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By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) – Multidrug-resistant “superbugs” that can cause dangerous infections in hospitals are becoming increasingly resistant to alcohol-based hand sanitizers and disinfectants...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Opioid addicts with criminal histories may be less likely to die of overdoses or other causes during periods when they’re in methadone treatment programs, a Canadian study...

By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) – Obese kids may be able to drop weight with the help of an unlikely aid: video games. Special exercise video games helped overweight children drop pounds – and improve their...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Female soccer players may be more likely to experience brain damage from heading the ball than male athletes, a U.S. study suggests. Researchers examined brain scans of 49 male and 49...

(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved Japan-based Shionogi & Co Ltd’s treatment for low blood-platelet count or thrombocytopenia in patients with chronic liver disease. The...

By Carolyn Crist (Reuters Health) – Black and Latino men are twice as likely as white men to die during interactions with police, according to a new study. Police-involved fatalities in the U.S. average nearly three deaths...

By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) – Measles outbreaks can be very costly to communities, a new report suggests. For example, the 2013 measles outbreak in New York City cost the city’s health department nearly...