South Africa records third mpox death after 16 confirmed cases
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South Africa has recorded its third death from the viral infection mpox in an outbreak that started i...
Jun 25, 2024
US food safety regulators expand bird flu testing in milk products
By Leah Douglas and Julie Steenhuysen (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has begun testing more dairy products...
Jun 25, 2024
Lilly partners with OpenAI to develop medicines for drug-resistant bacteria
(Reuters) - Eli Lilly said on Tuesday it will collaborate with OpenAI to leverage its generative AI to develop antimicrobials...
Jun 25, 2024
Grail's shares fall in Nasdaq debut after spin-off from Illumina
(Reuters) -Shares of Grail fell as much as 11.7% in their market debut on Tuesday after being spun out of gene-sequencing com...
Jun 25, 2024
Teva settles tax dispute in Israel with $750 million payment
(Reuters) - Teva Pharmaceutical Industries has entered into a deal with the Israel Tax Authority to resolve all pending litig...
Jun 25, 2024
US FDA declines to approve AbbVie's Parkinson's disease therapy
(Reuters) -AbbVie said on Tuesday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had declined to approve its therapy to treat motor fl...
Jun 25, 2024
Nearly 40% of Italian teens take drugs, government report finds
ROME (Reuters) - Almost 960,000 Italians aged between 15 and 19, or 39% of them, have consumed illegal substances at least on...
Jun 25, 2024
WHO, scientists warn on mpox strain in Congo
By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) - The spread of mpox in Africa needs to be addressed urgently, the World Health Organizati...
Jun 25, 2024
US Surgeon General declares firearm violence a public health crisis
(Reuters) - U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declared firearm violence in the country a public health crisis, in an advisory...
Jun 25, 2024
China grants licence to Merck's KEYTRUDA for stomach cancer treatment
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's National Drug Administration has granted Merck's KEYTRUDA therapy a licence for first-line treatm...
Jun 25, 2024