Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) Health News (Master Feed)
French drugmaker Servier ordered to pay $471 million for Mediator scandal
PARIS (Reuters) - Drugmaker Servier must pay more than 430 million euros ($471 million) in connection with weight-loss pill Mediator, a French court ruled on Wednesday, saying the company was guilty o...
Dec 20, 2023
US finds fewer cases of avian flu in wild birds, a good sign for poultry
By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. is detecting fewer cases of avian flu in wild birds that transmit the virus to poultry flocks, the agriculture department said, a potentially positive deve...
Dec 20, 2023
Enrollment for 2024 Obamacare plans 33% higher than last year
(Reuters) - More than 15.3 million Americans have signed up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for 2024, a 33% increase from this time last year, according to data released by th...
Dec 20, 2023
India bans anti-cold drug combination for kids aged under four
By Kanjyik Ghosh MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's drugs regulator has banned the use of an anti-cold drug combination in children aged below four and ordered that drugs should be labelled accordingly, in th...
Dec 20, 2023
Thorne HealthTech taps former Vitamin Shoppe CEO Watts as leader
By Abigail Summerville NEW YORK (Reuters) - Private equity firm L Catterton has appointed former Vitamin Shoppe CEO Colin Watts as Thorne HealthTech's next leader following its $680 million acquisitio...
Dec 20, 2023
England’s junior doctors ramp up strikes in threat to emergency care
By Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) - Junior doctors in England ramped up their industrial action on Wednesday, beginning the first walk-out of their biggest strike yet, which hospitals warn could threate...
Dec 20, 2023
Abu Dhabi’s PureHealth soars 69% on market debut after almost $1 billion IPO
By Hadeel Al Sayegh DUBAI (Reuters) - Shares in Abu Dhabi healthcare platform PureHealth Holding climbed as much as 69% above their listing price on Wednesday on their market debut, after raising almo...
Dec 20, 2023
China’s Stemirna behind on wage payments – former employees
By Andrew Silver SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's COVID-19 vaccine developer Stemirna Therapeutics has fallen behind on regular wage payments to its staff, according to three former employees, as the firm...
Dec 20, 2023
Ukraine’s citizen army struggles with a hidden enemy: combat stress
By Charlotte Bruneau DONETSK REGION, Ukraine (Reuters) - Psychotherapist Oleh Hukovskyi stands beside a white board in a makeshift classroom in eastern Ukraine and addresses a group of soldiers attend...
Dec 20, 2023
US FDA approves first test to identify opioid use addiction risk
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Tuesday it has approved the first test to assess if there is a risk of opioid use addiction in certain individuals. The test, AvertD, is...
Dec 19, 2023
