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US Bans Red Food Dye Over Possible Cancer Risk
Outgoing US President Joe Biden's administration on Wednesday announced a ban on Red Dye No 3, a controversial food and drug coloring long known to cause cancer in animals.
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1st Over-The-Counter Birth Control Pill Approved In US
The US drug regulator approved the first over-the-counter birth control pill in the country, it announced Thursday, dramatically widening access to contraception for women as the United States grapples with reproductive rights.
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US Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Abortion Pill Curbs
The US Supreme Court on Friday temporarily preserved access to a widely used abortion pill, in an 11th-hour ruling preventing lower court restrictions on the drug from coming into force.
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New York Stores Ban Sale Of Whipped Cream Canisters To Anyone Under 21. Here's why
A law banning the sale of whipped cream canisters to people under the age of 21 has been enforced in New York. It is meant to prevent people from using whipped cream canisters to inhale nitrous oxide, also known as laughing gas.
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US Senators Fear Facebook, Instagram Parent Meta Censoring Abortion Posts
US senators seek answers from Facebook, Instagram parent Meta regarding censored information on abortion posts. The senators questioned how many posts about abortion have been removed since the US Supreme Court overturned a long-standing right to such medical care. Meta, referring to a tweet by spokesman Andy Stone, stated that attempts to provide ...
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YouTube Bans Masthead Advertisements for Politics, Alcohol, Gambling, Prescription Drugs
YouTube will no longer allow political or election advertisments in its coveted masthead spot at the top of the site's homepage nor advertising for alcohol, gambling, and prescription drugs.
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Canada Announces Ban On Certain Drug Exports In Response To US Plan
Canada announced Saturday a ban on exporting certain medicines that are or may soon be in short supply, a measure in response to a US plan to import drugs from its northern neighbor.
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India Lifts Export Ban On Trump-Touted COVID-19 Drug Hydroxychloroquine
India has lifted an export ban on hydroxychloroquine, the anti-malarial drug touted by US President Donald Trump as a potential "game changer" in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, a minister said late on Wednesday.
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France Bans Anti-Malarial Drug Hydroxychloroquine For COVID-19 Treatment
The French government on Wednesday banned treatment of COVID-19 patients with hydroxychloroquine, a controversial and potentially harmful drug that US President Donald Trump has said he is taking preventively.
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Anti-Malaria Drug From India, Linked To Coronavirus Treatment, Reaches US
A consignment of hydroxychloroquine from India has arrived in the US, days after New Delhi lifted a ban on export of the anti-malarial drug, seen as a possible cure for COVID-19, to America and some other countries on humanitarian grounds.
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"Friendship Isn't About Retaliation": Rahul Gandhi Reacts To Trump Remark
Lifesaving medicines should be first made available to Indians before help is offered to other nations "in their hour of need", Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said this morning, hours after US President Donald Trump warned of "retaliation" over New Delhi's ban on export of a key anti-malaria drug - hydroxychloroquine - being tested for the cure of no...
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Coronavirus - India Likely To Clear Key Drug Hydroxychloroquine Export Amid Global Pressure
Amid rising pressure to allow exports of an anti-malarial drug being tested on patients infected with coronavirus, the government is likely to take a decision tomorrow and clear the move after calculating sufficient stocks for the country, sources have told NDTV.
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Indian Businessman Pleads Guilty To Importing Banned Drugs Into US: Report
A 37-year-old Indian businessman in the US has pleaded guilty to the charges of importing banned drugs and money laundering conspiracy, a US attorney has said.
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Mexican Drug Lord El Chapo's Wife Off Hook For Now Over Banned Phone
The US trial of Mexican drug baron Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman hit a roadblock Tuesday over allegations that his beauty queen wife had access to a banned cell phone and was using it to communicate with her husband.
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8 Arrested In Mumbai For Promising Banned Drugs To US Citizens
Mumbai Police on Friday arrested eight people allegedly involved in cheating US citizens by promising to supply banned drugs including Viagra from a call centre in suburban Kurla, police said.
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US Bans Red Food Dye Over Possible Cancer Risk
Outgoing US President Joe Biden's administration on Wednesday announced a ban on Red Dye No 3, a controversial food and drug coloring long known to cause cancer in animals.
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1st Over-The-Counter Birth Control Pill Approved In US
The US drug regulator approved the first over-the-counter birth control pill in the country, it announced Thursday, dramatically widening access to contraception for women as the United States grapples with reproductive rights.
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US Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Abortion Pill Curbs
The US Supreme Court on Friday temporarily preserved access to a widely used abortion pill, in an 11th-hour ruling preventing lower court restrictions on the drug from coming into force.
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New York Stores Ban Sale Of Whipped Cream Canisters To Anyone Under 21. Here's why
A law banning the sale of whipped cream canisters to people under the age of 21 has been enforced in New York. It is meant to prevent people from using whipped cream canisters to inhale nitrous oxide, also known as laughing gas.
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US Senators Fear Facebook, Instagram Parent Meta Censoring Abortion Posts
US senators seek answers from Facebook, Instagram parent Meta regarding censored information on abortion posts. The senators questioned how many posts about abortion have been removed since the US Supreme Court overturned a long-standing right to such medical care. Meta, referring to a tweet by spokesman Andy Stone, stated that attempts to provide ...
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YouTube Bans Masthead Advertisements for Politics, Alcohol, Gambling, Prescription Drugs
YouTube will no longer allow political or election advertisments in its coveted masthead spot at the top of the site's homepage nor advertising for alcohol, gambling, and prescription drugs.
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Canada Announces Ban On Certain Drug Exports In Response To US Plan
Canada announced Saturday a ban on exporting certain medicines that are or may soon be in short supply, a measure in response to a US plan to import drugs from its northern neighbor.
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India Lifts Export Ban On Trump-Touted COVID-19 Drug Hydroxychloroquine
India has lifted an export ban on hydroxychloroquine, the anti-malarial drug touted by US President Donald Trump as a potential "game changer" in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, a minister said late on Wednesday.
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France Bans Anti-Malarial Drug Hydroxychloroquine For COVID-19 Treatment
The French government on Wednesday banned treatment of COVID-19 patients with hydroxychloroquine, a controversial and potentially harmful drug that US President Donald Trump has said he is taking preventively.
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Anti-Malaria Drug From India, Linked To Coronavirus Treatment, Reaches US
A consignment of hydroxychloroquine from India has arrived in the US, days after New Delhi lifted a ban on export of the anti-malarial drug, seen as a possible cure for COVID-19, to America and some other countries on humanitarian grounds.
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"Friendship Isn't About Retaliation": Rahul Gandhi Reacts To Trump Remark
Lifesaving medicines should be first made available to Indians before help is offered to other nations "in their hour of need", Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said this morning, hours after US President Donald Trump warned of "retaliation" over New Delhi's ban on export of a key anti-malaria drug - hydroxychloroquine - being tested for the cure of no...
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Coronavirus - India Likely To Clear Key Drug Hydroxychloroquine Export Amid Global Pressure
Amid rising pressure to allow exports of an anti-malarial drug being tested on patients infected with coronavirus, the government is likely to take a decision tomorrow and clear the move after calculating sufficient stocks for the country, sources have told NDTV.
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Indian Businessman Pleads Guilty To Importing Banned Drugs Into US: Report
A 37-year-old Indian businessman in the US has pleaded guilty to the charges of importing banned drugs and money laundering conspiracy, a US attorney has said.
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Mexican Drug Lord El Chapo's Wife Off Hook For Now Over Banned Phone
The US trial of Mexican drug baron Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman hit a roadblock Tuesday over allegations that his beauty queen wife had access to a banned cell phone and was using it to communicate with her husband.
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8 Arrested In Mumbai For Promising Banned Drugs To US Citizens
Mumbai Police on Friday arrested eight people allegedly involved in cheating US citizens by promising to supply banned drugs including Viagra from a call centre in suburban Kurla, police said.
