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Elliott builds big stake in life-science tools supplier Bio-Rad Labs, WSJ reports

May 17 (Reuters) - Activist investor Elliott Investment Management has built a sizeable stake in U.S. diagnostics supplier Bio-Rad Laboratories, and plans to push the company to boost its underperforming stock price, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. Bio-Rad's shares have fallen more ...
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Unwanted lab rats find new homes and are adopted thanks to an Argentine organization

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - A group of people watched three albino rats leap from small baskets into a big cage on Sunday as other rodents hid in makeshift tunnels or searched for applesauce offered by their keeper through the bars at an indoor ...
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WHO declares Ebola outbreak in Congo, Uganda an emergency of international concern

By Disha Mishra and Akanksha Khushi May 17 (Reuters) - An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda has been declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organisation, after 80 suspected deaths. The WHO said the outbreak, ...
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Canadian national health agency confirms 1 positive hantavirus test

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) - Canada's national health agency Sunday confirmed that one of four Canadians who returned home from a cruise ship hit with a hantavirus outbreak has tested positive for the virus. The Public Health Agency of Canada confirmed the positive test a ...
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Factbox-What do we know about the Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda?

JOHANNESBURG, May 17 (Reuters) - The World Health Organization on Sunday declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda to be a public health emergency of international concern. The WHO said the outbreak, caused by the Bundibugyo strain of the virus, ...
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WHO declares global health emergency over Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared the Ebola disease outbreak in Congo and Uganda a public health emergency of international concern on Sunday after more than 300 suspected cases and 88 deaths. In a post on X, the World Health Organization ...
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The Media Line: International Aid Convoy Departs Libya Bound for Gaza Through Rafah Crossing  (VIDEO)

International Aid Convoy Departs Libya Bound for Gaza Through Rafah Crossing By The Media Line Staff An international humanitarian convoy carrying relief supplies and volunteers departed from the Libyan city of Zawiya and is heading toward Egypt's Rafah crossing in an effort ...
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Judge blocks Kansas ban on gender-transition treatment for minors

NEW YORK, May 16 (Reuters) - A Kansas judge has temporarily blocked a law banning gender-transition treatments for minors in the state. State District Judge Carl Folsom III granted an injunction requested by the parents of two teenagers who want to continue gender-transition ...
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One Canadian tests positive for hantavirus, BC officials say

TORONTO, May 16 (Reuters) - British Columbia's government said on Saturday one Canadian tested positive for hantavirus after leaving a luxury cruise ship hit by an outbreak of the Andes strain of the virus. The individual, who was tested at a hospital in ...
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Congolese report constant burials as deaths in new Ebola outbreak reach 80

BUNIA, Congo (AP) - At least 80 deaths have been reported in Congo's new Ebola disease outbreak in the eastern Ituri province, authorities said, as health workers raced Saturday to intensify screening and contact tracing to contain the disease. Officials first announced the outbreak ...
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EXCLUSIVE: The Oversight Project calls for investigation into Fusus, Oak Brook contract

(The Center Square) - The Oak Brook police chief welcomes an investigation into how the village obtained a multi-million taxpayer funded police technology contract. In a report provided exclusively ...
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FDA drug center head fired after commissioner’s exit

May 16 (Reuters) - The acting head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's drug center, Tracey Beth Hoeg, said she had been fired from the agency. Reuters first reported Hoeg was expected to leave the FDA on Friday, just days after Commissioner Marty Makary ...
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