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Centene offers most staff buyouts after Obamacare member losses, Bloomberg News reports

June 15 (Reuters) - Health insurer Centene will offer buyouts to most employees to cut expenses after membership in its health insurance plans dropped steeply over the last year, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing a company spokesperson. (Reporting by Sneha ...
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US paying almost $25,000 a month to store unusable contraceptives stuck in Belgium

By Jennifer Rigby and Ammu Kannampilly LONDON/NAIROBI, June 15 (Reuters) - The United States is spending almost $25,000 every month to store contraceptives in Belgium that were originally bought for use in poorer nations but are now mainly unusable, according to a report from officials ...
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Afreximbank cancels annual meeting on Ebola concerns

NAIROBI, June 15 (Reuters) - The African Export-Import Bank has cancelled its annual meeting set to take place in the Egyptian resort of El Alamein next week, citing measures taken jointly by Egypt and the African Union following the rise in Ebola cases in ...
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Congo reports a record daily increase in Ebola cases a month after outbreak was declared

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - Congolese authorities have reported one of the highest daily increases in Ebola cases as the virus spreads quickly and surveillance efforts improve in the month-old outbreak in one of the world's most challenging regions. Congo's Ministry of Health on Sunday said ...
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German government to abandon variable drug discounting plans, source tells Reuters

By Andreas Rinke BERLIN, June 15 (Reuters) - Germany's government is replacing plans that would have introduced variable discounts on pharmaceuticals, a government source told Reuters on Monday, following opposition from the industry to the proposal. As part of the initial government plans, drug companies would ...
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UK to debate assisted dying again after previous attempt to change law failed

LONDON, June 15 (Reuters) - British lawmakers look set to hold a fresh debate on legalising assisted dying for terminally ill people in the new parliamentary session, after one member said she would reintroduce draft legislation that stalled earlier this year. Polls have long shown ...
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Lundbeck drug candidate shows promise in Cushing’s disease trial

June 14 (Reuters) - Danish drugmaker H. Lundbeck said on Sunday its investigational drug asedebart showed encouraging tolerability and results in a small mid-stage study for the treatment of Cushing's disease, a rare hormonal disorder. The results, presented at a medical conference in Chicago, mark ...
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Australia’s Sigma Healthcare drops pursuit of UK pharmacy chain Boots

June 15 (Reuters) - Australia's Sigma Healthcare said on Monday it had walked away from preliminary talks to buy British pharmacy chain Boots, concluding that a potential deal would not meet its strategic and capital investment objectives. The pharmaceutical wholesaler and retailer had said earlier ...
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Ebola cases in eastern Congo climb to 782 and deaths reach 181, authorities say

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - The number of confirmed Ebola cases in Congo has increased to 782, with 181 deaths, the Congolese Ministry of Health said in a statement on social platform X on Sunday evening. However, the number of cases in Congo is believed to ...
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Health workers struggle to contain Ebola in Congo camps as distrust grows

By Gradel Muyisa and Benoit Nyemba NIZI, Democratic Republic of Congo, June 14 (Reuters) - After the Kpangba displacement camp became the first in this part of war-torn Congo to record deaths from Ebola two weeks ago, health workers rushed to trace those who ...
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Congo says number of confirmed Ebola cases rises to 710

KINSHASA, June 13 (Reuters) - The number of confirmed Ebola cases in Democratic Republic of Congo has increased to 710, including 149 deaths, government data showed on Saturday. The number represented the total number of confirmed cases as of Friday, according to a situation report ...
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How parents can talk to their kids about vaping as FDA authorizes some flavored e-cigarettes

Ricky Resendez first tried e-cigarettes in eighth grade. By the time he got to high school, he was vaping daily. "It was just kind of normal," said Ricky, a 17-year-old recent graduate in Superior, Wisconsin. "Kids were vaping in class, in the bathrooms, wherever." Nationally, nearly ...
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