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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government has temporarily disabled its coronavirus warning app amid data privacy concerns for people who have the app installed on phones using the Android operating system. Health Minister Hugo de Jonge … [Continue reading] about Dutch government pauses coronavirus app over data leak fears
Merck is entering a new era, with sweeping changes across its executive suite and the spinoff off its women’s health and other businesses, a bid to enable both resulting companies to grow faster. The massive management makeover, mostly triggered by … [Continue reading] about New era begins at Merck as pandemic cuts Q1 sales, profit
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch privacy watchdog said Thursday it has fined the eastern city of Enschede for tracking people using mobile phone Wi-Fi signals in a system used to measure crowds. The city’s municipality said it is appealing the … [Continue reading] about Dutch city fined for Wi-Fi tracking says it will appeal
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health regulators pledged again Thursday to try to ban menthol cigarettes, this time under pressure from African American groups to remove the mint flavor popular among Black smokers. The Food and Drug Administration has … [Continue reading] about US vows again to ban menthol flavor in cigarettes, cigars
BRUSSELS (AP) — A new European Union study finds that the two decade-old legislation on genetically modified organisms should be revamped, a process environmentalists claim will open the door to a new generation of bioengineered crops being allowed … [Continue reading] about EU study: GMO laws needs overhaul; environmentalists protest
