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Newly appointed drug evaluation chief set to leave FDA, STAT News reports

Dec 2 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's newly appointed head of the drug evaluation department, Richard Pazdur, is set to retire from the health agency, STAT News reported on Tuesday, citing sources familiar with the matter. The agency's veteran oncology chief Pazdur ...
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CTU can’t sue group for campaigning in union elections

A federal appeals panel won't let the Chicago Teachers Union sue a rival group over allegations it campaigned on behalf of CTU members seeking leadership posts. At issue is ...
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Spain’s confirmed swine fever cases rise to nine

MADRID, Dec 2 (Reuters) - The number of confirmed cases of African swine fever in wild boars in the same area near Barcelona in northeastern Spain rose to nine on Tuesday from two detected previously, with seven animals found dead, the Agriculture Ministry said. The ...
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WATCH: Sanctuary bill soon law; Use of force case proceeds; CTU audits due Mon

(The Center Square) - In today's edition of Illinois in Focus Daily, The Center Square Editor Greg Bishop airs concerns a Republican state legislator has over a bill pending Gov. J.B. Pritzker's signature to expand the state's migrant sanctuary policies. ...
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Lumexa Imaging targets up to $1.89 billion valuation in US IPO

Dec 2 (Reuters) - Lumexa Imaging is aiming for a valuation of more than $1.89 billion in its U.S. initial public offering, the Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe-backed company said on Tuesday. Private equity sponsors are sitting on a record backlog of companies primed to ...
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Kids who have smartphones by age 12 have higher risk of depression, obesity: Study

(NEW YORK) -- Children who have smartphones by age 12 are at higher risk of lack of sleep, obesity and depression, according to a new study published Monday in the journal Pediatrics.What's more, researchers found that the earlier a child received a smartphone, the ...
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US FDA to curtail use of primate testing in drug trials, FT reports

Dec 2 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it would stop requiring pharmaceutical companies to use lab monkeys for some safety studies, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday, Toxicity testing on primates that can last up to six months can now be ...
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Anti-abortion ‘crisis pregnancy centers’ case goes to US Supreme Court

By John Kruzel and Andrew Chung WASHINGTON, Dec 2 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on Tuesday in a case from New Jersey involving the state attorney general's investigation into the operator of Christian faith-based "crisis pregnancy centers," facilities that ...
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Data supports US policy of hepatitis B vaccine for newborns, as officials push for delay

By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO, Dec 2 (Reuters) - An independent review released on Tuesday by vaccine experts of more than 400 studies and reports found that long-standing U.S. policy of giving the hepatitis B vaccine to newborns has cut infections in children by more than ...
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Trump administration backs Bayer’s bid to curb Roundup lawsuits

By Diana Novak Jones Dec 1 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to take up Bayer's bid to curtail thousands of lawsuits claiming its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer, backing the company's argument that federal law bars the claims. In ...
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Bankrupt Genesis Health picks insider bid for its nursing homes

By Dietrich Knauth Dec 1 (Reuters) - Genesis HealthCare said on Monday that an insider bid had won a bankruptcy auction for all of its assets, which would allow the same ownership group to maintain control of the company's nursing homes while using bankruptcy to ...
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Cuba says 33 have died of mosquito-borne illnesses as epidemic rages

HAVANA, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Cuba on Monday confirmed the deaths of 33 people from mosquito-borne illnesses in recent months in an epidemic that has hit at least one-third of the population, according to official reports. Deputy Minister of Health Carilda Peña said 12 people ...
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