WHO welcomes Facebook pledge to curb anti-vaccine misinformation
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) – The World Health Organization said on Thursday it...
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By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) – The World Health Organization said on Thursday it...
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By Carolyn Crist (Reuters Health) – One in seven transgender people in the U.S. has experienced an attempt by a professional counselor to make them undergo pseudoscientific “therapy” with the goal of changing...
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(Reuters) – Health insurer Cigna Corp <CI.N> said on Thursday it had introduced a plan...
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LONDON (Reuters) – A new video animation featuring two white blood cells in love was...
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By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) – People who survive Ebola virus infection face a...
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(Reuters) – Mallinckrodt Plc <MNK.N> has hired restructuring firms and may choose to seek bankruptcy protection, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, sending the drugmaker’s shares down 40% in after-hours trading....
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By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – People who get even a small amount of exercise may be less likely to die prematurely than their more sedentary counterparts, a research review suggests. Researchers examined data from 10...
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By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) who improve with treatment may also lower their risk of developing type 2 diabetes, a U.S. study suggests. Researchers examined...
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By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) – People living in U.S. counties with the highest rates of poverty are more likely to die from heart failure than those from more affluent areas, a new study suggests. Researchers...
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(Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said on Wednesday it will...
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By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Kids who grow up in warmer climates and in walkable neighborhoods may have lower blood pressure than those who live where it’s cooler and people drive everywhere, a new European...
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By Ana Mano SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Chinese health inspectors are expected to start evaluating four Brazilian beef plants on Thursday as part of a push to approve new meat exporters amid an outbreak of swine fever, two...
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(Corrects Aug. 9 story to show study points to overall survival and not progression free survival...
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(Reuters) – AstraZeneca Plc said on Wednesday it had received marketing authorization from China’s National Medical Products Administration for its top-selling drug, Tagrisso, to treat adults with a form of lung...
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ZURICH (Reuters) – Drugmaker Polyphor is hiring new managers and shifting focus after a trial of its top antibiotic hopeful proved too dangerous to continue, the Swiss company said on Wednesday. Chief Financial Officer...
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By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Tuesday rejected efforts by major...
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(Reuters) – Novartis AG’s gene therapy for blindness, Luxturna, is recommended for use on England’s public health service, the country’s healthcare cost-effectiveness watchdog NICE said on Tuesday....
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By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Exercise can do more to lower the risk of premature death for patients with cardiovascular disease than for healthy people, a new study suggests. Healthy people did have a lower chance...
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By Will Boggs MD NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Women with a high risk of developing breast cancer can lower that risk by taking certain medications, according to updated recommendations from the US Preventive Services Task...
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By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – A growing number of extremely tiny newborns are being sent home from the hospital with human milk for feedings when their mothers don’t produce enough milk to meet their...
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