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Britain cuts cost of health service’s COVID-19 travel tests
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Friday it was cutting the cost of COVID-19 tests for travel from the National Health Service (NHS) and was reviewing the list of private providers to ensure pricing ...
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Pfizer expands recall of anti-smoking drug over carcinogen presence
(Reuters) - Pfizer Inc said on Friday it is recalling four additional lots of its anti-smoking treatment, Chantix, after finding elevated levels of cancer-causing agents called nitrosamines in the pil...
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U.S. administers 354.8 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines – CDC
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 354,777,950 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Friday morning and distributed 414,376,925 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Pr...
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Tropical Depression Seven forms near Leeward Islands -NHC
(Reuters) - Tropical Depression Seven formed east of the Lesser Antilles on Friday and is expected to become a tropical storm later in the night or on Saturday, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) sai...
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Portlanders hunker down through third day of oppressive heat
By Sergio Olmos PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) - Portland firefighters handed out water to the homeless and residents of the normally cool city flocked to cooling shelters as the U.S. Pacific Northwest bake...
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Tesla says Elon Musk’s 2020 compensation was nil
(Reuters) - Tesla Inc said on Friday Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk's total compensation for 2020 was nil, compared to $23,760 in 2019. The electric-car maker also said in a regulatory filing finan...
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Canada to accept 20,000 vulnerable Afghans such as women leaders, human rights workers
OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada plans to resettle more than 20,000 vulnerable Afghans including women leaders, human rights workers and reporters to protect them from Taliban reprisals, Immigration Minister ...
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Mississippi hospital puts beds in parking garage to cope with COVID-19 surge
By Anurag Maan and Julia Harte (Reuters) - The crush of new COVID-19 infections in Mississippi has become so dire that the state has turned to efforts reminiscent of the earliest days of the U.S. pand...
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U.S. trade agency finds Google infringed five Sonos patents
(Reuters) - A judge at a U.S. trade agency on Friday found that Google audio players infringed five patents belonging to Sonos Inc. Charles Bullock, the chief administrative law judge of the U.S. Inte...
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Britain’s drug regulator set to make 25% of its staff redundant -FT
(Reuters) - Britain's drug regulator is set to make 25% of its staff redundant amid financial pressures, with up to 300 staff members being at risk of losing their jobs, the Financial Times reported o...
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