 | | | | The World Health Organization and Congolese authorities are proposing changes to how some Ebola patients are cared for, new guidelines show, after a patient's death challenged the accepted medical theory that survivors are immune to reinfection. | | | | | | A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday dealt a major blow to Merck & Co Inc as it upheld a ruling that threw out a $2.54 billion jury verdict the drugmaker had won against Gilead Sciences Inc . | | | | | | Outcome Health, which streams pharmaceutical ads on televisions and computer tablets it installs in doctors' offices, agreed to pay $70 million to end a U.S. criminal probe into whether it defrauded clients by selling ad inventory it did not have. | | | | | | New York City, often viewed as the fine dining capital of America, on Wednesday became the latest U.S. locality to ban the sale of foie gras, prompting the country's largest producer of foie gras to vow to mount a court battle to overturn it. | | | | | | (Reuters Health) - Doctors should always ask for a child's consent before treating them, and they should apologize when they proceed against the child's objections, argues a new commentary aimed at pediatricians. | | | | | | (Reuters Health) - After knee- or hip-replacement surgery, most patients return to driving within about four weeks - much quicker than some current recommendations, according to a U.S. study. | | | | | | (Reuters Health) - In the wake of mass shootings, many pediatricians become more hesitant to ask parents routine questions about safety measures for any guns or firearms in the home, a new study suggests. | | | | | | Ever since Johnson & Johnson disclosed this month that a government test had turned up asbestos in its Baby Powder, the company has attacked the validity of the result. | | | | | | Bayer, the world's largest maker of seeds and pesticides, said U.S. farmers were unperturbed by lawsuits seeking damages from Bayer for an alleged cancer-causing effect of glyphosate-based herbicides. | | | | | | (Reuters Health) - Banning sales of sweetened beverages in the workplace may be one way to help employees consume fewer sugary drinks and slim down, a recent study suggests. | | | | | | African swine fever will spread further across Asia where it has devastated herds, and no country is immune from being hit by the deadly animal virus, the head of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Wednesday. | | | | | |
