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UK’s SkinBioTherapeutics probes former CEO, issues fiscal 2026 profit warning

Feb 16 (Reuters) - British skin-health company SkinBioTherapeutics said on Monday it was investigating its former CEO and believes he misrepresented material financial information to the board and auditors. The company said the resulting restatement of accounts would mean fiscal 2026 results would be "significantly ...
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The Media Line: Doctors Without Borders Suspends Some Services at Gaza’s Nasser Hospital Over Security Concerns 

Doctors Without Borders Suspends Some Services at Gaza's Nasser Hospital Over Security Concerns By The Media Line Staff Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières, MSF) has suspended several noncritical activities at Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis after staff reported armed individuals inside the medical ...
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As some people push to make profound autism its own diagnosis, this family is raising twins with it

AYER, Mass. (AP) - Connor Murphy walked in circles around his dad, then flopped down on the kitchen floor, got up and walked in circles again. His dad turned the 9-year-old's repetitive behavior into a chance to connect. "Want me to pick you up?" Matthew ...
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Should people with autism and very high needs have a separate diagnosis? Takeaways from AP’s report

As the definition of autism has widened, there's been a growing push to create a new diagnosis, called profound autism, for those who need constant and lifelong care. The reason? To ensure that they get the support and services they need. Judith Ursitti, president of the ...
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Malawi vaccinates a new generation of children against polio, which still hasn’t been eradicated

BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) - In a classroom in southern Malawi, children sit in rows on the floor as a health worker moves among them administering an oral vaccine that protects against polio. The new vaccination campaign that began on Wednesday is another reminder that ...
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‘Very concerning’: How EPA rolling back greenhouse gas emissions endangerment finding could impact health

(WASHINGTON) -- The Trump administration walked back an Obama-era environmental decision that has been the legal basis for establishing federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions.The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said on Thursday it was rescinding the 2009 endangerment finding, which determined that six key ...
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A US shipment of medicine to Venezuela signals a new era of cooperation

MAIQUETIA, Venezuela (AP) - A shipment from the United States of medicine and medical supplies arrived in Venezuela on Friday, reflecting a new spirit of cooperation between the two countries following the stunning capture last month of then-President Nicolás Maduro. Laura Dogu, the U.S. top ...
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US HHS deputy secretary and acting CDC chief Jim O’Neill to leave posts, Politico reports

WASHINGTON, Feb 13 (Reuters) - U.S. Health and Human Services Deputy Secretary Jim O'Neill, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s top aide who is also the Acting Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will leave his current role as part of a larger ...
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CIA, Pentagon reviewed secret ‘Havana syndrome’ device in Norway, Washington Post reports

Feb 14 (Reuters) - U.S. officials investigated a previously unreported experiment in Norway in which a government scientist tested a microwave device and developed neurological symptoms similar to so-called Havana syndrome, the Washington Post reported on Saturday citing people familiar with the matter. Norway informed ...
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MSF suspends some Gaza hospital work over presence of gunmen, suspected weapons transfers, group says

Feb 14 (Reuters) - Medecins Sans Frontieres has halted "non-critical" medical activities at a major hospital in southern Gaza following reports from patients and its own staff of armed men inside the facility and concerns over the movement of weapons within it. MSF's statement appeared ...
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Pennsylvania jury finds Johnson & Johnson liable for cancer in latest talc trial

By Diana Novak Jones Feb 13 (Reuters) - A jury in Pennsylvania state court on Friday awarded $250,000 to the family of a woman who sued Johnson & Johnson alleging its talc-based baby powder was to blame for her ovarian cancer. The jury in the Philadelphia ...
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Costco sued over alleged salmonella risk in rotisserie chicken

By Jonathan Stempel Feb 13 (Reuters) - Costco is facing a new lawsuit over its rotisserie chicken, after an animal rights nonprofit claimed that the retailer's chicken processing plant in Nebraska suffers from salmonella contamination. The proposed class action lawsuit filed on Thursday cited a ...
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