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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...
British Drugmaker Gsk Moves MRNA Flu Vaccine to Late-Stage Trials
Date: September 13, 2024
(Reuters) -British drugmaker GSK announced on Thursday positive results from a mid-stage trial of its seasonal influenza vaccine programme using the messenger RNA (mRNA) technology, and said it would now progress to late-stage clinical development. The data showed that a vaccine candidate produced positive immune responses against both A and B flu strains in...
France Withdraws Pesto Sauce Brand After Likely Cases of Botulism
Date: September 11, 2024
PARIS (Reuters) -The French farm ministry on Tuesday said it detected five likely cases of food-borne botulism, a potentially fatal disease, in central France linked to contaminated pesto sauce that had been sold at some regional market fairs. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT According to the World Health Organisation, botulism is a rare but potentially fatal...
Suspected Mpox Case at Brazilian Airport Likely Chickenpox, Hospital Says
Date: August 27, 2024
SAO PAULO (Reuters) -A suspected case of mpox in a passenger at Brazil’s main international airport is likely chickenpox, a Sao Paulo hospital said on Monday, as health officials remain on alert for a new mpox variant that has caused global concern. State-owned infectious disease hospital Emilio Ribas said chickenpox was the main hypothesis...
European Stocks Rise on Rate Cut Hopes, Healthcare Sector Hits Record High
Date: August 23, 2024
By Ankika Biswas and Pranav Kashyap (Reuters) -Europe’s main stock index climbed on Thursday, with healthcare and retail stocks leading the charge, while investors cheered growing prospects of interest rate cuts by major central banks and sifted through a wave of economic data globally. The pan-European STOXX 600 index closed 0.4% higher, rising for...
Philippines Detects First Mpox Case This Year, yet to Determine Strain
Date: August 19, 2024
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines has detected a new case of the mpox virus in the country, the first since December last year, its health department said on Monday, adding it was awaiting test results before being able to determine the strain. The patient was a 33-year-old Filipino male who had no travel history...