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LATEST NEWS: French drugmaker Servier to face trial over weight-loss Mediator - PARIS (Reuters) - The Paris prosecutor's office said on Wednesday that drugmaker Servier as well as the French drug regulator should face trial over weight-loss pill Mediator, believed to have caused at least 500 deaths in one of France's worst health scandals.
LATEST NEWS: Anti-delirium strategy reduces after-surgery confusion in elderly - (Reuters Health) - A daily 30-minute regimen designed to help elderly surgery patients stay oriented can cut the rate of post-operative delirium in half and help them return home sooner, according to a test among 377 volunteers in Taipei.
LATEST NEWS: Anthem weighing 2018 Obamacare individual participation by state - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Anthem Inc is looking at all 14 states where it sells Obamacare individual plans to determine to what extent it will participate next year, given the continued uncertainty around subsidies and regulations, its chief executive officer said on Wednesday.
LATEST NEWS: New WHO head seeks U.S. bipartisan support for global health - GENEVA (Reuters) - The new head of the World Health Organization (WHO) voiced hope on Wednesday that bipartisan support would prevail in the U.S. Congress to fund global health initiatives, despite deep budget cuts proposed by the Trump administration.
LATEST NEWS: Chocolate tied to decreased risk of irregular heart rhythm - Eating a small amount of chocolate every week or so may decrease the risk of a common and serious type of irregular heart rhythm, according to a new study of people in Denmark.
LATEST NEWS: UK biotech boasts Europe's best pipeline as Brexit threat looms - LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's biotech sector boasts the strongest new drug pipeline in Europe but industry leaders say it needs continued access to global talent, funding and regulatory clarity to thrive in the future - all of which could be jeopardized by Brexit.
LATEST NEWS: Republicans push back against Trump plan to cut foreign aid - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's fellow Republicans in Congress on Tuesday assailed his proposed cuts in the diplomatic and foreign aid budget, making it unlikely the cutbacks in global health, peacekeeping and other programs will take effect.
LATEST NEWS: FDA clears Merck's Keytruda based on cancer genetics, not location - (Reuters) - Merck & Co's immunotherapy Keytruda on Tuesday became the first cancer drug ever approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration based on a patients' specific genetic traits, regardless of where in the body the disease originated.
LATEST NEWS: Abused infants may slip through the cracks in hospital systems - Infants who are victims of physical abuse take longer to get to a hospital and are less likely to receive emergency trauma care compared to children who sustain an accidental injury, researchers in the UK say.
LATEST NEWS: Yemen cholera caseload leaps, death toll rises: WHO - GENEVA (Reuters) - The number of cholera cases in Yemen has leapt, a World Health Organization document showed on Tuesday, with 35,217 suspected cases since April 27, when the outbreak began to spread rapidly.