Posts tagged with the keyword: ‘Reuters’
New blood thinner ‘antidote’ to help doctors move past warfarin – Reuters Patient Eilleen Corrigin has blood drawn at an anti-coagulation clinic at the Staten Island University Hospital in Staten Island, New York in this May 7, 2012, file photo. Reuters/Allison Joyce/Files NEW YORK A new class of blood thinners that competes with widely used […]
December 23, 2015 | Posted in
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FDA overturns 30-year ban on blood donations by gay men – Reuters People line up to give blood at a mobile donation station set up following the shooting at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon, United States, October 2, 2015. Reuters/Lucy Nicholson – RTS2T3L The United States government on Monday overturned its 30-year ban on […]
December 22, 2015 | Posted in
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Twitter account of pharmaceutical executive Shkreli hacked – Reuters Martin Shkreli is shown on his live stream available on YouTube. Via Social Media Martin Shkreli, the pharmaceutical executive facing U.S. charges of securities fraud, lost control of his Twitter account to hackers on Sunday, hours after he took to Twitter to plead his innocence, his […]
December 21, 2015 | Posted in
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Opioid abuse propels record US deaths from overdose – CDC – Reuters World | Sat Dec 19, 2015 4:03am IST ATLANTA | By David Beasley ATLANTA U.S. deaths from drug overdoses hit a record high in 2014, propelled by abuse of prescription painkillers and heroin, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on […]
December 19, 2015 | Posted in
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Families can safely choose antibiotics over appendix surgery for kids – Reuters (Reuters Health) – Offering the families of children with appendicitis the option of antibiotics instead of surgery is safe and may ultimately lead to slightly better outcomes, according to a new U.S. study. Researchers found that when families chose antibiotic treatment for kids […]
December 16, 2015 | Posted in
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Exclusive: Pharmaceutical research firm PPD explores sale, IPO – Reuters Contract research organization Pharmaceutical Product Development LLC (PPD) is exploring a sale or initial public offering that could value it at between $ 7 billion and $ 8 billion, including debt, people familiar with the matter said. A deal would underscore how the contract research […]
December 12, 2015 | Posted in
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Chipotle shares jump as CEO apologizes over illnesses, vows change – Reuters A man snaps a photograph at the entrance to Chipotle Mexican Grill in San Francisco, California July 21, 2015. Reuters/Robert Galbraith WASHINGTON Shares of Chipotle jumped more than 5 percent on Thursday after its founder apologized to patrons who fell ill after eating […]
December 10, 2015 | Posted in
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Sierra Leone celebrates end of Ebola epidemic – Reuters FREETOWNResidents of Sierra Leone’s capital held a candlelit vigil and celebrations to mark the end of an Ebola epidemic that has killed almost 4,000 people including more than 220 health workers since it began last year. Following 42 days with no new cases, the West African […]
November 9, 2015 | Posted in
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Sierra Leone celebrates end of Ebola epidemic – Reuters FREETOWNResidents of Sierra Leone’s capital held a candlelit vigil and celebrations to mark the end of an Ebola epidemic that has killed almost 4,000 people including more than 220 health workers since it began last year. Following 42 days with no new cases, the West African […]
November 8, 2015 | Posted in
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Chipotle’s E. coli outbreak threatens sales, emboldens critics – Reuters A sign is seen at a Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurant in San Francisco, California, in this file photo taken July 21, 2015. Reuters/Robert Galbraith/Files LOS ANGELES Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc’s (CMG.N) food poisoning outbreak in Washington state and Oregon threatens to scare diners away from […]
November 6, 2015 | Posted in
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