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No Plan to Prop up Global Health, Novo Nordisk Foundation Says, as Trump Freezes US Aid
Date: February 3, 2025
By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) - The Novo Nordisk Foundation does not plan to step in to prop up a global health sector reeling from a freeze on U.S.-funded foreign aid, and will continue to focus...
US Spells Out Life-Saving Hiv Treatment That Can Continue During Aid Pause
Date: February 1, 2025
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department said on Saturday that the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) — the world's leading HIV initiative - was covered by a...
Novartis CEO Says U.S. Exit From Global Health Programmes to Affect Millions
Date: January 31, 2025
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The American CEO of Swiss drugmaker Novartis on Friday warned that the United States' exit from the World Health Organization and related programmes risks harming millions of...
UN Chief Demands Evacuation of 2,500 Gaza Children at 'imminent Risk' of Death
Date: January 30, 2025
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday demanded that 2,500 children be immediately evacuated from Gaza for medical treatment after...
EU Agencies Track Bird Flu Virus Variants on Increasing Threat to Humans
Date: January 29, 2025
(Reuters) - Two European regulators said on Wednesday they were tracking variants of the bird flu virus due to the threat of the pathogen adapting to spread between humans and triggering future...
UK Detects Human Case of Bird Flu
Date: January 27, 2025
LONDON (Reuters) - British health authorities said they had detected a case of bird flu (H5N1) in a person in central England. The person acquired the infection on a farm, where they had close and...