 | | | | Many pot-smoking adults in Illinois will ring in the new year on a high note when recreational marijuana use becomes legal in the state on Jan. 1. | | | | | | African swine fever has been detected in pigs being illegally transported in China's southwestern Sichuan province, the agriculture ministry said on Tuesday. | | | | | | The number of babies born in Japan fell an estimated 5.9% this year to fewer than 900,000 for the first time since the government started compiling data in 1899, the welfare ministry said on Tuesday. | | | | | | Roche Holding AG made its second major gene therapy deal in a year on Monday, spending $1.15 billion to obtain the rights to Sarepta Therapeutics Inc's investigational drug to treat duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) outside the United States. | | | | | | (Reuters Health) - The system in place to monitor safety of medical devices in the United States may not catch failures soon enough to prevent serious harm to patients, a study suggests. | | | | | | (Reuters Health) - People in the healthcare industry are less likely than those in sports and the arts to be awarded British honors like knighthoods and damehoods, a study suggests. | | | | | | The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Monday it has approved the first generic version of Bristol-Myers Squibb Co and Pfizer Inc's blood thinner Eliquis. | | | | | | (Reuters Health) - Patients with breast cancer who use supplements during chemotherapy may be at an increased risk of recurrence and death, a new study suggests. | | | | | | (Reuters Health) - A growing number of sexual minority men understand that HIV can't be transmitted by people with undetectable viral levels, but a new study suggests men living with HIV have a better grasp of the facts than men who don't have the virus. | | | | | | The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Monday it had approved Allergan Plc's drug for relieving migraine headaches after their onset. | | | | | | (Reuters Health) - Interactive educational apps may be able to help young children master early academic skills like math and reading, a research review suggests. | | | | | |
