Congo’s Ebola outbreak not yet an international emergency: WHO
GENEVA (Reuters) – An outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo does not yet...
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Agile Therapeutics sinks after FDA feedback on contraceptive
By Tamara Mathias (Reuters) – Agile Therapeutics Inc’s shares sank 75 percent on...
Read MoreRichter’s Esmya drug may have contributed to liver damage cases: EMA
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungarian drugmaker Richter’s Esmya medicine used to treat benign tumors of the womb may have contributed to some cases of serious liver damage, European health regulators said on Friday after a...
Read MoreReporting outcomes of procedure to unblock arteries may not improve care
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Public reporting of outcomes for a common procedure to clear blocked arteries was supposed to improve quality, but some doctors say it hasn’t delivered on the goal of enhancing...
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In Congo outbreak, Ebola vaccine faces reality tests
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) – An experimental Ebola vaccine to be deployed in an...
Read MoreMental health support lacking in U.S. diabetes care
By Mary Gillis (Reuters Health) – Most of the top diabetes treatment centers in the U.S. provide experts in hormonal disease, diet and nutrition and diabetes education as part of normal care, but mental health support is...
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Congo health ministry confirms 11 new cases of Ebola
KINSHASA (Reuters) – Congo has confirmed 11 new cases of Ebola in the northwest town of...
Read MoreU.S. FDA approves Amgen drug for prevention of migraines
By Deena Beasley (Reuters) – Amgen Inc won U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval on Thursday for the first drug in a new class designed to prevent migraine headaches in adults. The drug, Aimovig, which is given...
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Appaloosa gets permission for activist stance with Allergan stake
NEW YORK (Reuters) – David Tepper’s Appaloosa Management and two of his funds received...
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FDA names drugmakers potentially acting to delay cheap generics
By Michael Erman (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday listed a...
Read MoreEarly puberty in girls tied to bullying in school
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Girls who go through puberty early may be more likely than peers who mature later to be involved in bullying at school – either as victims or perpetrators, a recent study suggests....
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Congo and WHO race to prevent runaway Ebola outbreak
By Patient Ligodi and Benoit Nyemba KINSHASA (Reuters) – Congolese and U.N. officials were...
Read MoreFlorida officials probe cause of fatal vape device explosion
By Peter Szekely (Reuters) – Fire investigators are examining whether the battery in an electronic cigarette triggered a small explosion that killed a man in Florida this month, sending fragments of the vape device into...
Read MoreDeath toll from listeria outbreak in South Africa rises to more than 200
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – The death toll from the world’s largest ever outbreak of the food-borne disease listeria has risen to 204, but the number of new cases has declined sharply after products were recalled, South...
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Beer is not beneficial, German court rules
BERLIN (Reuters) – Beer cannot be marketed as beneficial, a German top court ruled on...
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U.N. staff on way to Congo to get experimental Ebola vaccine
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) – World Health Organization and other United Nations staff...
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Merck KGaA’s lung cancer drugs show promise in early-stage trials
By Ludwig Burger FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany’s Merck KGaA said two of its...
Read MoreLoxo Oncology’s targeted RET drug shows promise in early trial
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) – An experimental Loxo Oncology Inc drug that targets cancers with mistakes in the RET gene led to tumor shrinkage in nearly 70 percent of patients regardless of where their cancer...
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Congo receives first doses of Ebola vaccine amid outbreak
GENEVA/KINSHASA (Reuters) – The first batch of 4,000 experimental Ebola vaccines to combat...
Read MoreCongo health minister says Ebola outbreak in “new phase” after urban case
KINSHASA (Reuters) – Congo Health Minister Oly Ilunga Kalenga late on Wednesday said in a statement that the country’s Ebola outbreak had entered “a new phase” after a case of the virus was detected in...
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