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Hundreds protest against planned US Ebola quarantine facility in Kenya

NAIROBI, June 1 (Reuters) - Hundreds of people took to the streets in the central Kenyan town of Nanyuki on Monday to protest moves by the United States to set up an Ebola quarantine facility at a military base there, residents told Reuters, days ...
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Unit of China’s Haisco, Eli Lilly sign collaboration, licensing deals

HANGZHOU, June 1 (Reuters) - U.S. drugmaker Eli Lilly has entered into an agreement to collaborate on and possibly licence experimental medicines from a unit of Haisco Pharmaceutical Group, with potential payments of up to around $3 billion if milestones are met, the Chinese ...
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Revolution, Summit shares rise as experimental cancer drugs show survival benefit in trials

By Christy Santhosh June 1 (Reuters) - Shares of Revolution Medicines and Summit Therapeutics climbed in premarket trading on Monday after their experimental cancer treatments boosted survival outcomes for patients in late-stage trials. Revolution's experimental pancreatic cancer pill, daraxonrasib, doubled survival when compared to chemotherapy, while ...
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Edgewise to sell muscle dystrophy business to Servier for up to $2.65 billion

June 1 (Reuters) - Biotech firm Edgewise Therapeutics said on Monday it would sell its experimental muscular dystrophy drug and related business to France's Servier for up to $2.65 billion. The French drugmaker will secure global rights to the U.S.-based biotech's candidate, sevasemten, along with ...
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Hundreds of youths protest outside Kenya’s Ebola quarantine center for US citizens

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Hundreds of youths in Kenya's central town of Nanyuki on Monday demonstrated against the establishment at the Laikipia Air Base of an Ebola quarantine center for American citizens exposed to the virus. The protests come two days after Kenya's High Court ...
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China is sending medical team to assist with DRC Ebola outbreak

BEIJING, June 1 (Reuters) - China will send a team of medical specialists to the Democratic Republic of Congo to assist with the region's Ebola outbreak, foreign ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said on Monday. The Chinese government has decided to provide humanitarian assistance to ...
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US regulator approves oral drug from Japan’s Shionogi to prevent COVID-19

TOKYO, June 1 (Reuters) - Japan's Shionogi & Co said on Monday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved its oral antiviral Ensitrelvir, commercially known as Xocova, for the preventive treatment of individuals who have been exposed to COVID-19. "XOCOVA is the first and ...
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Confirmed Ebola cases in Congo reach 282 as survivors describe their recoveries

BUNIA, Congo (AP) - At least 282 confirmed cases of Ebola have now been reported in Congo's ongoing outbreak, the central African nation said late Sunday, as patients who recovered from the disease spoke of their indescribable joy in interviews with The Associated Press. The ...
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$55.9 billion budget includes new taxes, ‘no property tax relief’

(The Center Square) - The Illinois General Assembly has voted to approve a record-high budget for fiscal year 2027, with new taxes and lawmaker pay raises included. The $55.9 ...
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KLM cancels Uganda flights due to Ebola restrictions

June 1 (Reuters) - KLM has cancelled flights to and from Entebbe airport near the Ugandan capital Kampala due to restrictions linked to an Ebola outbreak in Central Africa, the Dutch airline said late on Friday. KLM said that while the area was not currently ...
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Patients find help with therapy donkeys at psychiatric hospital near Paris

NEUILLY-SUR-MARNE, France (AP) - Therapy donkeys are helping patients with mental health conditions recover in a psychiatric hospital unit outside Paris that's unique to France. The 19th century farm buildings and wooded surroundings are a haven within the Ville-Evrard hospital complex in Neuilly-sur-Marne. On Friday, ...
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Congo says number of confirmed Ebola cases rises to 282

KINSHASA, May 31 (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo said on Sunday that the number of confirmed Ebola cases had increased to 282 after 19 new positive test results were recorded. There have been 264 confirmed cases in Ituri province, 15 in North Kivu ...
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