BUNIA, Congo (AP) — More than 300 people died of Ebola in eastern Congo in the past week, one of the highest weekly tolls yet, government data showed Monday, as health workers struggle to catch up with an outbreak that is spreading at unprecedented speed. Ministry of Health data showed that as of Sa
By Kamal Choudhury Aug 24 (Reuters) – Capricor Therapeutics said on Monday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had extended the review period for its experimental cell therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy by three months. The delay follows Capricor’s submission of new 24-month data from its lat
Aug 24 (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared Roche and partner Eli Lilly’s blood test to help identify signs of Alzheimer’s disease in people aged 55 and older with cognitive decline. The test, Elecsys pTau217, is a biomarker blood test that can help doctors identify patients
Aug 24 (Reuters) – A U.S. court has ordered Guardant Health to pay more than $245.2 million to TwinStrand Biosciences and the University of Washington after finding that the company infringed patents covering DNA sequencing technology, TwinStrand said on Monday. Here are the details: • The U.S. Dist
Aug 24 (Reuters) – Regenxbio said on Monday the U.S. FDA has placed its experimental gene therapy for a rare inherited disorder on clinical hold after spinal scans found abnormalities in five study participants, sending its shares down more than 24% in premarket trading. The therapy, RGX-121, was be
Aug 24 (Reuters) – GSK said on Monday its experimental chronic hepatitis B drug received its first global approval in Japan, and a key cancer therapy was granted a priority U.S. regulatory review as a possible rectal cancer treatment. Here are some details: • The British drugmaker said bepirovirsen,
Aug 24 (Reuters) – Eli Lilly has launched its pill, Foundayo, in the UK for weight management and type 2 diabetes, it said on Monday, making Britain the first country in Europe where the oral treatment is available. • The pill, known chemically as orforglipron, will be available via private prescrip
About two weeks after giving birth, Bridget María Chesterton was curled up on the bathroom floor, saying things that made little sense. Later, in the emergency room, she kept repeating, “What’s going on?” She’d lost touch with reality. The family eventually learned that Chesterton had postpartum psy
VATICAN CITY, Aug 23 (Reuters) – Pope Leo called on Sunday for international action to help contain the impact of an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has so far claimed more than 2,500 lives. The outbreak has spread rapidly across a vast area of the central African country a
SEATTLE (AP) — Fire and medical officials have issued warnings about a supplement offered to Western wildland firefighters who have been exposed to toxic chemicals while battling some of the country’s biggest blazes. The supplement glutathione, given through an IV or an inhaler-like machine called a
BUNIA, Congo (AP) — Congo has received more than 16,000 doses of the Ervebo vaccine as the country grapples with the fastest Ebola outbreak in history, the country’s health minister said. The 16,250 doses arrived at the N’djili International Airport in the capital, Kinshasa, late Friday, as part of
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials say a food-poisoning outbreak tied to alfalfa sprouts and involving multiple germs has sickened people in 15 states. State officials announced the outbreak earlier this week, saying they documented more than three dozen cases in Minnesota and Wisconsin. On Frida
Aug 21 (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it had authorized 11 nicotine pouch products recently launched by Philip Morris, citing lower levels of harmful constituents compared with other oral and smokeless tobacco products. Philip Morris unveiled its higher-strength Zyn
Aug 21 (Reuters) – U.S. health officials on Friday said they were investigating a multistate outbreak of E. coli and salmonella infections linked to alfalfa sprouts. Here are more details: • The Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have reported 55 cases and fo
NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly 200 activists in Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s “Make America Healthy Again” movement are criticizing President Donald Trump’s promotion of coal to fuel the rise of artificial intelligence data centers, according to a letter sent Friday. The letter, signed by at leas
BOSTON (AP) — The defense rested its case Friday in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial after eliciting several days of testimony about her mental state before and after she strangled her three young children. Prosecutors then began calling rebuttal witnesses in the trial, which is likely entering its f
Aug 21 (Reuters) – The U.S. health department said on Friday it was seeking public feedback on federal vaccine recommendations, including how they are categorized and communicated, after President Donald Trump’s executive order calling for fewer childhood vaccinations. The Department of Health and
Aug 21 (Reuters) – Scholar Rock said on Friday it withdrew its European application for the experimental spinal muscular atrophy drug and plans to resubmit it with a different manufacturing site after issues at a Novo Nordisk-owned facility. Last year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration declined
PARIS, Aug 21 (Reuters) – French anti-fraud and health agencies issued a warning on Friday against tens of thousands of potentially unsafe condoms sold on the internet and in shops and pharmacies. The agencies recalled about 260,000 condoms sold in pharmacies and shops after lab tests found two prod
For students starting at a new school, the first day holds many questions: Will they see any familiar faces? Who will they sit with at lunch? Who will they play with at recess? “I’m this much nervous,” said Iman Fair-Seldon, 5, holding her hands about 4 inches (10 centimeters) apart. Iman will start
By Sam Tobin and William James LONDON, Aug 21 (Reuters) – World Rugby and four British governing bodies lost an attempt on Friday to end concussion lawsuits involving more than 500 former rugby union and league players, after London’s High Court ruled the cases could continue. The wider litigation i
By Matthias Williams Aug 21 (Reuters) – More than 2,500 people have now died in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ebola outbreak, which is spreading exponentially in an area larger than France, senior United Nations Ebola coordinator Julien Harneis said on Friday. Speaking on a video call from the
By Vera Dvorakova Aug 21 (Reuters) – Global warming is increasing the spread of tick-borne encephalitis and chikungunya viruses, the chief executive of vaccine maker Bavarian Nordic said on Friday. Bavarian Nordic’s travel-health business benefits from strong vaccine demand. Sales of its chikungunya
Aug 21 (Reuters) – Britain’s Spire Healthcare on Friday extended for the fifth time the deadline for Toscafund Asset Management to make a formal takeover offer for the private hospital operator to September 3. • Toscafund tabled its 250 pence-per-share proposal on May 14, representing a 66% premium
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 21 (Reuters) – Dengue fever cases have surged in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur and the surrounding Klang Valley area, the country’s health ministry said on Friday, warning of a high risk of transmission as cases of the mosquito-borne illness rise elsewhere in the country. • Th
Aug 20 (Reuters) – Michigan’s health department reported 14,277 cases linked to a cyclosporiasis outbreak on Thursday, up 368 from its previous update a week earlier, an increase of nearly 3%. The department has previously said the increase largely reflected a backlog in processing reports and that
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Six million people in Somalia are facing acute food insecurity while the World Food Program has only a tenth of the resources it had in 2022 when it helped avert famine in the drought- and conflict-stricken East African nation, the head of the U.N. agency told The Associate
Aug 20 (Reuters) – Indian hospital operator Manipal Health Enterprises on Thursday reported a nearly 31% rise in adjusted first-quarter profit after tax, driven by strong demand for complex procedures and higher hospital occupancy. The company posted an adjusted consolidated profit after tax of 3.32
Aug 20 (Reuters) – U.S. employer healthcare costs are expected to rise 9.5% in 2027, pushing the average cost above $19,000 per employee, driven by increased medical use and spending on high-priced drugs, insurance broker Aon said on Thursday. Medical spending has climbed as patients use more health
BUNIA, Congo (AP) — Congo will receive 70,000 doses of the Ervebo vaccine, which has been effective in past Ebola outbreaks, the World Health Organization and partners said Thursday, announcing a step seen as a major boost to efforts to contain what officials have described as the fastest Ebola outb
