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THE LATEST HEALTH
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Pizza Hut pledges to drop some chicken antibiotics by 2022
Source: ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Yum Brand Inc's Pizza Hut chain will fully phase out chickens raised with certain antibiotics in its U.S. restaurants by 2022, in the latest push by a major restaurant chain to fo... Read More
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Peter Thiel fund invests in Boston-based 'organs-on-chips’ startup
Source: BizjournalsEmulate Inc., a Boston-based startup that is developing “organs-on-chips” for testing experimental drugs, has a prominent new investor: Founders Fund, the San Francisco-based venture capital firm co-f... Read More
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Denying it has lost war on drugs, UK rules out legalizing cannabis
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Tuesday it had no intention of legalizing cannabis after a former leader of Prime Minister Theresa May's party said the government had "irreversibly lost" the battle... Read More
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Cincinnati executive launches firm to aid in clinical trials
Source: BizjournalsJim Westerkamp stepped down as a vice president with one of Cincinnati’s fastest-growing private firms to start his own company in the health care sector involving clinical trials. He’s president of... Read More
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HIV tests give false negative results for up to SEVEN MONTHS
Source: Daily MailResearchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia, found HIV tests can give false negative results for up to seven months among those taking PrEP. ... Read More
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Amazon launches Alexa for Hospitality to bring voice-enabled services to hotel guests
Source: VentureBeatAmazon has announced a new program designed to help hotels deploy Alexa’s voice-enabled smarts across their properties. Though Amazon’s Alexa-powered Echo speakers are growing in popularity across the... Read More
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Nationwide Children's gene therapy inventors hired away by pharma giants – why that's good for recruitment
Source: BizjournalsTwo lead inventors of three of the four gene therapy treatments that Nationwide Children's Hospital has licensed to spinoffs have been hired away since fall and work full-time at big pharmaceutical co... Read More
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The secret to happiness is living in a big city, scientists claim
Source: Daily MailAccording to Toronto-based scholar Dr Jeanette Bicknell from York University, people's feelings about their use of time contributes to wellbeing as much as their wealth. ... Read More
