Muhammad Ali, boxing great and cultural symbol, dead at age 74

121048818SPFormer world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali, whose record-setting boxing career, unprecedented flair for showmanship, and controversial stands made him one of the best-known figures of the 20th century, died on Friday aged 74. Ali&;s death was confirmed in a statement issued by family spokesman Bob Gunnell late Friday evening, a day after he was admitted to a Phoenix-area hospital with a respiratory ailment. Ali had long suffered from Parkinson&039;s syndrome, which impaired his speech and made the once-graceful athlete almost a prisoner in his own body.

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Botswana gets GSK’s modern HIV drug in largest ever Africa tender

The GlaxoSmithKline building in Hounslow, west LondonBy Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) – An HIV drug first approved less than three years ago is to be rolled out in Botswana as a core medicine for newly diagnosed patients, following the largest ever tender secured by GlaxoSmithKline&;s HIV business in Africa. ViiV Healthcare, which is majority-owned by GSK, said on Friday it was the first time that Tivicay, or dolutegravir, was being made available as a first-line treatment as part of a national health programme in sub-Saharan Africa. Campaign groups like Medecins Sans Frontieres have been pushing for the new drug to be offered to people in developing countries since it was first approved in the United States in 2013, as the drug is well tolerated and extremely effective.

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