Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) Health News (Master Feed)
Oldest patient yet cured of HIV after stem cell transplant – researchers
By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) - The oldest patient yet has been cured of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant for leukaemia, researchers reported on Wednesday. While the transplant was plan...
Jul 27, 2022
Biden tested negative for COVID, his physician says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden tested negative for COVID-19 on Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning after getting infected with the coronavirus last week, his physician said in a mem...
Jul 27, 2022
WHO: 18,000 cases of monkeypox globally from 78 countries, mainly Europe
LONDON (Reuters) - There have been more than 18,000 cases monkeypox reported globally from 78 countries, with the majority in Europe, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday. The WHO declared ...
Jul 27, 2022
EU urges intensified effort to combat monkeypox
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission urged the 27 EU members on Wednesday to take a more forceful and coordinated approach towards monkeypox now that the World Health Organization has declared...
Jul 27, 2022
EU drugs regulator beefs up monkeypox response after emergency declaration
By Natalie Grover LONDON (Reuters) - The European drugs regulator is bolstering its response to escalating cases of monkeypox, days after the World Health Organization declared the outbreak a global h...
Jul 27, 2022
Pfizer starts mid-stage trial for vaccine against Omicron subvariant
(Reuters) - Pfizer Inc and its German partner BioNTech SE said on Wednesday they had started a mid-stage study of a modified COVID-19 vaccine which targets both the original as well as the BA.2 Omicro...
Jul 27, 2022
Exclusive-Cassava Sciences faces U.S. criminal probe tied to Alzheimer’s drug, sources say
By Marisa Taylor and Mike Spector WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into Cassava Sciences Inc involving whether the biotech company manipulated res...
Jul 27, 2022
Coal industry is ‘delusional’, South Africa climate change official says
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The executive director of South Africa's Presidential Commission on Climate Change called the country's coal industry delusional on Wednesday, saying the market for the fossil...
Jul 27, 2022
Spain’s Rovi first-half profit up 58% helped by vaccine manufacturing
MADRID (Reuters) - Rovi posted a 58% jump in first-half net profit to 80.6 million euros ($82 million) on Wednesday as COVID-19 vaccines boosted revenue, the Spanish pharmaceutical company said. Rovi,...
Jul 27, 2022
No new daily COVID cases in Macau for first time in over a month
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Authorities in Macau reported no new COVID-19 infections on Wednesday for the first time since mid-June, after the city's worst outbreak of the disease led to a 12-day closure of...
Jul 27, 2022
