European nations weigh impact of Brexit on drug supplies
FRANKFURT/DUBLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s drug safety regulator has concluded that Brexit...
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Hundreds of FDA staff return to work amid shutdown: Commissioner
(Reuters) – About 400 U.S. Food and Drug Administration staffers have returned to their...
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Drug companies greet 2019 with U.S. price hikes
By Michael Erman NEW YORK (Reuters) – Drugmakers kicked off 2019 with price increases in the...
Read MoreJust one or two experiences with marijuana may alter teen brains
By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) – Teens who use pot just one or two times may end up with changes to their brains, a new study finds. There were clear differences on brain scans between teens who said they had tried...
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French court cancels Monsanto weedkiller permit on safety grounds
PARIS (Reuters) – A French court canceled the license for one of Monsanto’s...
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eSwatini to ease ban on South African meat after foot and mouth outbreak
MBABANE (Reuters) – The Kingdom of eSwatini, formerly known as Swaziland, said on Tuesday it...
Read MoreEdward Lifesciences pays Boston Scientific $180 million to end patent row
By Manas Mishra (Reuters) – Edwards Lifesciences Corp has paid rival Boston Scientific Corp $180 million as part of a settlement to end long-standing patent disputes between the two medical device makers. Boston Scientific...
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China has culled more than 900,000 pigs due to African swine fever
By Dominique Patton and Hallie Gu BEIJING (Reuters) – China has culled 916,000 pigs after...
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Second U.S. judge blocks Trump administration birth control rules
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – A federal judge in Pennsylvania on Monday blocked the Trump...
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U.S. lawmaker launches investigation into pharma drug pricing
By Yasmeen Abutaleb WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A top U.S. lawmaker launched an investigation...
Read MoreParents often don’t know when teens have suicidal thoughts
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Three in four parents are unaware when their teens have recurrent thoughts about suicide, and a big part of the problem may be that adolescents often deny feeling this way, a U.S. study...
Read MoreLung cancer screening complications may be higher than expected
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Invasive follow-up tests to examine abnormalities found with lung cancer screening may lead to more complications and extra healthcare costs than doctors previously thought, a U.S. study...
Read MoreMedicare changes could have some patients paying more for drugs
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – A proposed shift in Medicare coverage for medicines administered by doctors may help reduce total drug spending, but a new study suggests it may also lead to higher out-of-pocket costs...
Read MoreU.S. substance abuse helpline largely unknown
By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) – The U.S. government’s toll-free substance abuse helpline, which provides free referral services to those looking for treatment, gets little publicity, a new study finds. By...
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France to cull wild boar at Belgium border in swine fever alert
PARIS (Reuters) – France will cull all wild boar in a zone along the Belgian border to try...
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Public mistrust after Congo election raises Ebola epidemic anxiety
By By, Kate, Kelland,, Health and and LONDON, Jan 14 (Reuters) – Global health teams...
Read MoreU.S. judge partially blocks Trump administration birth control rules
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) – A judge in California on Sunday partially blocked a set of Trump administration rules that allow employers to opt out of providing health insurance that covers women’s birth control from...
Read MoreChinese police begin new probe into expired vaccines
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Police in China’s eastern province of Jiangsu have begun an investigation after at least 145 children received expired polio vaccines, the Global Times said on Monday, a new blow to a sector hit...
Read MoreChina reports African swine fever outbreak in Gansu province
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s agriculture ministry on Sunday said a new outbreak of African swine fever had been confirmed in Gansu province in the northwest of the country. The outbreak occurred on a farm with 109...
Read MoreIndonesia seeks to reassure HIV patients over drug supplies
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s health ministry has sought to reassure HIV patients that sufficient antiretroviral (ARV) drugs will be available for their treatment after some hospitals had run out of supplies. At...
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