Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) Health News (Master Feed)
GSK lifts full-year forecast, days after consumer health spinoff
(Reuters) - GSK on Wednesday lifted its full-year forecast, boosted by reinvigorated demand for its blockbuster Shingrix vaccine, days after overhauling the business with the spinoff of its consumer h...
Jul 27, 2022
Monkeypox emergency could last months, with window closing to stop spread, experts say
By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists advising the World Health Organization (WHO) on monkeypox say the window is closing to stop its spread, with cases currently doubling every two weeks, r...
Jul 27, 2022
Factbox-Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus
(Reuters) - Cases of COVID-19 spiked in some areas of China and Japan, while a large mask-free public event was held in North Korea for the first time since May. DEATHS AND INFECTIONS * Eikon users, s...
Jul 27, 2022
COVID infections fall in New Zealand, worst case scenario likely avoided
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's government said on Wednesday new COVID-19 cases were trending down and it looked likely the country would avoid a feared worst-case scenario of 20,...
Jul 26, 2022
Japan industry minister adds role as ‘Green Transformation’ minister – spokesperson
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's industry minister Koichi Hagiuda has taken on the additional role as "Green Transformation" minister, leading the country's commitment to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, t...
Jul 26, 2022
China reports 703 new COVID cases for July 26 vs 976 day earlier
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China reported 703 new coronavirus cases for July 26, of which 120 were symptomatic and 583 were asymptomatic, the National Health Commission said on Wednesday. That compared with...
Jul 26, 2022
China’s Wuhan shuts some businesses, transport amid new COVID cases
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's central metropolis of Wuhan temporarily shut some businesses and public transport in a district with almost a million people on Wednesday, as the city where the pandemic fi...
Jul 26, 2022
Magnitude 7.1 earthquake strikes Dolores in Philippines, strongly felt in Manila
(Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 7.1 struck near Dolores in Philippines on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, while a Reuters witness said it was strongly felt in the country's capital ...
Jul 26, 2022
Heat wave takes a toll on Arizona homeless
By Liliana Salgado PHOENIX (Reuters) - Homeless for 27 years, Michael Robinson knows he is unwelcome at businesses around Phoenix where he might catch a few minutes of air conditioning. That means in ...
Jul 26, 2022
U.S. may require nearly $7 billion to combat monkeypox outbreak – WaPo
(Reuters) - The Biden administration estimates it may need nearly $7 billion to deal with the monkeypox outbreak in the United States, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday. The funding estimate was...
Jul 26, 2022
