Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) Health News (Master Feed)
N.Korea reports 100,460 people with fever symptoms, one new death -KCNA
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean state media on Friday said about 100,460 more people showed fever symptoms as of 6 p.m. on Thursday, and reported one new death amid the country's first confirmed corona...
May 26, 2022
Mirati drug shrinks tumors in 44% of advanced lung cancer patients
By Deena Beasley (Reuters) - An experimental Mirati Therapeutics Inc drug that targets a specific genetic mutation shrank tumors in 44% of advanced lung cancer patients in clinical trials, the company...
May 26, 2022
California drought could nearly halve hydropower output, boost electricity prices
(Reuters) - The extended drought in California could lead to hydropower producing 8% of California's electricity generation compared with 15% under normal precipitation conditions, the U.S. Energy Inf...
May 26, 2022
Senegal health minister sacked after babies die in hospital fire
DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegal President Macky Sall on Thursday sacked his health minister, Abdoulaye Diouf Sarr, a government decree showed, after 11 babies were killed by a fire in a hospital neonatal wa...
May 26, 2022
Breakthrough infections may be less contagious; vaccine protection wanes faster in cancer patients
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that has yet to be certified...
May 26, 2022
U.S. proposes offshore wind auction for 5 areas off California
(Reuters) -The Biden administration on Thursday proposed to auction five areas in federal waters off the coast of California for offshore wind development. The sale notice includes three lease areas o...
May 26, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court rebuffs Republican-led states on greenhouse gas policy
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday let President Joe Biden's administration raise the cost estimate for the societal impact of greenhouse gases that federal ag...
May 26, 2022
Abbott developing test for monkeypox
By Leroy Leo (Reuters) -Abbott Laboratories said on Thursday it is actively developing a test for monkeypox, as the disease spreads in various countries. The company will provide the test kits to part...
May 26, 2022
U.S. confirms nine monkeypox cases in seven states
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention said it has identified nine monkeypox cases in seven U.S. states as of Wednesday. Cases were identified in Massachusetts, Fl...
May 26, 2022
WHO asks countries to increase surveillance for Monkeypox
(Reuters) - About 200 confirmed and more than 100 suspected cases of Monkeypox have been detected so far outside of the countries where it usually spreads, a World Health Organization official said on...
May 26, 2022
