TherapeuticsMD’s therapy for menopause-related condition gets approval
(Reuters) – Women’s healthcare company TherapeuticsMD Inc won its first-ever U.S. approval on Wednesday with the drug regulator clearing its…
WHO’s Congo Ebola plan assumes 100-300 cases over three months
GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization assumes 100-300 cases of Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo between May and…
India steps up hunt for origin of mysterious brain-damaging virus
MUMBAI/KOCHI (Reuters) – India began a fresh round of tests to trace the origin of a rare brain-damaging virus that…
VA health systems vary widely in heart disease death rates
(Reuters Health) – Heart disease death rates vary substantially at Veterans Affairs hospitals nationwide, and a new study suggests that…
U.S. jury fails to reach verdict in latest J&J talc trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A South Carolina jury on Friday could not agree on a verdict in a case of…
U.S. jury fails to reach verdict in latest J&J talc trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A South Carolina jury on Friday could not agree on a verdict in a case of…
Daimler threatened with recall of over 600,000 diesel models: Spiegel
BERLIN (Reuters) – Daimler faces a recall order for more than 600,000 diesel-engine vehicles including C-Class and G-Class models because…
Oily fish still a good habit for heart health, U.S. doctors say
(Reuters Health) – People who eat at least two servings a week of oily fish like salmon, mackerel, herring and…
Pressured by industry, U.S. EPA slows formaldehyde study release: documents
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, under pressure from the chemical industry, has delayed release of a study…
FDA approves BioMarin rare metabolic disorder drug, shares rise
(Reuters) – U.S. regulators on Thursday approved BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc’s Palynziq for adults with phenylketonuria, a rare metabolic disorder, sending…
Third Indian state checks suspect cases in outbreak of rare brain-damaging virus
MUMBAI (Reuters) – Officials in a third Indian state were checking on Friday if two people had been infected with…
Ebola patients slip out of Congo hospital as medics try to control outbreak
MBANDAKA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Three patients infected with the Ebola virus slipped out of an isolation ward…
Two more die of Ebola in Congo, seven new cases confirmed
MBANDAKA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Two more people have died from Ebola and seven new cases were confirmed…
From Burkina to Zimbabwe, U.S. aid cuts squeeze family planning services
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – The Marie Stopes Ladies who drive from village to village in the remote north of Burkina Faso…
FDA issues warning letters to companies selling kratom products
(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday it issued warning letters to three companies that illegally…
PM May challenges scientists to help transform Britain after Brexit
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s prime minister challenged scientists on Monday to help diagnose cancer earlier and create zero-emission cars, trying…
China considers scrapping birth limits by 2019: Bloomberg
HONG KONG (Reuters) – China is considering ending the limits it sets on the number of children a family can…
Congo begins giving experimental Ebola vaccine to medics
MBANDAKA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Congo began administering an experimental Ebola vaccine to medical staff in the northwestern…
British PM May calls on health, tech sectors to work on cancer
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May will call on Britain’s health service, charities and artificial intelligence sector to work…
Big Ag turns to peas to meet soaring global protein demand
(Reuters) – Cargill, the global grains trader, sees the future of protein in the humble pea. FILE PHOTO: A box…
Porsche to recall 60,000 SUVs for emissions problems: German regulator
HAMBURG (Reuters) – Volkswagen’s (VOWG_p.DE) sports-car brand Porsche has been asked by Germany’s KBA automotive regulator to recall around 60,000…
Merck KGaA’s lung cancer drugs show promise in early-stage trials
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany’s Merck KGaA said two of its experimental oncology drugs showed early signs of promise in certain…
A bid to save $300 million at HCR ManorCare, and disrupt U.S. healthcare
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Thomas DeRosa is making a $4 billion bet that he can build a national, low-cost healthcare network…
J&J defends itself in trial over baby powder asbestos claims
(Reuters) – A trial for a lawsuit alleging that Johnson & Johnson Baby Powder was responsible for the death of…
Air pollution during pregnancy tied to high blood pressure in kids
(Reuters Health) – Women who breathe polluted air during pregnancy may be more likely to have children who develop high…
WHO hopes to use Ebola vaccine to stem outbreak in remote area of Congo
GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization said on Friday it hopes to deploy an experimental Ebola vaccine to tackle…
China’s multi-story hog hotels elevate industrial farms to new levels
YAJI MOUNTAIN, China (Reuters) – On Yaji Mountain in southern China, they are checking in the sows a thousand head…
Health charity Wellcome pledges funds, calls for rapid response to Ebola in Congo
(Reuters) – Britain’s Wellcome Trust global health charity called for a rapid response to an outbreak of Ebola in the…
Insight: China’s multi-story hog hotels elevate industrial farms to new levels
YAJI MOUNTAIN, China (Reuters) – On Yaji Mountain in southern China, they are checking in the sows a thousand head…
Seventeen deaths reported in Congo as Ebola outbreak confirmed
KINSHASA (Reuters) – At least 17 people have died in an area of northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo where health…
Jazz Pharmaceuticals to settle U.S. probe for $57 million
BOSTON (Reuters) – Jazz Pharmaceuticals Plc said on Tuesday it had agreed to pay $57 million to resolve a U.S.…
FDA says Mylan’s EpiPen is in shortage
(Reuters) – U.S. regulators said on Wednesday that Mylan NV’s (MYL.O) EpiPen products are in shortage, due to manufacturing delays…
FDA says manufacturing delays are constraining EpiPen supply
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration added Mylan NV’s (MYL.O) EpiPen to its list of drugs…
Victims of Japan’s forced sterilizations demand justice after decades of silence
TOKYO (Reuters) – One day when Saburo Kita was 14, he was taken from an institution for troubled children to…
U.N. food agency aims to boost aid to North Korea but lacks funds
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations food agency said its chief would visit North Korea on Tuesday to look into…
U.S. drug agency suspends Louisiana distributor over opioid sales
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration said on Friday it had suspended a Louisiana pharmaceutical distributor from selling…
Iowa governor signs ‘fetal heartbeat’ abortion ban into law
(Reuters) – Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed into law on Friday a bill outlawing abortion after a fetal heartbeat is…
Four found guilty in insider trading case linked to U.S. health agency
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two partners at the hedge fund Deerfield Management and two others were found guilty on Thursday…
FDA chief questions protections on drug rebates, stocks fall
(Reuters) – U.S. Food and Drug Administration chief Scott Gottlieb on Thursday questioned whether rebates that drugmakers provide to health…
Eat less saturated, trans fats to curb heart disease: WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) – Adults and children should consume a maximum of 10 percent of their daily calories in the form…
Scientists devise new, more accurate peanut allergy test
LONDON (Reuters) – British scientists have developed a far more accurate blood test to diagnose peanut allergy, offering a better…
Breast cancer screening failure may have shortened 270 lives in England
LONDON (Reuters) – As many as 270 women’s lives may have been shortened after an IT failure in England’s breast…
Regeneron/Sanofi cut heart drug price to $4,500-$6,600 for Express Scripts
(Reuters) – Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc and Sanofi SA will slash the price of their expensive cholesterol drug for Express Scripts…
FDA clears Pluristem radiation treatment for emergency use
HAIFA, Israel (Reuters) – Pluristem Therapeutics Inc, a developer of placenta-based stem cell products, said the U.S. Food and Drug…
Fewer dementia patients die after surgery when nurses more educated
(Reuters Health) – Patients with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia may be less likely to die after surgery when they’re treated…
Talk therapy may help soldiers combat insomnia
(Reuters Health) – Talk therapy for insomnia is effective at reducing insomnia, as well as mental fatigue, among military personnel,…
Zimbabwe says will issue cannabis licences to growers
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabweans can now apply for licences to grow cannabis for medical and research purposes, the government has…
Ninety-eight now sick from romaine lettuce-linked E. coli: CDC
(Reuters) – Fourteen more people fell ill from an E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce, U.S. health officials said…
Fourteen more fall sick from E. coli linked to romaine lettuce: CDC
(Reuters) – Fourteen more sick people from eight U.S. states were added to an investigation of an E. coli outbreak…
EU wants coordinated vaccine push against measles, other diseases
(Reuters) – The European Commission urged EU member states on Thursday to cooperate more closely in fighting diseases such as…
Johnson & Johnson wins appeal to overturn $151 million hip implant verdict
(Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson on Wednesday secured a favorable U.S. appellate court ruling, overturning a verdict that had awarded…
Income, education tied to physical function in old age
(Reuters Health) – People with lower socioeconomic status may have fewer years of good physical functioning in old age than…
FDA cracks down on sales of Juul tobacco products to minors
(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday said it launched a crackdown on the sale of e-cigarettes…
Hungarian laboratory worker isolated after exposure to Ebola virus
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – A Hungarian laboratory worker has been isolated at a Budapest hospital after accidental exposure to the deadly…
Opioids overprescribed to patients taking certain sedatives
(Reuters Health) – Narcotic painkillers can be particularly dangerous for patients who also take tranquilizing drugs known as benzodiazepines, but…
Many approaches may help children improve self-regulation
(Reuters Health) – Yoga, exercise, education and personal skills training are among the many types of interventions that may help…
U.S. appeals court blocks Indiana ‘selective’ abortion law
(Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Thursday declared unconstitutional an Indiana law signed by then-Governor Mike Pence that banned…
Global leaders seek to reignite fight against deadly malaria
LONDON, April 18 (Reuters) – Renewed action and boosted funding to fight malaria could prevent 350 million cases of the…