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Yum shares fall after report US health authorities investigating Taco Bell in cyclosporiasis outbreak
2+ hour, 3+ min ago (450+ words) July 14 (Reuters) – Yum Brands’ shares fell as much as 4.5% on Tuesday after the Washington Post reported federal and state health officials were investigating whether lettuce served at Taco Bell may have been associated with an outbreak of cyclosporiasis, an intestinal…...
Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug lowers toxic protein, but results were mixed
7+ hour, 18+ min ago (679+ words) CHICAGO, July 14 (Reuters) – The lowest dose of Biogen’s anti-tau Alzheimer’s drug diranersen, which missed its primary goal in a midstage trial, reduced cognitive decline in five of six Alzheimer’s assessment tools and significantly cut levels of the toxic protein in…...
Congo begins trial of Gilead’s experimental antiviral for Ebola Bundibugyo
7+ hour, 54+ min ago (300+ words) July 14 (Reuters) – Researchers in the Democratic Republic of Congo said on Tuesday they have started enrolling participants in a trial testing Gilead Sciences’ experimental antiviral obeldesivir as a post-exposure treatment for the ongoing Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda....
US FDA proposes rule to simplify registration for some drug manufacturers
4+ day, 6+ min ago (253+ words) July 10 (Reuters) – The U.S. FDA on Friday proposed a rule to streamline registration requirements for certain drug manufacturers that operate through a central hub and multiple production facilities, as part of its efforts to improve supply-chain transparency. • If finalized, the…...
US FDA declines to approve Elevar’s liver cancer drug combo on manufacturing site concerns
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (154+ words) July 10 (Reuters) – Elevar Therapeutics said on Friday that the U.S. FDA declined to approve its drug combination for a type of liver cancer, due to deficiencies identified during an inspection of a manufacturing site. Elevar, majority owned by Korea’s HLB…...
US FDA approves Sanofi’s wearable injector form of blood cancer drug
4+ day, 8+ hour ago (328+ words) By Sneha S K and Bhanvi Satija July 10 (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it has approved a wearable form of Sanofi’s blood cancer drug, Sarclisa, offering multiple myeloma patients a less burdensome alternative to intravenous…...
France recorded 131 drowning deaths since June 19 amid heatwave, minister says
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (95+ words) WNWN-FM France recorded 131 drowning deaths since June 19 amid heatwave, minister says PARIS, July 10 (Reuters) – French Sports Minister Marina Ferracci said on Friday that 131 people had died in the country from drowning since June 19 when a heatwave sent temperatures soaring across…...
MDHHS: Cyclosporiasis cases in Michigan up to 1,251
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (78+ words) LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services says the number of Cyclosporiasis cases in the state is now at 1,251. Most remain in southeast Michigan, and no source has been pinpointed yet. Taco Bell, however,…...
Certain patients with advanced lung cancer may be saved by transplant
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (945+ words) (This is an excerpt of the Health Rounds newsletter, where we present latest medical studies on Tuesdays and Thursdays) July 10 (Reuters) – We also report on a troubling men’s health trend, and on a discovery that could upend human biology assumptions…...
Overcrowding, lack of clean water among biggest health risks from Venezuela quakes says PAHO
5+ day, 4+ hour ago (170+ words) WNWN-FM Overcrowding, lack of clean water among biggest health risks from Venezuela quakes says PAHO By Julia Symmes Cobb BOGOTA, July 9 (Reuters) – The biggest risks to residents’ health following devastating twin earthquakes that ripped across Venezuela’s northern coast last month…...