Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) Health News (Master Feed)
EU regulator reviews Pfizer-BioNTech COVID shot in children as young as 6 months
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Medicines Agency on Monday started reviewing a low-dose version of BioNTech and Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for use in children between the age of six months and four ...
Jul 18, 2022
Anthony Fauci to retire by end of U.S. President Biden’s term – Politico
(Reuters) - Dr Anthony Fauci, an infectious disease expert who is the chief medical adviser to U.S. President Joe Biden, will retire by the end of Biden's term, he told Politico in an interview on Mon...
Jul 18, 2022
Explainer-The health risks of extreme heat
By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) - Europe is sweltering under a record-breaking heatwave, with a number of governments issuing health emergency alerts. WHAT ARE THE RISKS? Heat affects health in a n...
Jul 18, 2022
Southern Europe battles wildfires as heatwave spreads north
MADRID/LISBON (Reuters) - A heatwave sweeping southern Europe that has caused hundreds of deaths and huge wildfires in past weeks showed some signs of abating on Monday but continued to move north, in...
Jul 18, 2022
EU secures 54,000 more doses of Bavarian Nordic’s monkeypox vaccine
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Commission said on Monday it has secured about 54,000 additional doses of the monkeypox vaccine developed by biotech firm Bavarian Nordic as concern mounts over the di...
Jul 18, 2022
Analysis-Years of neglect leaves sexual health clinics ill-prepared for monkeypox
By Julie Steenhuysen and Jennifer Rigby CHICAGO/LONDON (Reuters) - Sexual health clinics on the frontline of the monkeypox response are already financially stretched, leaving the United States and UK ...
Jul 18, 2022
GSK spins off Haleon in biggest European listing for a decade
By Natalie Grover LONDON (Reuters) -British drugmaker GSK spun off its consumer health business on Monday in the biggest listing in Europe for more than a decade. The new company, Haleon, becomes the ...
Jul 18, 2022
Factbox-Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus
(Reuters) - Macau kicked off an 11th round of COVID-19 testing for residents on Monday, as the world's biggest casino hub extended a lockdown of casinos and other businesses in the fight on its worst ...
Jul 18, 2022
Roche launches dual antigen and antibody diagnostic test for hepatitis c
ZURICH (Reuters) - Roche has launched an new dual antigen and antibody diagnostic test for hepatitis C, the Swiss pharmaceuticals company said on Monday, which it says will give an earlier diagnosis o...
Jul 18, 2022
North Korea says it is nearing end of COVID crisis as Asian neighbours fight resurgence
By Soo-hyang Choi SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea is on the path to "finally defuse" a crisis stemming from its first acknowledged outbreak of COVID-19, the state news agency said on Monday, while Asian...
Jul 17, 2022
