Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) Health News (Master Feed)
UK designates monkeypox as a notifiable disease
LONDON (Reuters) - The UK Health Security Agency said monkeypox would be designated as a notifiable infectious disease from Wednesday, meaning doctors in England will have to notify local authorities ...
Jun 07, 2022
Bavarian Nordic expects to sign more contracts for monkeypox vaccine
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Danish biotechnology company Bavarian Nordic expects to sign more contracts for its vaccine against monkeypox after "overwhelming interest" from governments around the world, it...
Jun 07, 2022
Data shows bluebird bio’s blood disorder therapy effective – FDA staff
(Reuters) - Bluebird bio's blood disorder treatment demonstrates "clinically meaningful" benefit in patients, staff reviewers at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said in briefing documents publis...
Jun 07, 2022
‘Widen gaze from Ukraine’ to avert famine in Somalia, U.N. agency warns
LONDON (Reuters) - The world must "widen its gaze from the war in Ukraine" to prevent Somalia sliding into famine, the United Nations' children's agency said on Tuesday, warning only a third of the $2...
Jun 07, 2022
Novavax COVID vaccine heads to U.S. FDA advisory committee
By Michael Erman and Manas Mishra (Reuters) - Advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday will consider whether to recommend Novavax Inc's COVID-19 vaccine for adults, which the drugm...
Jun 07, 2022
Guinea reports first H5N1 bird flu outbreaks on farms – OIE
PARIS (Reuters) - Guinea has reported six outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, on farms in the western part of the country, the World Organisation for Animal ...
Jun 07, 2022
Factbox-Countries offering vaccine for monkeypox
(Reuters) - As more countries where monkeypox is not endemic report outbreaks of the viral disease, some governments have started offering vaccines to most exposed citizens. There isn't a specific vac...
Jun 07, 2022
Factbox-Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus
(Reuters) - Hopes of an improvement in key economic growth metrics in China have increased as more COVID-19-related restrictions ease in the country, including the scheduled reopening of the Universal...
Jun 07, 2022
Bavarian Nordic sells monkeypox vaccines to Canada
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Danish biotechnology company Bavarian Nordic said on Tuesday it had signed a $56 million contract with Canada for its smallpox vaccine, which is also approved for use against mo...
Jun 07, 2022
EU lawmakers face hundreds of amendments in key votes on climate policies
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Parliament will vote this week on a raft of EU climate change policies designed to cut Europe's emissions over the next decade, with proposals facing m...
Jun 06, 2022
