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Tuesday, 14 March 2017

Reuters Health Report: March 14, 2017

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Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Millions to lose health insurance under Republican plan: congressional report

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Millions of Americans would lose their health insurance under the Republican healthcare plan backed by President Donald Trump, a nonpartisan congressional agency said on Monday in an eagerly awaited report.

Republican plan to repeal Obamacare would leave millions uninsured: report

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fourteen million Americans would lose medical insurance by next year under a Republican plan to dismantle Obamacare that would also reduce the budget deficit, a nonpartisan congressional research office said on Monday, throwing President Donald Trump and Republicans on the defensive as they press forward with replacement legislation.

China's confirms sixth bird flu outbreak at duck farm in Hubei province

BEIJING (Reuters) - China confirmed a bird flu outbreak, the country's sixth case since last October, at a duck farm in central Hubei province, according to a Ministry of Agriculture statement on Tuesday.

Trump administration backs looser Obamacare waivers for states

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Trump administration told states on Monday that it was opening the door for them to make changes to their health insurance programs by using a section of the 2010 Affordable Care Act that gives them the flexibility to do so.

Zika risk went beyond Florida's Miami-Dade County: U.S. officials

(Reuters) - Local transmission of the Zika virus in Florida may have occurred as early as June 15 of last year and likely infected people who lived not only in Miami-Dade County, but in two nearby counties, U.S. health officials said on Monday.

Arkansas obtains lethal injection drug ahead of eight executions

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) - Arkansas has acquired a new supply of a drug needed for its lethal injections ahead of next month's scheduled executions of eight men over four nights, a state corrections spokesman said on Monday.

Cystic fibrosis patients live longer in Canada than in U.S.

(Reuters Health) - Canadians with cystic fibrosis, a life threatening inherited disorder of the lungs and digestive system, tend to survive about a decade longer than American patients, a new study suggests.

India's Sun Pharma says FDA to lift ban on Mohali drug plant

MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's largest drugmaker Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd said on Tuesday that U.S. regulators plan to lift a ban on its Mohali plant in northern India, allowing the company to restart supplies from there after four years.

FDA approves Novartis drug as first-line treatment for breast cancer

(Reuters) - Novartis AG said on Monday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had approved the company's experimental drug, kisqali, as a first-line treatment for a type of breast cancer in postmenopausal women, in combination with another breast cancer drug.

Baby gear injuries surging, often due to falls

(Reuters Health) - - Every eight minutes in the U.S., a child under three has an accident related to baby products like strollers, carriers, cribs and walkers, a study suggests.