Published on 30/01/2023
» Some people in Hong Kong have been acting suspiciously to get their hands on Covid-19 antiviral drugs, the Post has learned, with one person going to six doctors in a single day asking for the same medicine.
Chinese take risks on black-market Covid drugs
AFP, Published on 05/01/2023
» BEIJING: Desperate families searching for critical Covid-19 medication in China, faced with bare pharmacy shelves and an explosion of cases, are being driven into murky online marketplaces rife with price gouging and fraud.
Did a fourth-grader write this, or Chatbot?
Published on 04/01/2023
» NEW YORK: It’s hard to fully grasp the enormous potential of ChatGPT, a recently released artificial intelligence chatbot. The bot doesn’t just search and summarize information that already exists. It creates new content, tailored to your request, often with a startling degree of nuance, humor and creativity.
Indonesia bans syrup drugs after deadly kidney cases
Published on 20/10/2022
» JAKARTA: Indonesia has halted sales of medicinal syrup after 99 children died of acute kidney injuries this year.
Indonesia bans cough syrup ingredients linked to child deaths
Published on 15/10/2022
» JAKARTA: Indonesia has banned ingredients linked to the deaths of 70 children in The Gambia from cough syrups as it investigates acute kidney damage that has killed more than 20 children in Jakarta this year.
When the everyday looks special
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 09/10/2022
» Julie Blackmon grew up in Springfield, Missouri, a city of 165,000 people in the southern part of the state, and went to college there. She got married in Springfield and raised three children there.