by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 21, 2019 | International News, Non-Life, Policy, Regulation, Risk Management, Technology
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Friday it was seeking public comment on General Motors’ 15-month-old petition seeking approval to deploy a limited number vehicles on U.S. roads without steering wheels or other human controls....
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 21, 2019 | Health, International News, Risk Management
A U.S. jury on Tuesday found Bayer AG’s glyphosate-based Roundup weed killer caused cancer, a blow to the company eight months after another jury issued a $289 million verdict over similar claims in a different case. Tuesday’s unanimous jury...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 21, 2019 | International News, Risk Management
Facebook Inc has agreed to change its paid advertising platform as part of a wide-ranging settlement to prevent discriminatory and “harmful” practices, the company and U.S. civil rights groups said on Tuesday. Under the agreement, Facebook...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 21, 2019 | Health, International News
Geneva: WHO has issued new guidance to improve treatment of multidrug resistant TB (MDR-TB). WHO is recommending shifting to fully oral regimens to treat people with MDR-TB. This new treatment course is more effective and is less likely to provoke adverse side...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 21, 2019 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Risk Management, Technology, Trends, Facts
Geneva: The World Health Organization’s new advisory committee on developing global standards for governance and oversight of human genome editing has agreed to work towards a strong international governance framework in this area. “Gene...
