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The prosecution in the town of Kruja has opened an investigation into a suspected mass poisoning which President Ilir Meta has described as a serious threat to people's lives.

Pfizer announced today it has started a mid-to-late-stage study testing its oral antiviral drug for the prevention of Covid-19 infection among those who have been exposed to the virus, news wires reported. The company and its rivals, such as US-based Merck and Swiss Roche, have been racing to develop the first antiviral pill for Covid-19.

The permanent contraceptive is better, especially the one produced by German Bayer, many Brazilian women thought. But the Essure contraceptive harmed their health. The case is now in court.

GlaxoSmithKline will supply up to 220,000 treatments

Three members of the national swimming team tested positive for doping. According to NOVA sources, the three athelets caught using banned preparations are Zdravko Bablakov, Svetlozar Nikolov and Blagoy Panayotov. The three don't have quotas for the Olympics.

Moldova has long played a major role in the illicit trade in anabolic steroids. But was the country's envoy to Russia also in on the act?

Former ambassador Andrei Neguta was detained on Monday evening but denied prosecutors' claims that he was involved in smuggling anabolic steroids from Moldova to the Russian Federation.

However, prosecutors decided to detain him for 72 hours while reviewing the evidence.

There is no form of aspirin that is harmless to the stomach, and the effect of aspirin is dose-dependent, told the BNR Prof. Dr. Borislav Vladimirov, Head of the Gastroenterology Clinic at Queen Joanna Hospital in Sofia.

Cases of patients who arrived at the Emergency Center in the Bulgarian town of Dupnitsa with haemorrhages due to wrong self-medication with aspirin at home have recently increased, Nova TV reported.

Inspectors of Greece's Financial Crimes Squad (SDOE) found and seized a large quantity of antiseptics from an unlicensed plant in Menidi, Eastern Attica on Wednesday.