HHS to provide $23 million to Merck for Ebola vaccine production
(Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said on Wednesday it will...
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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 Anne Harding (Reuters Health) – Women undergoing fertility treatment who smoke marijuana...
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By Carolyn Crist (Reuters Health) – When middle-aged women realize their cervical cancer risk from HPV lasts decades, more of them decide to get screened for this cancer than when they only know HPV has a role in cancer,...
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MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s health ministry issued an international alert over the country’s biggest ever listeriosis outbreak on Wednesday as the number of people affected rose to 150, including one fatality....
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By Brad Brooks SAO PAULO, August 21 (Reuters) – Healthcare giant Philips was warned of...
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By Carl O’Donnell (Reuters) – Pfizer Inc is investing $500 million to expand a...
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(Reuters) – A combination of AstraZeneca’s lung cancer drug Imfinzi and an...
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s cabinet said on Wednesday it will speed up the distribution of subsidies for pigs that are culled due to African swine fever. China’s rules stipulate that farmers must receive 1,200...
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(Reuters) – Drug distributor Cardinal Health Inc warned on Tuesday that its business could be hurt as it defends itself against several opioid-related lawsuits. Several pharmaceutical wholesale distributors, including...
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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – Endo International Plc and Allergan Plc have agreed to pay $15...
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By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) – Exposure to high levels of exhaust may raise the risk of the vision robbing disease called age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a new study suggests. In a study of nearly 40,000...
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By Carolyn Crist (Reuters Health) – Women who don’t realize they’re pregnant when they undergo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may be exposed to a chemical that might not be safe for the fetus, a new report...
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By Anne Harding (Reuters Health) – Healthy young people show signs of impaired blood vessel function after just a few puffs of an electronic cigarette, even without nicotine, new research shows. “We essentially found...
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(Reuters) – Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd on Tuesday made its generic version of...
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By Manas Mishra (Reuters) – Shares of Sarepta Therapeutics Inc plunged 14% on Tuesday after the U.S. health regulator, in an unexpected move, declined to approve the drugmaker’s newest treatment for a muscle-wasting...
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By Liam Gould LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A warmer climate, travel and trade are helping to spread mosquito-borne diseases as a deadly beast smaller than a paper clip poses a threat to more than half the...
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By Will Boggs MD (Reuters Health) – Mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes are associated with increased risks for breast, ovarian, and other cancers, but only certain women stand to benefit from genetic testing, according...
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BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China on Tuesday added 148 drugs to its list of medicines covered by basic medical insurance schemes, part of a push to lower patients’ out-of-pocket costs in one of the world’s...
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MADRID (Reuters) – A 90-year-old Spanish woman died on Tuesday, 56 people have been hospitalized and dozens more taken ill in what is believed to be the biggest outbreak of listeriosis recorded in Spain, the health...
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By Pushkala Aripaka and Ludwig Burger (Reuters) – AstraZeneca made strides on Tuesday toward...
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