Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) Health News (Master Feed)
Factbox-Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus
(Reuters) - China's capital on Wednesday mandated COVID-19 vaccinations for most people to enter crowded venues such as libraries, cinemas and gyms, the first such move by Beijing which it coupled wit...
Jul 06, 2022
U.S. FDA working to allow overseas infant formula beyond shortage
(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is looking at ways to allow overseas manufacturers of baby formula to keep selling in the country beyond the current shortage, the health regulator sai...
Jul 06, 2022
Texas power use to keep breaking records as heatwave lingers
(Reuters) - Power demand in Texas hit another all-time high this summer on Tuesday and will likely keep breaking that record all week as economic growth boosts overall use and homes and businesses cra...
Jul 06, 2022
Uterus transplants allow successful pregnancies in U.S. women-study
By Shawana Alleyne-Morris (Reuters) - More than half of U.S. women who received a uterus through a transplant went on to have successful pregnancies, a new study shows. Between 2016 and 2021, 33 women...
Jul 06, 2022
U.S. FDA allows pharmacists to prescribe Pfizer’s COVID pill
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday it authorized state-licensed pharmacists to prescribe Pfizer Inc's COVID-19 pill, Paxlovid, to eligible patients. The agency said pa...
Jul 06, 2022
Norwegian Cruise scraps COVID testing for select voyages
(Reuters) - Passengers boarding Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings ships won't have to take COVID-19 tests from next month unless required by local law, the U.S. cruise operator said on Wednesday as the c...
Jul 06, 2022
Singapore confirms first local case of monkeypox infection
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore has confirmed its first local case of monkeypox, the health ministry said late on Wednesday. The patient is a 45-year-old male Malaysian national who resides in Singapo...
Jul 06, 2022
World hunger rising as U.N. agencies warn of “looming catastrophe”
By Maytaal Angel LONDON (Reuters) - World hunger levels rose again last year after soaring in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the Ukraine war and climate change threatening starvation and mass...
Jul 06, 2022
WHO: More than 6,000 monkeypox cases reported, another emergency meeting set
LONDON (Reuters) - More than 6,000 cases of monkeypox have now been reported from 58 countries in the current outbreak, according to the World Health Organization. The U.N. agency will reconvene a mee...
Jul 06, 2022
Greece reports first toddler death of severe acute hepatitis
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece reported its first baby death from severe acute hepatitis on Wednesday, the country's national health agency EODY said. The 13-month-old baby had been hospitalised with a hig...
Jul 06, 2022
