Month: July 2014

By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) – Sitting at home for dinner or running for their lives in dark streets, generations of the same families are dying in Israel’s bombardment of Gaza.     Survivors are witnessing large numbers of relatives killed in a single strike and in their grief seek justice. Israel says it seeks to target only militants who are firing rockets from the coastal strip into its territory, but the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said on Wednesday that the killing of over 400 Gaza civilians in the last two weeks may constitute war crimes.

(Reuters) – Eagle Pharmaceuticals Inc said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved its drug to treat an inherited life-threatening condition called malignant hyperthermia (MH). The drug, Ryanodex, along with supportive measures, is indicated for the treatment of MH, a severe reaction to inhaled anesthetics or the muscle relaxant succinylcholine used during surgery. Eagle Pharmaceuticals is also testing Ryanodex for use in exertional heatstroke.

By Brenda Goh and Paul Carsten SHANGHAI/LANGFANG China (Reuters) – Shanghai police said on Wednesday they detained five people in an investigation into a Chinese-based supplier of foreign fast-food brands including KFC and McDonald's Corp over allegations the firm supplied out-of-date meat. The five detained include the head of the company – Shanghai Husi Food Co Ltd, a unit of U.S.-based OSI Group LLC – and the firm's quality manager, the police said in an online statement. McDonald's, Yum Brands Inc, the parent company of KFC and Pizza Hut, and coffee chain Starbucks Corp are among global brands to have pulled products from their outlets after it emerged that Shanghai Husi supplied expired meat to clients in China, as well as Japan, in the latest in a series of food safety scandals in the country. Earlier, the official Xinhua news agency cited the Shanghai food and drug watchdog as saying that food safety violations at Shanghai Husi were company-led rather than the acts of individuals.

Almost every day, new research suggests that eating a diet high in processed and sugar-laden foods significantly affects overall general health and …