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FBI chief: China agreed on plan to stop fentanyl precursors

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -China has agreed on a plan to stop fentanyl precursors and to control seven chemical subsidiaries involved in their production, FBI Director Kash Patel announced at the White House on Wednesday. Patel said the agreement resulted from his trip to Beijing last week, ...
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Exclusive-Wild form of polio found in German sewage sample, health institute says

By Jennifer Rigby and Ludwig Burger LONDON (Reuters) -The wild form of virus behind polio has been detected in wastewater sampling in Germany, the nation's main public health body told Reuters on Wednesday, in a setback for efforts to rid the world of the deadly ...
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Expert: Illinois’ outdated tax law leaves homeowners, taxpayers on the hook

(The Center Square) - Illinois remains the only state that hasn't reformed its property tax sale system after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Tyler v. Hennepin County that governments can't keep more than what's owed in back taxes, a delay that's now fueling ...
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Sandoz CEO expects Ozempic biosimilars to enter Canadian market in Q1, Q2

By Bhanvi Satija and Maggie Fick LONDON (Reuters) -Generic drug giant Sandoz expects unbranded versions of Novo Nordisk's popular diabetes drug Ozempic to launch in Canada by the second quarter next year after a key patent expires, its CEO said on Wednesday. Sandoz hopes to ...
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Health Rounds: MRI detects heart-related pain missed by standard testing

(This is an excerpt of the Health Rounds newsletter, where we present latest medical studies on Tuesdays and Thursdays.) By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) -A new testing protocol identifies patients whose chest pain is heart-related even though their main heart arteries look normal during typical exams, ...
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Germany’s bird flu cases at three-year high with ‘no relief in sight’

HAMBURG (Reuters) -Germany has already recorded in 2025 its highest number of bird flu outbreaks in three years and there is no relief in sight, the Friedrich Loeffler Institute for Animal Diseases said, as Europe witnessed a sharp resurgence of the deadly disease. The spread ...
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Tuberculosis rates fall for the first time since COVID-19 pandemic, WHO report

By Christy Santhosh (Reuters) -Global tuberculosis illness rates fell about 2% from 2023 to 2024, according to a World Health Organization report, after rising for three consecutive years due to COVID-related disruptions to diagnosis and treatment. Most indicators of the disease burden were moving in the ...
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US vaccine panel may vote on hepatitis B shots in December

(Reuters) -The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's vaccine advisory committee is scheduled to meet on December 4 and 5, and could vote on policy concerning shots for hepatitis B, a Federal Register notice from the agency showed on Wednesday. The members of the ...
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Alkermes’ narcolepsy drug shows promise in mid-stage trial

(Reuters) -Alkermes' experimental drug significantly improved wakefulness and reduced excessive sleepiness in patients with a rare sleep disorder in a mid-stage study, it said on Wednesday. The company was testing the drug, alixorexton, in patients with narcolepsy type 2, a chronic neurological disorder that disrupts ...
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UK to publish less official data in drive to restore quality

By Andy Bruce MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) -Britain's Office for National Statistics plans to release less data on health, crime and regional development next year to free up resources to repair the quality of the most important economic figures, it said on Wednesday. Errors across a range ...
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Indonesia tests footwear returned from United States on Caesium-137 contamination fears

JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia is conducting further tests on footwear products returned from the United States following claims they had been contaminated with radioactive Caesium-137, a special government task force responsible for handling the issue said on Wednesday. "We received information that contamination was found in ...
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Bayer’s third-quarter adjusted profit beats market view

FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Bayer said on Wednesday that third-quarter adjusted operating income gained 20.8%, citing gains at the Crop Science division and reconciliation effects in accounting. Quarterly earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA), adjusted for special ...
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