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Russia’s Chubais in Intensive Care With Rare Immune Disorder – Close Sources
Date: August 1, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) -Anatoly Chubais, the former privatisation tsar of post-Soviet Russia who quit his post as a Kremlin special envoy due to the war in Ukraine, is in intensive care in Europe with a rare immune disorder, two sources close to Chubais told Reuters. Chubais, 67, believes he is suffering from Guillain–Barre syndrome, a disease...
Oldest Patient yet Cured of Hiv After Stem Cell Transplant – Researchers
Date: July 27, 2022
By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) – The oldest patient yet has been cured of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant for leukaemia, researchers reported on Wednesday. While the transplant was planned to treat the now-66-year-old’s leukaemia, the doctors also sought a donor who was naturally resistant to the virus that causes AIDS, a mechanism...
Britain’s Health Service Facing Worst Staffing Crisis, Say Lawmakers
Date: July 25, 2022
By Sachin Ravikumar LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s state-run National Health Service (NHS) is facing its worst ever staffing crisis with thousands of vacancies and the government has no credible strategy to address the problem, a committee of lawmakers said in a report published on Monday. Tackling a health service staggering under the combined pressure of...
Biden Says He Is ‘doing Well,’ Working After Testing Positive for Covid
Date: July 22, 2022
By Trevor Hunnicutt, Steve Holland and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Joe Biden, the oldest person ever to serve as president of the United States, has tested positive for COVID-19, is experiencing mild symptoms and will continue working but in isolation, the White House said on Thursday. Biden, 79, has a runny nose, fatigue and an...
Biden Says He Is ‘doing Well,’ Working After Testing Positive for Covid
Date: July 22, 2022
By Trevor Hunnicutt, Steve Holland and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Joe Biden, the oldest person ever to serve as president of the United States, has tested positive for COVID-19, is experiencing mild symptoms and will continue working but in isolation, the White House said on Thursday. Biden, 79, has a runny nose, fatigue and an...
AstraZeneca to Buy Biotech Firm TeneoTwo for up to $1.27 Billion
Date: July 5, 2022
(Reuters) -AstraZeneca agreed to acquire biotechnology firm TeneoTwo Inc in a deal worth up to $1.27 billion on Tuesday, in a move to bolster its roster of therapies to treat blood cancers. At the heart of the deal is the U.S.-based company’s early stage experimental treatment for a form of Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a type of...