Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) Health News (Master Feed)
FTC launches probe into mental-health startup Cerebral – WSJ
(Reuters) - The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has begun an investigation into SoftBank-backed mental-health startup Cerebral Inc, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing a letter the anti...
Jun 14, 2022
Pfizer stops enrollment in Paxlovid trial in standard-risk population
(Reuters) - Pfizer Inc said on Tuesday it would halt enrollment in a trial for its COVID-19 antiviral drug, Paxlovid, in standard-risk patients after a study revealed the treatment was not effective i...
Jun 14, 2022
U.S. FDA advisers back authorization of Moderna COVID vaccine for ages 6-17
(Reuters) - Advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday recommended the authorization of Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccine for children and teens aged 6 to 17 years of age. (Reporting by...
Jun 14, 2022
Moderna to invest 500 million euros in Spain, PM Sanchez says
MADRID (Reuters) - Moderna plans to invest around 500 million euros ($520.60 million) in a new laboratory in Spain to boost its production of vaccines, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Tue...
Jun 14, 2022
WTO draft IP deal on COVID vaccines ‘very good’, UK minister says
By Emma Farge and Philip Blenkinsop GENEVA (Reuters) -Britain, one of the main opponents to waiving intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines, praised a draft agreement and expressed hope a d...
Jun 14, 2022
Omicron sub-variants BA.4, BA.5 account for 21% of COVID variants in U.S. – CDC
(Reuters) - The BA.4 and BA.5 sub-variants of Omicron are estimated to make up about 8.3% and 13.3% of the coronavirus variants in the United States as of June 11, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control...
Jun 14, 2022
WHO set to decide if monkeypox represents health emergency
LONDON (Reuters) - The World Health Organization will convene an emergency committee on Thursday next week to assess whether the monkeypox outbreak represents a public health emergency of internationa...
Jun 14, 2022
Canada to suspend vaccine mandates for domestic travel, civil service
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada on Tuesday will suspend its requirement to be vaccinated against COVID-19 for domestic travel and to work in the public service, a government source said, after provinces lif...
Jun 14, 2022
Antibiotic drugmakers take steps to self-impose environmental safeguards
By Natalie Grover LONDON (Reuters) - In the absence of global standards limiting toxic emissions produced by antibiotics at the point of manufacture, the pharmaceutical industry has come up with its o...
Jun 14, 2022
Lebanon’s north turns to apothecaries as healthcare costs soar
By Lina Najem and Walid Saleh TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Once a gymnastics instructor, Mohammad Abadeen now runs a small apothecary in Lebanon's north, offering affordable plant-based treatments to clients t...
Jun 14, 2022
