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Dubai (Reuters) – NMC Health said it has signed an agreement with Hassana Investment Company, the investment arm of the General Organization for Social Insurance (GoSI) of Saudi Arabia, to develop a pan Saudi Arabian...

By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) – Heart attacks occur more often when temperatures plummet, a large new study suggests. Based on more than a decade and a half of medical and weather data, researchers linked an increased...

By Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) – An Ebola outbreak that ravaged Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia in 2014 cost economies an estimated $53 billion, according to a study in this month’s Journal of Infectious Diseases....

By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) – While crowdfunding platforms can fill insurance gaps, helping patients pay for essential care and avoid medical debt, they are also being used to raise large sums of money for...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – People may be more likely to age without health problems when they have more omega 3 fatty acids in their blood, a recent study suggests. The study authors focused on so-called healthy...

By Carolyn Crist (Reuters Health) – For children under age 12, decongestants might ease the common cold symptoms of a blocked or running nose, but these medications may not be safe for this age group, according to a...

By Tamara Mathias (Reuters Health) – Teaching toddlers in daycare to use hand sanitizers could go a long way in keeping them from falling ill, missing school and reducing their need for antibiotics, a study suggests. The...

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s southern Guangdong province on Tuesday banned the transport of live hogs to other parts of the country after two outbreaks of deadly African swine fever were reported in a neighboring...

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan found African swine fever in packed pork sausage being carried into the country by a foreigner coming from Beijing early this month, the nation’s agriculture ministry said on Tuesday. The...

TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Canada’s FSD Pharma Inc signed a letter of intent to acquire Israel’s Therapix Biosciences Ltd for $48 million in stock, combining two complementary businesses focused on the research and...