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GSK’s chronic hepatitis B treatment meets main goal in key studies
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (91+ words) LONDON, Jan 7 (Reuters) - GSK's experimental drug to treat chronic hepatitis B infection met the main goals in two closely watched studies, the drugma... GSK's chronic hepatitis B treatment meets main goal in key studies LONDON, Jan 7 (Reuters) " GSK's experimental "drug…...
Democratic states sue to block cuts to US children’s gender-affirming care
2+ week, 1+ day ago (392+ words) Dec 23 (Reuters) " A group of Democratic state attorneys general on Tuesday sued President Donald Trump's administration to block proposed rules that would cut children's access to gender-affirming care, the latest court "battle over Trump's efforts to eliminate legal protections for…...
Now in their 50s, trans Latinas reclaim a youthful rite of passage
2+ week, 2+ day ago (465+ words) By Gabriel V. C'rdenas HOUSTON, Dec 23 (Reuters) " Like teenage girls across the Americas, Kassandra Rivas dreamed of having a quincea'era party, the rite of passage for 15-year-old Latinas. But Rivas, now a 51-year-old transgender woman, said the idea of her "celebrating…...
Roblox gaming platform says it is ready to make changes to get Russian ban lifted
3+ week, 22+ hour ago (162+ words) MOSCOW, Dec 17 (Reuters) - U.S. gaming platform Roblox said on Wednesday "it was willing to make changes to some of its features in Russia in order "to overturn a "ban imposed on it earlier this month. Russian communications watchdog Roskomnadzor impos... MOSCOW,…...
US CDC accepts advisers’ recommendations for hepatitis B vaccine in major policy shift
3+ week, 1+ day ago (167+ words) Dec 16 (Reuters) " The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday adopted its "advisers" recommendation allowing parents, in consultation with a healthcare provider, to decide whether infants born to hepatitis B-negative mothers should get the "vaccine, including the birth "dose,…...
Russian ban on Roblox gaming platform sparks rare protest
3+ week, 4+ day ago (309+ words) MOSCOW, Dec 14 (Reuters) " Several dozen people protested on Sunday in the Siberian city of Tomsk against Russia's ban on U.S. children's gaming platform Roblox, a rare show of public dissent as "popular irritation over the ban gains some momentum. In wartime…...
ICE threatens family separation, indefinite detention to satisfy Trump deportation goal
4+ week, 1+ hour ago (1105+ words) By Ted Hesson and Kristina Cooke WASHINGTON, Dec 11 (Reuters) " The email from a U.S. immigration officer presented Kelly and Yerson Vargas with a stark choice: accept deportation to their native Colombia or risk being charged with a crime and separated from…...
US threatens cuts to South Sudan aid over humanitarian fees
4+ week, 2+ hour ago (278+ words) NAIROBI, Dec 11 " The United States threatened on Thursday to reduce'its foreign assistance to South Sudan unless Juba lifts what it said "were illicit fees on humanitarian shipments. In an unusually pointed statement entitled "Time to Stop Taking Advantage of the…...
Australian content creators feel sting of losing young fans to social media ban
4+ week, 5+ hour ago (508+ words) SYDNEY, Dec 11 (Reuters) " Australian content creators are reporting drops in followers and views a day after the country imposed a sweeping teen social media ban, posing risks for incomes and forcing rethinks of content strategies. Josh Partington, 29, typically gets 100,000 "views…...
‘This is the end’: Australian teens mourn loss of social media as ban begins
4+ week, 1+ day ago (402+ words) SYDNEY, Dec 10 (Reuters) " Australian teenagers have taken to social media for the last time to farewell their followers and mourn the loss of the platforms that shaped much of their lives before a "world-first ban took effect on Wednesday. In…...