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Tunisia announces first death from new coronavirus
6 hours 13 minutes ago
Tunis (Reuters) - A 66-year-old Tunisian man has died from new coronavirus, a strain of a virus that emerged in the Middle East last year, after a visit to Saudi Arabia, the health ministry said on Tuesday. The man, a diabetic, died in hospital in...
Schoolmates of suicide victims at higher risk
6 hours 24 minutes ago
By Kathryn Doyle NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Teens who have a classmate die of suicide are more likely to consider taking, or attempt to take, their own lives, according to a new study. The idea that suicide might be "contagious" has bee...
More tornadoes from global warming? Nobody knows
7 hours 57 minutes ago
A deadly tornado hit suburban Oklahoma City on Monday. A quick look at some basic facts:
AcelRX post-op pain treatment meets late-stage study goal
8 hours 20 minutes ago
(Reuters) - AcelRX Pharmaceuticals Inc said its experimental treatment for post-operative pain met its main goal in a late-stage trial of patients who had undergone knee or hip replacement surgery, sending its shares up 15 percent. AcelRX said its...
France: Drugmaker on trial, suspected in deaths
8 hours 39 minutes ago
NANTERRE, France (AP) — A French drug company and its founder are on trial on charges of misleading the public about a diabetes drug marketed as a weight loss method and suspected in hundreds of deaths.
Tunisia announces 3 cases of coronavirus, 1 death
8 hours 47 minutes ago
RABAT, Morocco (AP) — A 66-year-old Tunisian man has died from the new coronavirus following a visit to Saudi Arabia and two of his adult children were infected with it, the Tunisian Health Ministry reported.
New rice contamination reported in China
9 hours 35 minutes ago
BEIJING (AP) — Authorities are investigating rice mills in southern China following tests that found almost half of the staple grain in one of the country's largest cities was contaminated with a toxic metal.
Regeneron, Sanofi asthma drug seen as potential game changer
10 hours 20 minutes ago
By Ransdell Pierson (Reuters) - A new type of asthma drug meant to attack the underlying causes of the respiratory disease slashed episodes by 87 percent in a mid-stage trial, making it a potential game changer for patients with moderate to severe...
AcelRX drug device meets main goal of late-stage study; shares jump
10 hours 25 minutes ago
(Reuters) - AcelRX Pharmaceuticals Inc said its experimental drug device to treat post-operative pain met the main goal of controlling pain in a late-stage study among patients who had undergone knee or hip replacement surgery. Shares of the compa...
Analysis: Some Republicans see new scandal in Sebelius fundraising
14 hours 31 minutes ago
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With the White House already reeling from three major controversies, some Republican lawmakers are zeroing in on what they perceive is another possible scandal tied to President Barack Obama's landmark he...
Intercell vaccine gets U.S. pediatric approval
15 hours 50 minutes ago
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria's Intercell said on Tuesday it has won U.S. regulatory approval for pediatric use of its Ixiaro vaccine to protect against Japanese Encephalitis (JE), a step it had achieved in Europe in February. "For the first...
Report: NPS hantavirus response followed policy
18 hours 26 minutes ago
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — Federal investigators probing the hantavirus outbreak blamed for three deaths at Yosemite National Park recommended on Monday that design changes to tent cabins and other privately run lodging first be reviewe...
Keyboardist Ray Manzarek of The Doors dies at age 74
Yesterday
By Eric Kelsey LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Ray Manzarek, a founding member and keyboardist of 1960s rock group The Doors, died on Monday at a medical clinic in Germany at age 74 following a battle with cancer, the group's manager Tom Vitorino said...
Sports seem OK for many with heart-zapping device
Yesterday
WASHINGTON (AP) — New research is challenging medical guidelines that say people with a heart-zapping device in their chests should avoid intense sports like basketball and soccer in favor of golf or bowling.
UK first in EU to get Merck's new Schmallenberg vaccine
Yesterday
LONDON (Reuters) - British farmers will be the first in Europe to get a vaccine against Schmallenberg virus, a new livestock disease that hit the continent in 2011. Britain's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said on Tuesday t...
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