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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s agriculture ministry said on Wednesday that African swine fever had been detected in three dead wild boars in northwestern Shaanxi province. Nine wild boar samples submitted by the...

(Reuters) – Activist investor Starboard Value LP is pushing healthcare service provider Mednax Inc to sell all or part of itself, reported the Wall Street Journal citing people familiar with the matter. Starboard, which...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Although most summer camps welcome kids with food allergies, they often don’t require individualized emergency plans from these campers, a U.S. study suggests. Researchers surveyed...

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s government said bird flu had been confirmed at a chicken farm in eastern England on Tuesday, the first such report since June 2017. Some 27,000 birds at the farm would be slaughtered...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – High schools across the U.S. face numerous barriers to implementing laws intended to help students recover from concussions, a small U.S. study suggests. Researchers interviewed 64 high...

By Carolyn Crist (Reuters Health) – Although mortality rates among U.S. infants, children and teens have declined overall in the last two decades, rural kids still face higher odds of death than urban kids, researchers say....

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Older adults who are exposed to tiny particles in air pollution for just a day or two are more likely to be hospitalized for a wide variety of common health problems, a U.S. study...

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Babies who are born too early may be more likely to develop diabetes as children and young adults than full-term infants, a new study suggests. In a study of children up to age 18, those...

By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) – Even with measles outbreaks common in many parts of the world, doctors and parents are often not opting to have children vaccinated before international travel, a new study suggests....