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Elon Musk’s Neuralink Receives Canadian Approval for Brain Chip Trial
Date: November 21, 2024
(Reuters) – Elon Musk’s Neuralink said on Wednesday it has received approval to launch its first clinical trial in Canada for a device designed to give paralysed individuals the ability to use digital devices simply by thinking. The brain chip startup said the Canadian study aims to assess the safety and initial functionality of its...
Soccer-England Striker Hemp Undergoes Knee Surgery, Man City Confirm
Date: November 19, 2024
LONDON (Reuters) – Manchester City forward Lauren Hemp faces a spell on the sidelines after undergoing knee surgery, the Women’s Super League club said on Tuesday. The England international missed last week’s Women’s Champions League victory against Hammarby. City said in a statement that the surgery had been successful and Hemp would return to the...
Medical Services Provider CareMax Files for Chapter 11 Restructuring
Date: November 18, 2024
HOUSTON (Reuters) – CareMax, which operates 56 medical centers in Florida, Texas, Tennessee and New York catering largely to older patients, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Texas on Sunday. The Miami-based firm listed debts of $693 million and assets of $390 million, according to a filing with U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District...
Europe’s Stoxx 600 Falls as Tech, Healthcare Shares Drag
Date: November 15, 2024
By Shashwat Chauhan (Reuters) -Europe’s STOXX 600 fell on Friday, dragged by technology and healthcare stocks, keeping the index on track for its fourth successive weekly drop. The pan-European STOXX 600 benchmark index slipped 0.5%, hovering near a three-month low hit earlier this week. The technology sub-index dropped 1.7%, with chipmaker ASML among top decliners,...
Many Long Covid Patients Adjust to Slim Recovery Odds as World Moves On
Date: November 14, 2024
By Jennifer Rigby and Julie Steenhuysen LONDON (Reuters) – There are certain phrases that Wachuka Gichohi finds difficult to hear after enduring four years of living with long COVID, marked by debilitating fatigue, pain, panic attacks and other symptoms so severe she feared she would die overnight. Among them are normally innocuous statements such as,...
US Minority Veterans Face Unequal Access to Ozempic and Wegovy, Study Finds
Date: November 11, 2024
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) – U.S. military veterans face racial and ethnic inequities in access to Novo Nordisk’s highly in-demand drugs for diabetes and weight loss, according to a review of patient data published on Monday, the U.S. Veterans Day holiday. In the U.S. Veterans Affairs Medical System, Black patients and those of Asian or...