An Australian woman has given birth to identical quadruplet girls after a pregnancy doctors described as incredibly rare. Jenitar Sau Na’amoana, who is 34 years old and already had four children, delivered the babies last week at Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital in Queensland state. “We are very
NEW YORK (AP) — A fifth person has died in a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in New York City, health officials said Tuesday night. The New York City Health Department said it has confirmed the presence of the bacteria in 34 cooling towers in 33 buildings, all of which are being cleaned. Officials st
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela confirmed on Tuesday that three people died of infections of hantavirus, but stressed there was no evidence of human-to-human transmission in the South American country, which has rarely reported cases of the rodent-borne disease in humans. The Health Ministry sai
July 21 (Reuters) – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has pegged the number of domestically acquired, lab-confirmed U.S. cyclosporiasis cases since May 1 at 4,173 after federal and state officials examined outbreaks including a multistate one linked to lettuce. Here are some details: •
July 21 (Reuters) – Celldex Therapeutics said on Tuesday it would discontinue the development of its experimental drug for a skin disease after it failed to meet the main goal and key secondary goals in a mid-stage study, sending its shares down over 7% in extended trading. Here are some details: •
The Trump administration on Tuesday said it was deferring more than $1 billion in Medicaid payments to Minnesota and California because of “suspected fraud and noncompliance,” the latest in a series of punitive steps it has linked to allegations of fraud in mostly Democratic-led states. Health Secre
By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM, July 21 (Reuters) – Israeli biotech PolyPid said on Tuesday it had agreed a deal with Azurity Pharmaceuticals to commercialise a drug aimed at preventing surgical site infections in the U.S. and Canada, under which it could receive more than $320 million. PolyPid said it
July 21 (Reuters) – Gilead Sciences and Merck said on Tuesday their experimental once-weekly HIV pill kept the virus suppressed in two late-stage trials, supporting regulatory filings for what could become the first regimen of its kind for the disease. Here are some details: • The combination of Mer
July 21 (Reuters) – The U.S. FDA said on Tuesday it is launching a pilot program to encourage domestic manufacturing of animal health drugs and reduce the risk of supply chain disruptions. The health regulator’s Center for Veterinary Medicine said the initiative aims to prevent animal drug shortages
By Raul Cortes and Natalia Siniawski MEXICO CITY, July 21 (Reuters) – There is no evidence as yet to suggest lettuce sourced from Mexico caused a cyclosporiasis outbreak in the U.S., Mexico’s Health Minister David Kershenobich said on Tuesday. The statement follows a U.S. Food and Drug Administratio
CARACAS, July 21 (Reuters) – Three people with confirmed cases of hantavirus have died in Venezuela’s eastern Anzoategui state, the country’s health ministry said on Tuesday. Two other deaths, both of health professionals in the state of Barinas, are unconnected to the cases in Anzoategui and still
The Trump administration’s disruptions to a global AIDS relief program have forced organizations to close clinics, lay off staff and cut services, seriously impeding efforts to prevent and treat the disease in dozens of countries, a new report released Tuesday shows. The President’s Emergency Plan f
MADRID, July 21 (Reuters) – Spain will ban smoking on outdoor bar and restaurant terraces while extending smoke-free areas and regulating vaping products in the same way as conventional cigarettes, Health Minister Monica Garcia said on Tuesday. European countries such as Britain and France are incre
Hebron’s Sewage Crisis Flows South Toward the Negev Untreated sewage and industrial stone waste cross political boundaries, threatening communities, open land and groundwater resources By Gabriel Colodro/The Media Line The water running through the dry hills south of Hebron is thick, pale in places
(Refiles to add missing byline) By Jennifer Rigby and Vincent Mumo Nzilani LONDON/NAIROBI, July 21 (Reuters) – Around 77,000 fewer children worldwide received HIV treatment supported by the U.S. in the year to October 2025 than in the previous fiscal year, according to a study that found declines af
July 21 (Reuters) – Indian Pharmacy retail-chain operator MedPlus Health Services on Tuesday reported an about 22% plunge in first-quarter net profit, hurt by rising competition and increasing costs due to an aggressive store expansion strategy. • The company reported a consolidated net profit of 33
July 21 (Reuters) – Danaher raised its annual profit forecast on Tuesday, but shares fell nearly 12% in premarket trading after the life sciences firm trimmed its core revenue growth outlook and reported weaker-than-expected revenue in its biotechnology business. The results come as conditions are i
ACCRA, July 21 (Reuters) – The head of Africa’s top public health agency said he had written to U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. asking him to lift Ebola-related travel restrictions on Uganda since the country has reported no new infections in about a month. • “There is no reason for the
LONDON, July 21 (Reuters) – Novartis chief executive officer Vas Narasimhan on Tuesday said he will lead the Swiss drugmaker through its next phase of growth as it prepares for a series of key drug trial data announcements later this year. “No change of plans for me,” he told journalists on a call a
By Kunal Das and Puyaan Singh July 21 (Reuters) – Agios Pharmaceuticals said on Tuesday it is discontinuing development of its sickle cell disease treatment after trial results failed to show enough benefit to warrant moving the therapy forward, sending its shares down 14% in premarket trading. This
By Maggie Fick and Michael Erman LONDON, July 21 (Reuters) – Novo Nordisk sued rival Eli Lilly in a U.S. federal court on Tuesday, accusing the U.S. drugmaker of false advertising in claiming its weight-loss medicines outperform Novo’s drugs. The Danish company filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Cou
PARIS, July 21 (Reuters) – French lawmakers approved an emergency farm bill in the early hours of Tuesday that could allow the temporary reintroduction of two pesticides accused of harming bees, despite being banned in France but authorised in the European Union. • France’s National Assembly adopted
July 21 (Reuters) – Drugmaker Granules India reported a nearly 60% rise in first-quarter profit on Tuesday as margins improved in its complex generics business. Consolidated net profit for the quarter ended June 30 rose to 1.8 billion rupees ($18.71 million), compared to 1.13 billion rupees a year e
By Bhanvi Satija and Marleen Kaesebier LONDON, July 21 – Novartis exceeded second-quarter core operating profit forecasts on Tuesday, as cost control and sales of newer medicines helped it cushion a 50% drop in sales of its top-selling heart drug Entresto. The Swiss drugmaker’s quarterly operating p
By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO, July 21 (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s public health services and hospitals are battling the worst outbreak of mosquito-borne dengue in nearly a decade, and turning to the island nation’s armed forces to help curb the spread of the disease. The efforts range from air force dro
NEW YORK (AP) — Road deaths are declining in the U.S. and worldwide, but lower-income countries aren’t experiencing much of the improvement, according to a study published Monday. Global rates of road injuries and deaths each fell more than 30% between 1990 and 2023, according to the study published
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan activists on Monday accused authorities of violating a court order from last month halting the setting up of an American-backed Ebola quarantine center after reports surfaced that Americans were being quarantined in the country. The center was meant to take in and quaran
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials said Monday they remain focused on lettuce from Taylor Farms as the source of a multistate outbreak of a diarrhea-causing parasite, despite inaccurate test results that the government briefly publicized over the weekend. Food and Drug Administration officia
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO, July 20 (Reuters) – Cyclospora, the parasite behind thousands of suspected U.S. cases of a foodborne illness, has a long incubation period, and samples cannot be cultured in labs, making it especially challenging to trace. To investigate, laboratory scientists have work
July 20 (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday said that traceback investigation data gathered as part of a probe into an outbreak of cyclosporiasis pointed to shredded iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms locations in central Mexico. The agency’s latest statement came after it had
