UnitedHealth second quarter medical costs miss estimates, shares slide
By Caroline Humer and Tamara Mathias (Reuters) – UnitedHealth Group Inc, the largest U.S....
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Mylan signs U.S. license deal on Humira with AbbVie
(Reuters) – AbbVie Inc said on Tuesday it signed a U.S. licensing deal with Mylan NV for its...
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Roche touts new flu drug as Tamiflu suffers generics hit
ZURICH (Reuters) – Swiss drugmaker Roche’s hopes of recapturing lost ground in the...
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Judge rules for Trump administration in suit over family-planning program shift
By Brendan O’Brien (Reuters) – A federal judge ruled on Monday against birth control...
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Texas fetal tissue burial law on trial at U.S. court
By Jon Herskovitz AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A court hearing on a Texas law requiring the...
Read MoreWomen’s fertility may be related to heart disease risk factors
By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) – Young women with unhealthy levels of fats in their blood may have higher odds of having just one child, or no children at all, a recent study suggests. Dr. Aleksandra Pirnat at the...
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Fast-growing e-cigarette maker Juul to launch in UK
By Martinne Geller LONDON (Reuters) – Silicon Valley e-cigarette start-up Juul Labs is...
Read MoreMass radio campaign saves thousands of child lives in Africa
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) – A mass radio campaign in Burkina Faso led to a significant rise in sick children getting medical attention and could prove one of the most cost-effective ways to save young lives in poor...
Read MoreUK ethics body says gene-edited babies may be ‘morally permissible’
By Health and Science Correspondent Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) – The use of gene editing technologies to alter the DNA of human embryos could be morally permissible as long as the science and its impact on society is...
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Yes, it’s harder to sleep in the hospital
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Hospital patients get a lot less sleep, wake up more...
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Not all adults think nicotine ‘definitely harmful’ to kids
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – While most adults know nicotine is bad for children,...
Read MoreUrgent care centers often prescribe unnecessary antibiotics
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Patients with common colds and respiratory illnesses may be more likely to get antibiotics – which don’t work for these conditions – when they go to an urgent care...
Read MoreCRISPR gene editing can cause risky collateral DNA damage: study
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) – Scientists studying the effects of the potentially game-changing gene editing tool CRISPR/Cas9 have found it can cause unexpected genetic damage which could lead to dangerous changes in...
Read MoreIndivior’s shares soar 33 percent after U.S. court blocks sale of rival generic
(Reuters) – Indivior Plc’s shares jumped more than 33 percent on Monday after a U.S. court blocked a rival from selling a cheaper copycat of the British drugmaker’s bestselling opioid addiction treatment. The...
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Iowa, Illinois investigating infections linked to McDonald’s salad
(Reuters) – The Iowa and Illinois health departments said on Thursday that they were...
Read MoreChina pushes for lower cancer drug prices: Xinhua
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s new medical insurance regulator will begin negotiations with domestic and overseas pharmaceutical companies to lower prices of cancer drugs in a bid to cut the financial burden on...
Read MoreIndivior wins preliminary injunction against generic rival
(Reuters) – A U.S. court has granted Indivior a preliminary injunction blocking India’s Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories from selling cut-price versions of the British drugmaker’s best-selling opioid addiction...
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J&J vows to overturn $4.7 billion talc verdict but experts see hurdles
By Tina Bellon NEW YORK (Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson has vowed to appeal a $4.7 billion...
Read MoreWithin opioid abuse epidemic, infectious disease epidemic emerges
By Will Boggs MD NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – There is a new epidemic of hepatitis C, HIV, and other infections within the opioid abuse epidemic, according to participants in a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering,...
Read MoreReducing drug possession penalties may have impact on health inequalities
By Carolyn Crist (Reuters Health) – Changing the criminal penalties for drug possession could reduce racial and ethnic disparities in the criminal justice system and indirectly reduce health disparities as well,...
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