- Physician's Weekly

Purdue Pharma agrees to $270 million settlement in Oklahoma opioid case

Mar 26, 2019

By Nate Raymond and Mike Spector (Reuters) – OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP and members of...

Mozambique prepares for cholera after cyclone wreaks havoc

Mar 26, 2019

By Emma Rumney BEIRA, Mozambique (Reuters) – Rescue teams in Mozambique moved hundreds of...

More transgender youth seeking care in U.S. military health system

Mar 26, 2019

By Will Boggs MD (Reuters Health) – The number of transgender children and adolescents receiving care in the U.S. military health system rose substantially from 2010 to 2017, a new study shows. During that time, the number...

Federal judge ends North Carolina ban on abortions after 20 weeks

Mar 26, 2019

(Reuters) – A U.S. federal court struck down North Carolina’s decades-old ban on...

Congo Ebola epidemic exceeds 1,000 cases: health ministry

Mar 26, 2019

DAKAR (Reuters) – Congo’s Ebola epidemic has now exceeded 1,000 cases, the Health...

Trump wants to work with Democrats on drug prices, infrastructure: aide

Mar 26, 2019

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump is willing to work with congressional...

Aldeyra’s eye drug meets main goal in late-stage study, shares surge

Mar 26, 2019

(Reuters) – Aldeyra Therapeutics Inc said on Tuesday its drug reproxalap to treat a form of allergic reaction to the eye met the main goal in a late-stage trial, sending shares up more than 60 percent. The study tested two...

California avocados voluntarily recalled for possible health risk

Mar 25, 2019

By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A California avocado grower and distributor has...

Obamacare enrollments drop marginally for 2019

Mar 25, 2019

(Reuters) – Enrollments in healthcare plans for 2019 through the Federal Obamacare marketplace dropped marginally by 300,000 from last year, according to U.S. government figures released on Monday. The decrease in plan...

Oklahoma top court clears way for Purdue, J&J, Teva to face opioid trial

Mar 25, 2019

By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – Oklahoma’s top court on Monday declined to delay a...

Women diagnosed years later than men for same diseases

Mar 25, 2019

By Tamara Mathias (Reuters Health) – For a wide range of diseases, diagnosis comes later in life for women than for men, according to a large Danish study. Researchers don’t know whether the later diagnoses are due...

Tiniest U.S. preemies more likely to end up in lower-quality NICU if they’re black

Mar 25, 2019

By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) – In a large national study that included nearly 90 percent of all preterm and low-birth-weight babies born in the U.S. in a recent three-year period, researchers found that black infants...

Bayer, J&J settle U.S. Xarelto litigation for $775 million

Mar 25, 2019

By Tina Bellon (Reuters) – Bayer AG and Johnson & Johnson have agreed to settle more...

Bill Gates urges Afghanistan and Pakistan to ‘get to zero’ in polio fight

Mar 25, 2019

By Health and Science Correspondent Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) – Local Afghan Taliban...

Early test of male birth control pill shows no safety problems

Mar 25, 2019

By Reuters Staff (Reuters Health) – After taking an experimental male birth control pill for 28 days, 30 men reported no serious side effects and the drug showed signs of decreasing sperm production, according to results...

Tyson recalls tons of chicken strips for possible metal contamination

Mar 25, 2019

(This March 22 story corrects to remove reference to Smithfield Foods in paragraph 7) (Reuters) – Tyson Foods is recalling some 69,000 pounds of frozen, ready-to-eat chicken strips that may have been contaminated with...

Springtime heralds moose collision season in New England

Mar 25, 2019

By Carolyn Crist (Reuters Health) – Drivers in northern New England have long known to watch out for moose on the road, but a new study finds potentially fatal collisions with these large animals still happen on average...