Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) Health News (Master Feed)
UN agencies hope truce will allow aid to flow to northern Gaza
By Emma Farge, John Irish and Aidan Lewis GENEVA (Reuters) -U.N. agencies voiced hope that a shaky truce that began between Israel and Hamas on Friday would allow aid to flow to northern Gaza for the ...
Nov 24, 2023
UN agencies hope truce will allow aid to flow to northern Gaza
GENEVA (Reuters) -U.N. agencies voiced hope that a shaky truce that got underway between Israel and Hamas on Friday would allow aid to flow to northern Gaza for the first time in weeks, while the Worl...
Nov 24, 2023
China grapples with respiratory illness spike; WHO says no unusual pathogen found
By Andrew Silver and Nicoco Chan SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China called for vigilance on Friday as a surge of respiratory illness hit schools and hospitals and the World Health Organization, which has aske...
Nov 24, 2023
Hong Kong to cull 1,900 pigs after reporting second swine fever case in a month
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong has ordered the culling of almost two thousand pigs after confirming a second case of African swine fever (ASF) in a month. The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation ...
Nov 23, 2023
Novo makes Asian Wegovy push with Japan launch in February
By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Novo Nordisk will launch the anti-obesity Wegovy drug in Japan on Feb. 22 next year, its first Asian launch of the hugely popular drug, the company sai...
Nov 23, 2023
Don’t press ‘pandemic panic button’ scientists caution on China pneumonia report
By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) - Leading scientists urged caution over fears of another pandemic on Thursday after the World Health Organization requested more information from China on a rise of ...
Nov 23, 2023
Novo Nordisk invests $2.3 million in France to boost output
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Danish drug maker Novo Nordisk said on Thursday it would invest more than 16 billion crowns ($2.34 billion) in the expansion of production facilities in Chartres in France. Europ...
Nov 23, 2023
Macron to unveil 2.1 billion eur Novo Nordisk pharma investment in France
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron will on Thursday inaugurate a 2.1 billion euro ($2.3 billion) investment by Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk in France, his office said, pi...
Nov 22, 2023
Indonesian court papers reveal chain of events that led to cough syrup deaths
By Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian court documents have revealed for the first time the chain of events that led to toxic ingredients being used in cough syrup that was among the produ...
Nov 22, 2023
WHO asks China for details on respiratory illness outbreaks
(Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday officially requested that China provide detailed information on an increase in respiratory illnesses and reported clusters of pneumonia in ...
Nov 22, 2023
