Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) Health News (Master Feed)
Factbox-Consolidation in US health insurance industry
By Deena Beasley (Reuters) - Health insurer Cigna is in merger talks with Humana, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday, potentially marking the latest in a long string of deals aimed at...
Nov 29, 2023
Mystery illness affecting dogs across the United States
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) - A mystery respiratory illness has stricken dogs in at least 14 states, according to the American Veterinary Medical Association, which is asking vets to report cases while...
Nov 29, 2023
UK expands HIV screening programme as Elton John addresses lawmakers
LONDON (Reuters) - Singer Elton John addressed British lawmakers on Wednesday as the government announced plans to expand an HIV testing programme as part of its aim to end new transmissions of the vi...
Nov 29, 2023
China’s cluster of flu cases under effective control-foreign minister
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A recent increase in respiratory illnesses in China is a common issue faced by that all countries and Chinese authorities have it under effective control, China's Foreign Mi...
Nov 29, 2023
US health insurers Humana, Cigna in talks to merge – WSJ
(Reuters) -Health insurers Cigna and Humana are in talks for a merger, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The companies are discussing a stock-and-c...
Nov 29, 2023
Colombia proposed health reform could push costs up by $234 million next year
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's health sector could see costs grow by 929 billion pesos ($234.7 million) in 2024 if the government's proposed health reform is approved by Congress, the finance ministry ...
Nov 29, 2023
Climate change is the biggest human health risk, says Africa’s disease boss
By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) - Climate change is the biggest threat to human health in Africa and the rest of the world, the head of the continent's public health agency said. Mitigating that ri...
Nov 29, 2023
Return of bird flu brings test for French vaccination strategy
By Sybille de La Hamaide PARIS (Reuters) - The first outbreak of bird flu this season on a farm in France has put the industry on watch to see if the country's strategy of vaccinating birds will prove...
Nov 29, 2023
US FDA clears Vivos Therapeutics’ oral device for sleep apnea
(Reuters) -Vivos Therapeutics said on Wednesday the U.S. health regulator has cleared its oral device for severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), leading a massive rally in the company's shares before t...
Nov 29, 2023
US life expectancy climbs in 2022 after COVID retreat
By Mariam Sunny (Reuters) - U.S. babies born in 2022 gained roughly a year in life expectancy compared with babies born a year earlier, federal data showed on Wednesday, marking progress after two con...
Nov 28, 2023
