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US ships Marburg vaccines to Rwanda after 11 die in outbreak
By Philbert Girinema and Chandni Shah KIGALI (Reuters) - The United States government completed an initial shipment of vaccine doses and therapeutic drugs for Marburg disease to Rwanda on Oct. 4, Thierry Roels, U.S. CDC Country Director in Rwanda t...
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Congo launches its first mpox vaccination campaign
By Djaffar Al Katanty GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Congolese health officials launched their first mpox vaccination campaign on Saturday, a key step in efforts to contain an outbreak that has spread from its epicentre in the Democ...
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Displaced Gazan mothers struggle to care for their newborns
By Ramadan Abed DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza (Reuters) - Gazan mother Rana Salah cradles her one-month-old daughter Milana in her arms in a sweltering tent for the displaced, and speaks of the guilt she feels for bringing her child into a world of war and s...
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US FDA puts Kezar Life Sciences' lupus treatment trial on hold after patient deaths
(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has placed a clinical hold on Kezar Life Sciences' trial of experimental drug for lupus, the company said on Friday. The FDA's decision comes after the company said it had paused the mid-stage trial of t...
Oct 04, 2024
Novo Nordisk to invest $158 million in insulin plant in Brazil
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk will invest 864 million reais ($158.2 million) to revamp a plant in Brazil responsible for pumping out a quarter of its insulin production globally, the firm said on Friday. The funds will overhau...
Oct 04, 2024
Chilean scientists develop reversible dog neutering vaccine
By Nicolas Cortes and Alexander Villegas SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Findley is a lucky dog. The small white and brown Chilean terrier is one of the first dogs in the world to get neutered without having to go under the knife. The procedure happened in hi...
Oct 04, 2024
California dairy farm workers being monitored for bird flu after two test positive
By Leah Douglas and Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Health officials in California are monitoring other exposed workers for symptoms on two dairy farms where two human cases of bird flu were confirmed on Thursday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Co...
Oct 04, 2024
Health Rounds: Deaths linked to hurricanes still occur years after storm hits
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - Hurricanes and tropical storms in the United States cause a surge of deaths for nearly 15 years after the initial weather event strikes, new research suggests. Governments only record the number of people killed during th...
Oct 04, 2024
France offers 75 million euros for disease-hit sheep farms
PARIS (Reuters) - France will provide 75 million euros ($83 million) in aid for sheep farms hit by a fast-spreading virus, Prime Minister Michel Barnier said on Friday in a show of support for struggling farmers despite a budget crisis facing the n...
Oct 04, 2024
Sanofi, GSK, CSL tapped to expand US bird flu vaccine supply, Bloomberg News reports
(Reuters) -GSK, Sanofi and CSL Ltd have secured $72 million from the U.S. government to ramp up production of bird flu vaccines, Bloomberg News reported on Friday. The move comes as a multi-state outbreak among livestock and poultry has caused several ...
Oct 04, 2024
J&J discontinues dengue drug study
(Reuters) -Johnson & Johnson said on Friday it will discontinue a mid-stage field study evaluating the efficacy of its antiviral drug candidate for the prevention of dengue. The decision to discontinue the study was part of a reprioritization of the co...
Oct 04, 2024
WHO aims to begin second phase of polio campaign in Gaza on Oct. 14
GENEVA (Reuters) - A World Health Organization official on Friday said the organisation has sent a request to Israel to begin the second phase of the polio vaccination campaign in Gaza from Oct. 14. "We have asked the Israeli authorities to conside...
Oct 04, 2024
EU drugs regulator reviews anti hair-loss drugs over suicidal thoughts concerns
(Reuters) -The European drugs regulator said on Friday it was reviewing anti hair-loss drugs, including Merck's Propecia, for the potential risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviour associated with them. The European Medicines Agency said it would recomm...
Oct 04, 2024
Exclusive-Thermo Fisher's plant making infant RSV drug breached FDA rules, documents show
By Patrick Wingrove (Reuters) - One of the largest contract drug manufacturing plants in the U.S. owned by Thermo Fisher Scientific over the past 10 years has repeatedly breached rules meant to ensure drugs are free of contamination, FDA documents...
Oct 04, 2024
Nigeria's Borno state hit by cholera amid flood devastation
By Ahmed Kingimi ABUJA (Reuters) - A cholera outbreak has hit Nigeria's northeastern Borno state, already reeling from floods that displaced nearly 2 million people, an official said on Friday. Cholera outbreaks are not uncommon in Borno, the epice...
Oct 04, 2024