 | | | | GENEVA (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo reported 39 suspected, probable or confirmed cases of Ebola between April 4 and May 13, including 19 deaths, the World Health Organization said on Monday. | | | | | | (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice has joined whistleblower litigation accusing Insys Therapeutics Inc of trying to generate more profit by paying kickbacks to doctors to prescribe powerful opioid medications. | | | | | | (Reuters Health) - A growing number of American parents are using marijuana when they still have children living at home, according to a new study that suggests cannabis may be complicating efforts to limit kids' exposure to second-hand smoke. | | | | | | WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Trump administration is considering expanding Medicare's ability to negotiate the cost of drugs by giving private payers a role in setting the price of medicines administered in hospitals and doctors' offices, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said on Monday. | | | | | | (Reuters) - A trial for a lawsuit alleging that Johnson & Johnson Baby Powder was responsible for the death of a woman due to her exposure to cancer-causing asbestos began in South Carolina on Monday in the latest case against the healthcare conglomerate and a supplier over their talc-based products. | | | | | | NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's government is pushing ahead with a plan to hire 100 Cuban doctors despite opposition from a doctors' union that says the money could be used to employ local physicians instead. | | | | | | GENEVA (Reuters) - The world could eliminate industrially-produced trans fats by 2023, the World Health Organization said on Monday, unveiling a plan that it said would prevent 500,000 deaths per year from cardiovascular disease. | | | | | | (Reuters Health) - Women who breathe polluted air during pregnancy may be more likely to have children who develop high blood pressure, a U.S. study suggests. | | | | | | (Reuters Health) - Hair products used primarily by black women and children contain a host of hazardous chemicals, a new study shows. | | | | | | (Reuters Health) - Gun violence in PG-13 movies may be more palatable to parents when it's seen as justified within the context of the plot, but a new study suggests that many parents would like to shield kids from these scenes until they're older. | | | | | |
