LONDON (Reuters) – The risk posed to the British public by the new coronavirus remains low, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Friday, after an emergency response meeting to discuss the virus that has killed 26 people and infected more than 800 in China. “The risk to the public remains low and the chief medical
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LONDON, Jan 16 (Reuters – The Fitbit on your wrist not only counts your steps and minutes of sleep, it can also help tell if you’re coming down with the flu – and warn health authorities to get ready to help. FILE PHOTO: Fitbit devices are displayed in a store in New York City, U.S.,
(Reuters) – Amag Pharmaceuticals Inc said on Thursday chief executive officer would step down and it plans to divest two of its women’s health drugs, bowing to pressure from investor Caligan Partners that has long urged it to hive off the slow-growing unit. Amag said it would sell its recently approved female libido treatment, Vyleesi,
BUDAPEST/WARSAW (Reuters) – Eastern Europe is a new frontier for private medical care, and insurers and tech startups are racing to steal a march on their rivals by harnessing the region’s health data. A woman walks past the headquarters of insurance company Union in Budapest, Hungary, November 29, 2019. REUTERS/Tamas Kaszas Growing numbers of people
TORONTO (Reuters) – Air in Toronto’s subway system is polluted, the public health department said in a report issued on Monday calling on the transit system to mitigate it. FILE PHOTO: Morning commuters read while riding the TTC Subway in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, November 16, 2017. REUTERS/Hyungwon Kang The report found that fine particle air
(Reuters Health) – Many older Americans have experienced more days of poor mental health in recent years, particularly individuals with limited income and education, a U.S. study suggests. An elderly couple looks out at the ocean as they sit on a park bench in La Jolla, California November 13, 2013. REUTERS/Mike Blake Researchers examined data
(Reuters Health) – Survey responses from nearly 10,000 U.S. veterans show their chief concern in the first year after leaving the service – beyond work or social relationships – is their health. While the veterans were largely satisfied with their work and social lives, most said they had chronic physical problems, and a third said
(Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court upheld the validity of a federal program governing the payment of billions of dollars to insurers under the Affordable Care Act, reversing a lower court ruling that had prompted the White House to temporarily suspend payments. Tuesday’s 3-0 decision by the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s health and environment agency said on Monday it was banning dozens of glyphosate-based weedkillers, most of the volume of such products sold in France, ruling there was insufficient data to exclude health risks. The ANSES agency was withdrawing the marketing license for 36 products which would no longer be authorized for
LONDON (Reuters) – A deadly virus called Nipah carried by bats has already caused human outbreaks across South and South East Asia and has “serious epidemic potential”, global health and infectious disease specialists said on Monday. The virus, identified in 1999 in Malaysia and Singapore, has sparked outbreaks with mortality rates of between 40% and
FILE PHOTO: A nurse walks along the hallways of a health center in Lepanto, Arkansas, U.S., May 2, 2018. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht (This Dec. 5 story corrects first paragraph to say growth was slower not declined in previous years, removes reference to projected spending in eighth paragraph) (Reuters) – U.S. healthcare spending grew faster in
GENEVA (Reuters) – Climate change is harming human health as more people suffer from heat stress, extreme weather and mosquito-borne diseases including malaria, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. FILE PHOTO: A logo is pictured on the World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, November 22, 2017. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse The U.N. agency,
Britain’s opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn stands outside an Arsenal FC merchandise shop near Finsbury Park during his general election campaign, in London, Britain December 2, 2019. REUTERS/Toby Melville LONDON (Reuters) – Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn wrote to U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday to ask him to revise U.S. negotiating objectives for a
DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh plans to prohibit the sale and use of electronic cigarettes and vaporizers, a health official said on Sunday, as countries around the world move to ban devices that have been linked to health risks and teen addiction. “We are actively working to impose a ban on the production, import and sale
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson has some tea and chats with staff as he visits West Cornwall Community hospital in Penzance, Britain, November 27, 2019. Dan Kitwood/Pool via REUTERS LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson described as nonsense opposition Labour Party suggestions that Britain’s health service was on the table in trade talks with
LONDON (Reuters) – Opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn offered on Wednesday what he described as evidence that access to Britain’s state-run health service was being discussed in trade talks with the United States, handing reporters hundreds of pages of documents. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has denied that the National Health Service (NHS) is on the
(Reuters Health) – Mentally ill homeless adults may have an easier time finding and keeping stable housing when they receive rent supplements and mental health support services, a Canadian study suggests. Researchers focused on the effectiveness of Housing First, a program in Toronto that’s different from traditional approaches to housing for homeless adults with mental
GENEVA/LONDON (Reuters) – Teenagers worldwide are jeopardizing their health by failing to get enough exercise to reduce their risk of obesity and cardiovascular diseases, a World Health Organization-led study released on Friday warns. The study, based on data from 1.6 million people in 146 countries, found that more than 80% of adolescents aged between 11
FILE PHOTO: The Apple Inc. logo is seen hanging at the Apple store on 5th Avenue in Manhattan, New York, U.S., October 16, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo (Reuters) – Apple Inc on Thursday launched an app that will let users of its devices to enroll in three health studies, allowing them to share health-related data
TORONTO/MONTREAL (Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson’s Remicade, a blockbuster drug that treats autoimmune disorders, has steadily lost market share among patients enrolled in the Canadian province of Quebec’s public drug program, even after a court ruling reinstated full coverage in January, a Reuters analysis of government data shows. FILE PHOTO: The company logo for Johnson
FILE PHOTO: Berkeley Medical Center Laboratory Manager Tambry Harvey displays the Klebsiella pneumonia organism in Martinsburg, West Virginia, U.S., December 7, 2016. REUTERS/Gary Cameron/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – Pneumonia killed more than 800,000 babies and young children last year – or one child every 39 seconds – despite being curable and mostly preventable, global health
LAGOS (Reuters) – Thousands of people with mental health conditions are held in chains in institutions across Nigeria, Human Rights Watch said in a report published on Monday in which it urged the government to ban the practice. The findings come as authorities have taken action against informal Islamic schools and rehabilitation centers whose inmates
NEW YORK (Reuters) – When Hartmut Braune comes to work in security communications at SAP, he never knows what emergency will land in his inbox. FILE PHOTO: People walk at an office building at a business district in Tokyo, Japan, February 29, 2016. REUTERS/Yuya Shino/File Photo It is a challenging job, compounded by the fact
(Reuters Health) – Many insured Americans go out of network for mental health services, a new study suggests, despite the higher costs to them and despite a federal law mandating that policies’ mental health coverage be at least as good as their physical health coverage Americans with health insurance were spending more out of pocket
(Reuters Health) – When transgender people undergo sex-reassignment surgery, the beneficial effect on their mental health is still evident – and increasing – years later, a Swedish study suggests. Overall, people in the study with gender incongruence – that is, their biological gender doesn’t match the gender with which they identify – were six times
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Cardinal Health 200 LLC, a unit of Cardinal Health Inc (CAH.N), has been awarded a maximum $2.25 billion modification for a contract with the Defense Logistics Agency for ordering and distribution of medical surgical supplies, the Pentagon said on Thursday. Reporting by Mohammad Zargham Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. Source link
(Reuters Health) – “Crisis pregnancy centers” look and act like healthcare clinics but fail to meet medical and ethical standards, often using biased and inaccurate information to persuade women not to pursue an abortion, say two national doctors’ groups. The “misinformation” these centers offer typically includes limited options for the next steps of pregnancy and
FILE PHOTO: An Apple iPhone X are seen on display at the Apple Store in Manhattan, New York, U.S., September 21, 2018. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo (Reuters) – Apple Inc on Wednesday said that U.S. military veterans who use its iOS devices and get medical care from the Veterans Health Administration will be able to access
(Reuters Health) – The White House’s anti-immigrant remarks are taking a toll on Latinos in the U.S., whether they be citizens or undocumented immigrants, a new study concludes. In a survey of patients who showed up at three urban California emergency departments, researchers found that half of Latino citizens and legal residents as well as
(Reuters Health) – Pregnant women and their newborns may be among the worst hit after a hurricane. A Texas study of women who delivered after Hurricane Harvey showed they had more complications than women who delivered in the years and months before the storm. High blood pressure, cesarean sections, and infection during labor were all