Children / Youth Issues
U.S. health watchdog objects to Kraft Heinz ads targeting healthy foods
FILE PHOTO: Heinz tomato ketchup is show on display during a preview of a new Walmart Super Center prior to its opening in Compton, California, U.S., January 10, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake (Reuters) – A U.S. consumer advocacy group has filed a complaint against food and beverage major Kraft Heinz Co for disparaging healthy foods including …
Modern driver-assistance technology ‘far from reliable’: AAA study
(Reuters) – Advanced driver assistance technology that automates steering and braking in a growing number of vehicles is not providing reliable safety benefits, a new study by the American Automobile Association showed on Thursday. Researchers at AAA, a federation of North American motor clubs, found that the systems recorded disruptions and disengaged roughly every eight …
U.S. needs better technology to test for COVID-19: top health official
(Reuters) – Senior U.S. health official Francis Collins told a Senate hearing on Thursday that the country needs better diagnostic testing technology to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins speaks during a Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) tests, on Capitol …
Novartis plans Zolgensma giveaways as some fear ‘health lottery’
ZURICH (Reuters) – Novartis aims to give away 100 doses of its $2.1 million-per-patient Zolgensma for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) in 2020 in a free-drug program that one patient group worried was a “health lottery” that could neglect some babies. FILE PHOTO: The company’s logo is seen at the new cell and gene therapy factory …
Vape shop owners sue Massachusetts over product sale ban
FILE PHOTO: A man exits a vape shop in Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S., September 12, 2019. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz (Reuters) – Several vape shop owners are suing the state of Massachusetts for implementing a four-month ban on sales of all vaping products and asked the court to deem it “unconstitutional.” Massachusetts imposed a ban on …
Health workers aim to save lives of mothers and babies with smartphone data
LONDON (Reuters) – Community health workers in India and Uganda are to be armed with smartphones and tablets that use data analytics, risk maps and social media trends help to save the lives of mothers and their babies. FILE PHOTO: A baby girl cools off as her mother (not pictured) fills the tub with water …