UN Nutrition Survey Challenges Gaza Famine Narrative By The Media Line Staff A new UN-backed nutrition survey found exceptionally low levels of acute malnutrition among children in Gaza, challenging allegations of famine in the Strip. The survey was conducted under the coordination of the Nutrition
Aug 7 (Reuters) – Congolese health authorities said on Friday that seven passengers travelling on a river boat intercepted near Kinshasa had tested negative for Ebola, easing concerns the virus may have spread on board after the death of a passenger suspected of having the disease. Authorities stopp
By Nancy Lapid Aug 7 (Reuters) – We also feature a small study that should reassure women about the safety of becoming pregnant after undergoing CAR T-cell therapy for autoimmune diseases. GUT BACTERIA TREATMENT MAY EASE SEVERE PEANUT ALLERGIES Fecal transplants that adjust the assortment of bacteri
Aug 7 (Reuters) – Shares of Sweetgreen slumped 15% in premarket trading on Friday, a day after the salad chain slashed its annual same-store-sales projections as consumers grew wary of fresh produce amid a wide outbreak of cyclosporiasis in the U.S. U.S. cyclosporiasis cases have climbed to record l
Aug 7 (Reuters)Durham, NC – Britain’s Oxford Biomedica fell more than 24% on Friday after the cell and gene therapy manufacturer cut its 2026 revenue forecast, citing operational delays at a U.S. site and deferred client orders. Here are some more details: • The company had previously warned of firs
BUNIA, Congo (AP) — Wiza Bondele goes to work every day at a hospital in Congo with one goal in mind: to slow the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record. At an Ebola treatment hospital in the eastern Ituri province, the epicenter of Congo’s ongoing outbreak, Bondele disinfects contaminated areas,
Aug 7 (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo’s confirmed Ebola cases have risen above 4,000 for the first time in the current outbreak, government data showed. The epidemic, the world’s second-largest, has been described as the fastest-spreading on record. Experts believe infections started circul
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 7 (Reuters) – Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG) said on Friday it has ordered mandatory drug testing and will conduct stricter screening for all pilots across its airlines, following the arrest of a Malaysia Airlines pilot for alleged trafficking in Indonesia last month. The unidentifi
Sydney Towle, a social media content creator who projected enduring optimism as she chronicled her life with a rare form of cancer, has died, according to her family. She was 26. Towle was diagnosed with cholangiocarcinoma, an aggressive form of cancer in the bile ducts, in August 2023. Her mother,
ATLANTA (AP) — An Atlanta-area woman alleges that she was wrongly diagnosed with cancer and underwent an unneeded hysterectomy because of a labeling error. Cassandra Barksdale and her attorneys filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Kaiser Permanente alleging the mix-up led to the surgery and months of phy
NEW YORK (AP) — In the past year, the U.S. has seen a jump in frequent marijuana users going to the hospital with a nausea and vomiting condition, according to a report released Thursday. “The abruptness and sustained magnitude of the increase” is largely due to the condition getting its own diagnos
PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — Lindsay Clancy sobbed uncontrollably Thursday as jurors viewed autopsy photos of the youngest of her three children whom she strangled in 2023, until the court eventually had to take an unscheduled break. In the second week of her Massachusetts murder trial, prosecutors brough
Aug 6 (Reuters) – Health and life insurer Aflac missed analysts’ estimates for second-quarter profit on Thursday, hurt by a stronger dollar as well as weakness in its Japan unit. The company posted an adjusted profit of $1.75 per share, compared with analysts’ average estimate of $1.77, according to
By Sneha S K and Kamal Choudhury Aug 6 (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Replimune’s drug for a difficult-to-treat form of skin cancer, the company said on Thursday, giving the biotech firm its first marketed product after multiple regulatory setbacks. Replimune was seek
NEW YORK (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci is sitting before Congress, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is on TV debating COVID lockdowns and Americans can’t agree on what science to trust. You might think it’s 2020 again. Six years after COVID-19 thrust the world into the fear and uncertainty of a global pandemic, Rep
WK Kellogg said Thursday that it will remove artificial colors from all its cereals by the end of this year. The change comes a year ahead of schedule. Kellogg said last August that it would remove synthetic dyes from its cereals by the end of 2027. But the company said Thursday it has identified fr
DAKAR, Aug 6 (Reuters) – Congolese health authorities were screening more than 300 people travelling on a river boat intercepted near Kinshasa on Thursday after the death of a passenger suspected of having Ebola raised concerns the virus may have spread on board, officials said. Authorities deployed
NEW YORK (AP) — Jalapeño peppers linked to a multistate salmonella outbreak have been traced back to a grower in Sinaloa, Mexico, federal officials say. At least 345 people in 27 states have been reported getting sick from the salmonella strain linked to the jalapeños. Most have been in Minnesota an
By Abigail Summerville NEW YORK, Aug 6 (Reuters) – Supplements brand Dose, which makes daily liquid shots, is exploring a sale that could value the company at close to $1 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. The privately held company, based in Miami, is working with investment ban
By Mike Scarcella WASHINGTON, Aug 6 (Reuters) – Teva Pharmaceuticals has asked a U.S. judge to prevent insurer Humana from telling jurors it is an Israeli company at a major drug price-fixing trial, arguing that strong public views over the Gaza war could prejudice proceedings and affect its ability
WASHINGTON (AP) – A Senate committee voted Thursday to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress and refer him to the Justice Department for potential prosecution over his refusal to answer questions at a hearing last week on his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendm
Aug 6 (Reuters) – Roche said on Thursday it launched two new tests to detect cyclospora, as U.S. cyclosporiasis cases climbed to record levels this year making the foodborne-illness outbreak one of the largest in the country’s recent history. The Swiss healthcare company is collaborating with its su
By Sahil Pandey Aug 6 (Reuters) – Amazon’s pharmacy unit said on Thursday it would offer weight-loss drugs to eligible Medicare beneficiaries for $50 a month through a new federal program created to expand access to the highly sought-after treatments. The company said it would automate eligibility c
Dr. Stacy Norton was only 7 years old when her mother died of colon cancer, one of several family members struck by aggressive tumors at unusually young ages. Decades later, Norton rolled up her sleeve to help test if a new kind of vaccine might protect her and her own children from cancer. The Hous
Aug 6 (Reuters) – Animal health company Zoetis cut its annual forecasts on Thursday after missing Wall Street estimates for second-quarter revenue, as softer demand for pet healthcare products and increased competition weighed. Shares of the company were down about 3% in premarket trading. • CEO Kri
Aug 6 (Reuters) – Novavax raised its annual revenue forecast after beating quarterly expectations on Thursday, as the vaccine maker’s licensing-driven milestone payments helped offset waning demand. The Maryland-based company has been moving away from direct vaccine commercialization to focus on lic
BUNIA, Congo (AP) — Dozens of Congolese health workers at the epicenter of the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record staged protests Thursday to demand payment for their wages, abandoning several health facilities even as aid workers warn that the disease is still spreading at an alarming rate. C
DAKAR, Aug 6 (Reuters) – Congolese health authorities have intercepted a boat carrying 200 people to the capital Kinshasa after a passenger who had disembarked earlier died on July 25 after developing symptoms consistent with Ebola, officials said on Thursday. The boat, travelling from the northeast
Aug 6 (Reuters) – British generic drugmaker Hikma Pharmaceuticals posted a rise in first-half core operating profit and maintained its annual outlook on Thursday, supported by gains from its turnaround efforts, driving its shares up more than 10%. Hikma, which sells its own-branded and licensed prod
Aug 6 (Reuters) – Swedish healthcare provider Medicover agreed on Thursday to sell its India hospital business to funds managed by global investment firm KKR for €1.2 billion ($1.39 billion). Medicover said the deal would help it focus strategically and operationally on Poland, Germany and Romania.
