Kissei Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. announced that for its vasculitis treatment drug “Tavneos” (generic name: avacopan), 20 deaths have been reported in Japan among patients who took the medication. This figure includes cases where a causal relationship is unclear. On the 15th, the company called on healthcare professionals to refrain from administering the drug to new patients.
Ototake, who was born with a congenital condition resulting in the absence of limbs (“tetra-amelia”), quoted a post by a user who argued that support for people with mental disabilities should be prioritized over that for those with physical disabilities. He commented, “These kinds of ‘misery comparisons’ or ‘pulling each other down’ are not only meaningless, but actually counterproductive.”
According to police, from June 2020 to April two years ago, the suspect allegedly falsified attendance records on 45 occasions for two child users at a facility he operated in Higashimatsuyama City, and is suspected of defrauding the city of about 8.81 million yen, including disability child day-care benefits.
A former instructor at a support organization arrested on suspicion of committing indecent acts against a woman with a developmental disability during a class told her they were “going to practice making a baby”.
In a case where two parents and an older brother were arrested on suspicion of unlawful confinement resulting in injury for restraining a disabled girl in a closet, it has been revealed through interviews with investigators that the mother admitted to remodeling the closet to create a confinement space around September of last year. The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) believes that the confinement became a routine occurrence from that point onward.
A former instructor at a support organization arrested on suspicion of committing indecent acts against a woman with a developmental disability during a class told her they were “going to practice making a baby”.
The people either worked at the welfare offices or from home, and Thankslab received a support fee of about ¥200,000 per person per month from client companies.
A former instructor at a support organization has been arrested on suspicion of committing indecent acts against a woman with a developmental disability during a class. He partially denies the allegations, but reportedly said, “I did it to satisfy my sexual desires.”
Quarantine authorities are confirming whether travelers arriving in Japan from South America who report health problems had contact with rodents, which transmit the virus, and recommending that they visit medical institutions when necessary, Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said on Monday 11th May.
About 10 passengers were taken to hospital after an emergency report of something being sprayed in a train car on the Tokaido Line section of the Ueno-Tokyo Line of East Japan Railway Co. at about 4:35 p.m. on Sunday 10th May.
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