Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) Health News (Master Feed)
Abbott raises 2022 profit forecast after strong COVID test demand
(Reuters) -Abbott Laboratories on Wednesday raised its annual earnings forecast as demand for its medical devices and diagnostics products helped cushion the impact of a shutdown of its baby formula p...
Jul 20, 2022
Japan health panel delays emergency approval of Shionogi COVID-19 pill
TOKYO (Reuters) -A Japanese health ministry panel on Wednesday delayed emergency approval for an oral treatment against COVID-19 that has been developed by Shionogi & Co. Health experts on the panel v...
Jul 20, 2022
Biogen profit more than doubles on Samsung Bioepis stake sale
(Reuters) - Biogen Inc's second-quarter profit more than doubled on Wednesday, driven by a roughly $1.5-billion gain from the sale of its equity stake in the Samsung Bioepis Joint Venture. (Reporting ...
Jul 20, 2022
Merck’s Keytruda fails head and neck cancer trial
(Reuters) - Merck & Co Inc said on Wednesday its cancer therapy Keytruda failed to meet the main goal of a late-stage trial testing it in patients with head and neck cancer. The company said Keytruda,...
Jul 20, 2022
Vaccine group invites African states to apply for malaria shot support
LONDON (Reuters) - Nine months after the world's first malaria vaccine was recommended for use, international vaccine alliance Gavi invited countries to apply for financial support to roll out the jab...
Jul 20, 2022
Polar bears scavenge on garbage to cope with climate change
By Gloria Dickie LONDON (Reuters) - Hungry polar bears are turning to garbage dumps to fill their stomachs as their icy habitat disappears. On Wednesday, a team of Canadian and U.S. scientists warned ...
Jul 20, 2022
Health insurer Elevance raises annual profit forecast
(Reuters) -Elevance Health Inc lifted its annual earnings forecast on Wednesday after strength in the unit that houses its pharmacy benefits management business, IngenioRx, helped the company sail pas...
Jul 20, 2022
Shanghai extends COVID testing order for residents to end August
BEIJING (Reuters) - Residents in China's commercial hub Shanghai must take a nucleic acid COVID-19 test at least once a week until the end of August, a local official said on Wednesday. That extended ...
Jul 20, 2022
Biden to announce executive actions on climate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will announce a set of executive actions aimed at addressing climate change on Wednesday in a visit to the site of a former coal-fired plant in Massachusetts...
Jul 20, 2022
Macau to reopen casinos on Saturday as COVID infections fall – source
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Macau will reopen its casinos on Saturday, a source with direct knowledge of the information said as authorities seek to unwind some stringent measures which locked down the worl...
Jul 20, 2022
