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US tariffs threaten $3.1 billion of Singapore’s pharma exports, trade talks ongoing

By Xinghui Kok SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Pharmaceutical companies in Singapore are seeking clarification on whether they would qualify for an exemption from steep tariffs imposed by the United States on their goods, Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong said on Saturday.  Singapore exports about S$4 ...
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Tropical weather in the Atlantic is slamming the Caribbean and may strike Southeast US next

MIAMI (AP) — Dangerous tropical weather brewed Friday in the Atlantic Ocean with Humberto intensifying into a powerful Category 4 hurricane and a system forecasters dubbed “Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine” striking the Caribbean and taking aim at the Southeast United States. Hurricane Humberto had maximum sustained winds ...
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Champaign stabbing raises concerns over Illinois mental-health law

(The Center Square) – A state lawmaker who also serves as a police officer says the recent stabbing of non-police first responders in Champaign underscores his criticism of a new state law. ...
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UK to offer to pay more for some drugs to appease Trump, pharma groups, FT reports

(Reuters) -The UK government is set to offer to pay more for certain medicines to protect pharmaceutical exports to the United States, The Financial Times reported on Friday, amid threats of 100% tariffs on drugs by Donald Trump’s administration. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s chief ...
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Here’s what to know about CTE, the brain disease the NYC shooter blamed for his mental health issues

BOSTON (AP) — The degenerative brain disease that has besieged the National Football League for two decades with a billion-dollar lawsuit, congressional hearings, an A-list movie and an unrelenting cortege of ex-players’ obituaries intruded on America’s favorite sport in the most violent manner yet ...
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New Mexico health officials declares end to measles outbreak

(Reuters) -New Mexico health officials on Friday declared an end to the state’s measles outbreak that began in February and became its largest in decades. The New Mexico Department of Health said the outbreak was over after 42 days passed without any new cases. The ...
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Scientists find new bite-resistant wetsuits can reduce shark bite injuries

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Australian scientists tested the strength of bite-resistant wetsuits by allowing sharks to chomp the materials at sea and found that the suits can help keep swimmers safe. Fatal shark bites are vanishingly rare, with less than 50 unprovoked shark bites on ...
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Factbox-Asian and European drugmakers’ branded drugs imported to the US market

SHANGHAI (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday unveiled a 100% tariff on imports of branded drugs from October 1, unless their producers had already broken ground on U.S. manufacturing plants. The European Union and Japan expressed confidence on Friday that they had secured limits on U.S. tariffs on ...
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Grocery tax stalls in Chicago council, measure approved in Bloomington

(The Center Square) – Bloomington has joined hundreds of Illinois municipalities by reinstating a one-percent grocery tax that will soon be eliminated by the state, but Chicago faces an estimated $80 million revenue loss after officials failed to act. ...
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Pakistan vaccinates 9 million girls against cervical cancer despite online backlash

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan has vaccinated about 9 million adolescent girls against the virus that causes cervical cancer, as part of a continuing national campaign that has overcome early setbacks fueled by skeptics online, the health minister said Friday. Health Minister Mustafa Kamal said ...
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Illinois quick hits: Guatemalan national guilty of illegal presence; ‘peacekeeper’ arrested for battery

Guatemalan national guilty of illegal presence A Guatemalan national has pleaded guilty to being illegally present in the United States after a prior removal and failing to update his ...
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Factbox-Global drugmakers rush to boost US presence as tariff threat looms

(Reuters) – Global drugmakers are scrambling to shore up their U.S. manufacturing capacity and domestic inventory as the Trump administration weighs hefty tariffs on pharmaceutical imports into the country. Companies with more exposure to the UK, the EU, South Korea, and ...
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