Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) Health News (Master Feed)
Indonesia aiming to get foot and mouth disease under control by year-end
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia is aiming to get its foot and mouth disease (FMD)outbreak under control by the end of this year, a government official said on Tuesday, as it forges ahead with a programm...
Aug 02, 2022
Abortion rights face voter test in Kansas after Roe v. Wade reversal
By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) - Voters in Kansas will decide on Tuesday whether the state constitution should go on protecting abortion rights in a closely watched referendum that could lead to aborti...
Aug 02, 2022
EU signs joint procurement deal with HIPRA for COVID vaccines
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission said on Tuesday it had signed a joint procurement contract with Spanish pharmaceutical firm HIPRA for the supply of its protein COVID-19 vaccine, which wil...
Aug 02, 2022
Axcella long COVID treatment helps some patients in small trial
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - One of the first trials aimed at tackling long COVID helped some patients recover from lingering physical and mental fatigue, although the drug developed by Ax...
Aug 02, 2022
Child infected with Marburg virus dies in Ghana
GENEVA (Reuters) -A child who contracted the highly infectious Ebola-like Marburg virus in Ghana has died, a World Health Organization official said on Tuesday. The death brings the total number of fa...
Aug 02, 2022
Hong Kong government approves lowering of Sinovac vaccines to six months
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's government on Tuesday announced that it had approved reducing the minimum age for China's Sinovac vaccine to six months from three years old to protect them from COVI...
Aug 02, 2022
Biden to name FEMA, CDC officials to lead U.S. monkeypox response -AP
(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden is set to name top officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to head the response to m...
Aug 01, 2022
Apple drops mask requirements for most of its corporate workers – The Verge
(Reuters) - Apple Inc is dropping its mask mandate for corporate employees at most locations, the Verge reported on Monday, citing an internal memo. (https://bit.ly/3oJ3EQN) This comes even as COVID-1...
Aug 01, 2022
S.Korea develops nanotech tattoo as health monitoring device
By Minwoo Park DAEJEON (Reuters) - South Koreans may soon be able to carry a device inside their own bodies in the form of a bespoke tattoo that automatically alerts them to potential health problems,...
Aug 01, 2022
California governor declares monkeypox emergency
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California Governor Gavin Newsom declared a monkeypox emergency in the most populous U.S. state on Monday in a move aimed at bolstering vaccination efforts to control an outbre...
Aug 01, 2022
