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'HIV-free generations': prevention drug rollout brings hope to South Africa
AFP, Published on 03/12/2025
» GA-RANKUWA (SOUTH AFRICA) (SOUTH AFRICA) - Kegoratile Aphane did not flinch when the needle pierced the skin of her right buttock, injecting a yellow-coloured drug touted as a revolution that could end the HIV pandemic.
ChatGPT to get parental controls after teen's death
AFP, Published on 03/09/2025
» PARIS - American artificial intelligence firm OpenAI said Tuesday it would add parental controls to its chatbot ChatGPT, a week after an American couple said the system encouraged their teenaged son to kill himself.
US approves twice-yearly injection to prevent HIV
AFP, Published on 19/06/2025
» WASHINGTON - The US Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved Gilead Sciences’ twice-yearly injection to prevent HIV — a move the company hailed as a major breakthrough in the fight against the sexually transmitted virus.
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
Bloomberg, 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.
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?
Claire Cain Miller, Adam Playford, Larry Buchanan and Aaron Krolik of the New York Times, 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
Bloomberg News, 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
Reuters, 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.