Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) Health News (Master Feed)
U.S. FDA staff says Moderna COVID vaccine effective and safe for children
(Reuters) - U.S. Food and Drug Administration staff reviewers on Friday said Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccine appears safe and effective for use in people aged 6 months to 17 years old as a committee of...
Jun 10, 2022
FACTBOX-Worldwide coronavirus cases cross 531.58 million, death toll at 6,716,556
By Lynx Insight Service (Reuters) - More than 531.58 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 6,716,556 have died, according to a Reuters tally. Infection...
Jun 10, 2022
U.S. seeks to expand monkeypox testing as cases rise
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. health officials are working to expand capabilities to test for monkeypox beyond a narrow group of public health labs, heeding calls from infectious disea...
Jun 10, 2022
FDA requires disclosure of suicide risk for anti-baldness drug
By Dan Levine (Reuters) - U.S. health regulators rejected a request to remove popular anti-baldness pill Propecia and its generic versions from the market, but for the first time required patient noti...
Jun 10, 2022
Bluebird bio’s gene therapy for blood disorder gets FDA panel backing
(Reuters) - Bluebird bio's treatment for a rare blood disorder received backing from advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday, in a vote of confidence in gene therapies and bolsteri...
Jun 10, 2022
People who lost homes in New Mexico wildfire hope Biden can help
By Andrew Hay TIERRA MONTE, N.M. (Reuters) - When U.S. President Joe Biden visits New Mexico on Saturday to meet victims of the state's largest ever wildfire, Daniel Encinias hopes to get a chance to ...
Jun 10, 2022
Canada to propose requiring health warnings printed on individual cigarette tubes -minister
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's Liberal government will propose updating the country's tobacco products regulations to require written health warnings printed on individual cigarette tubes, Mental Health ...
Jun 10, 2022
France’s Valneva works on remediation plan for COVID-19 vaccine candidate
(Reuters) - French drugmaker Valneva has proposed a remediation plan after receiving the European Commission's (EC) notice of intent to terminate the advance purchase agreement for its inactivated COV...
Jun 10, 2022
Delta to move British baby formula to U.S. starting June 20 -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines Inc will begin to transporting 3.2 million bottles of Kendamil baby formula on June 20, the White House said on Friday in announcing the sixth shipment of overse...
Jun 10, 2022
EU drug regulator: mRNA COVID vaccines do not cause absence of menstruation
LONDON (Reuters) - Available data suggest that mRNA COVID-19 vaccines do not cause an absence of menstruation, the European Union's health regulator concluded on Friday. The assessment was prompted by...
Jun 10, 2022
