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Bavarian says mpox vaccine approved by EU regulator for adolescents
Date: September 19, 2024
LONDON (Reuters) -Bavarian Nordic said on Thursday its mpox vaccine was approved by the EU’s drug regulator for use in adolescents, bolstering the case for using the shot in the 12 to 17 age group to contain an outbreak in parts of Africa. Mpox has been declared a global public health emergency by the World...
UK reports sharpest rise in health-related welfare claims, study shows
Date: September 19, 2024
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain has seen the biggest rise in health-related welfare benefits among a group of similar economies, according to a report published on Thursday – underscoring the challenge which the new government faces to get people back into work. The Institute for Fiscal Studies, an independent think tank, said the number of...
Global health fund says health, climate, conflict ‘triple whammy’ hits world’s poorest
Date: September 19, 2024
By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) – Climate change and conflict risk overshadowing efforts to improve people’s health, when in reality the issues overlap, Peter Sands, head of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, said. He was speaking in London ahead of Thursday’s release of the Global Fund’s 2024 report covering its...
Hims & Hers offers compounded Wegovy for $99 a month to select professions
Date: September 19, 2024
By Amina Niasse NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. telehealth company Hims & Hers Health on Wednesday said it will sell compounded versions of Novo Nordisk’s popular weight-loss drug Wegovy to patients in certain professions for $99 a month. The company said the pricing would be available to eligible U.S. military members, teachers, nurses and...
Fed policymakers see end-2024 policy rate at 4.4%: projections
Date: September 18, 2024
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. central bankers think they’ll need to lower interest rates to a range of 4.25%-4.50% by year-end, more than they anticipated in June, as inflation approaches their 2% goal and unemployment rises. That’s according to the median of new economic projections published on Wednesday by the Federal Reserve at the end of...
Artificial heart maker Carmat’s shares slide on $11.5 million capital hike
Date: September 18, 2024
(Reuters) -Artificial heart maker Carmat announced a capital increase of an initial 10.3 million euros ($11.5 million) on Wednesday to cover “short-term working capital needs”, sending its shares down more than 13%. The French firm, which has launched a series of capital increases since September 2023, after flagging supply chain issues that threatened its survival,...