Photo of emotional nurse after ‘particularly hard day’ goes viral
A woman’s touching tribute to her labor and delivery nurse sister who came to her house after a particularly rough shift has gone viral, as it provides some insight into…
Lilly’s pancreatic cancer treatment fails late-stage study
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Lilly is seen on a wall of the Lilly France company unit, part of the Eli Lilly and Co drugmaker group, in Fegersheim near Strasbourg,…
Legionnaires’ disease outbreak linked to North Carolina state fair kills 3rd person: officials
A third person has died following an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in North Carolina. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services on Monday confirmed a third death and…
Scientists find how deadly malaria parasite jumped from gorillas to humans
LONDON (Reuters) – Scientists who resurrected a 50,000-year-old gene sequence have analyzed it to figure out how the world’s deadliest malaria parasite jumped from gorillas to humans – giving insight…
Pediatric cancer community rattled by shortage of staple drug
A shortage of a cancer drug in the pediatric oncology community reportedly has doctors scrambling, as the sole producer left in the U.S. races to ramp up production. The drug,…
Bayer expects significant surge in number of U.S. glyphosate cases
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Bayer expects the number of claims in the United States related to Roundup herbicide to have surged in the third quarter, as the German drugs and pesticides…
Michigan teen declared brain-dead after asthma attack, taken off life support
Despite impassioned objections from the boy’s family, 14-year-old Bobby Reyes has been declared brain-dead and a Michigan hospital discontinued life support on Tuesday. Reyes had been on life support since…
‘Alarming upsurge’ in measles has devastating impact, WHO warns
LONDON (Reuters) – Measles is staging a devastating comeback in epidemics across the world as the virus exploits dangerous gaps in vaccination coverage, World Health Organization (WHO) experts said on…
Mosquito-borne EEE virus kills Michigan resident; fatality marks 4th in state, officials say
A fourth Michigan resident has died from what is considered to be one of the most dangerous mosquito-borne viruses in the nation: Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) virus. The death of…
CVS drug coverage plan based on outside pricing review is off to a slow start
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A CVS Health Corp (CVS.N) health plan that uses an outside drug pricing group to help it decide whether to cover certain new medicines has gained…