Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) Health News (Master Feed)
Afghan authorities scramble to reach earthquake zone, toll at 1,000 dead
By Mohamad Yunus Tawar GAYAN, Afghanistan (Reuters) -Afghan authorities struggled on Thursday to reach a remote area hit by an earthquake that killed 1,000 people but poor communications and a lack of...
Jun 23, 2022
U.S. expanding monkeypox testing capacity as cases rise
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration announced on Wednesday it is expanding monkeypox testing capacity to five commercial laboratory companies amid rising cases. As of Tu...
Jun 22, 2022
New Mexico wildfire sparked by Forest Service after pressure to burn
By Andrew Hay (Reuters) - Pressure to meet objectives may have led the U.S. Forest Service in New Mexico to ignore risks posed by a controlled burn that sparked the state's largest wildfire, an agency...
Jun 22, 2022
Nearly 1 in 5 adults who had COVID have lingering symptoms – U.S. study
(Reuters) - Nearly 1 in 5 American adults who reported having COVID-19 in the past are still having symptoms of long COVID, according to survey data collected in the first two weeks of June, U.S. heal...
Jun 22, 2022
U.S. FDA gets complaint of one more infant death related to baby formula
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday it was notified of one more infant death in January potentially related to Abbott Laboratories' baby formula and the agency has star...
Jun 22, 2022
U.S. delivers 2.7 million COVID vaccine doses for kids under five to administration sites
(Reuters) - The United States has delivered about 2.7 million doses of COVID vaccines for children below five years to administration centres while another one million shots will reach the sites soon,...
Jun 22, 2022
EU to boost investment in Latin American vaccine, drug production
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union wants to boost production of vaccines and drugs in Latin America by investing more in the region and by sharing technologies and regulatory practices, the head ...
Jun 22, 2022
Contempt conviction upheld for lawyer who won $9.5 billion Chevron judgment
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A divided U.S. appeals court on Wednesday upheld the criminal contempt conviction of a disbarred lawyer who won but was unable to collect a $9.5 billion judgment against Chevron C...
Jun 22, 2022
U.S. woman fearing for health after Malta refuses abortion
VALLETTA (Reuters) - An American couple on Wednesday appealed to the Maltese authorities to let them leave Malta to have an abortion and avoid any risks to the mother after she suffered symptoms of a ...
Jun 22, 2022
Spain detects first local infection with cholera since 1979
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain has detected its first locally acquired case of cholera in over four decades, regional health authorities said on Wednesday, although the infected person has already recovered...
Jun 22, 2022
