Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) Health News (Master Feed)
Teva reaches proposed $4.25 billion settlement of U.S. opioid lawsuits
WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - Teva Pharmaceutical Industries announced a $4.25 billion proposed nationwide settlement on Tuesday that could resolve thousands of lawsuits over the drugmaker's alleged ro...
Jul 26, 2022
Experimental chewing gum reduces Omicron in saliva; sexual dysfunction, hair loss among long COVID symptoms
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that has yet to be certified...
Jul 26, 2022
Biden’s COVID symptoms ‘almost completely resolved’, his physician says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's COVID-19 symptoms have now "almost completely resolved" and he now feels well enough to resume his physical exercise regimen, his physician said in a ...
Jul 26, 2022
Factbox-Wildfires breaking out across the world
(Reuters) - Extreme fires have swallowed up huge swathes of land, destroyed homes and threatened livelihoods across the world in the first half of 2022. Below is a list of the bigger blazes - once rel...
Jul 26, 2022
Omicron BA.5 makes up 82% of COVID variants in U.S. – CDC
(Reuters) - The BA.5 subvariant of Omicron was estimated to make up 81.9% of the circulating coronavirus variants in the United States for the week ended July 23, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control ...
Jul 26, 2022
BioNTech, Pfizer ask U.S. court for clearance over patent dispute with CureVac
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - COVID-19 vaccine maker Biontech said on Tuesday that it and partner Pfizer have filed a complaint with the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts, seeking a judgment that they did ...
Jul 26, 2022
U.S. FDA grants priority review to Biogen’s ALS drug
(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has agreed to review Biogen Inc's experimental treatment for an inherited form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), after the therapy failed a late-...
Jul 26, 2022
China appoints new head of Center for Disease Control and Prevention
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has appointed Shen Hongbing as the new head of the Chinese Center For Disease Control and Prevention, replacing Gao Fu who retired, the CDC said in a statement on Tuesday. (R...
Jul 26, 2022
British agencies win CEPI funds to develop standard monkeypox tools
LONDON (Reuters) - British health agencies have secured funding to develop a standardised approach to test the performance of vaccines being used or in development against monkeypox, days after the Wo...
Jul 26, 2022
Nigerian woman recycles prosthesis so amputee children walk again
LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigerian mother of two Crystal Chigbu wept for days after her daughter was born with a rare limb condition that doctors said needed an amputation. She was not so sure. But as her dau...
Jul 26, 2022
