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Cooper Companies initiates strategic review; shares jump

Dec 4 (Reuters) - Medical device maker Cooper Companies said it is initiating a formal strategic review aimed at identifying opportunities to enhance long-term shareholder value, sending shares up 11.7% in extended trading. In October, Reuters reported that activist investor Jana Partners built a stake ...
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Pritzker: ‘No’ to state taxpayer-funded guaranteed income

(The Center Square) - Gov. J.B. Pritzker says he is not planning to follow Cook County by implementing a guaranteed income program, and one Statehouse Democrat wants to prevent government units from funding such programs with taxpayer dollars. ...
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IL congresswoman willing to withhold highway dollars over CDL issues

(The Center Square) - A Republican congresswoman from Illinois is looking to enforce federal Commercial Drivers License requirements by withholding federal funds from states that aren't compliant. Data provided ...
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Disability group, coroners press governor ahead of assisted suicide decision

(The Center Square) - A Chicago-based disability-rights organization is seeking a meeting with Gov. J.B. Pritzker's office as Illinois prepares for possible action on legislation that would legalize physician-assisted suicide in the state. ...
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Explainer-Why are hepatitis B vaccines given to newborns?

By Nancy Lapid Dec 4 (Reuters) - Vaccine advisers to U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. were expected to vote on Thursday on whether to scrap a broad recommendation for the hepatitis B vaccine for children, a move that would leave the choice to ...
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US and Kenya sign first of what are expected to be dozens of ‘America First’ global health deals

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration has signed the first in what are expected to be dozens of "America First" global health funding agreements that will prioritize combating infectious diseases in countries deemed to be aligned with the president's broader foreign policy goals and ...
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Women can self-test at home for cervical cancer virus, new guidelines say

By Nancy Lapid Dec 4 (Reuters) - Women at average risk for cervical cancer can avoid unpleasant tests in doctors' offices and instead safely test themselves at home for the virus that causes nearly all cases of the disease, the American Cancer Society said on ...
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US signs pact with Kenya under ‘America First’ global health plan

By Simon Lewis WASHINGTON, Dec 4 - The U.S. will provide more than $1.6 billion to Kenya's health system under a new five-year agreement signed on Thursday, the first such agreement reached under the Trump administration's overhaul of foreign aid. The administration in September announced a ...
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WATCH: U.S. Rep. Miller live; Heated rhetoric in Congress; SNAP, ‘basic income’ debate

(The Center Square) - In today's edition of Illinois in Focus Daily, The Center Square Editor Greg Bishop talks live with Illinois U.S. Rep. Mary Miller, R-Oakland, about some of her top issues facing Congress, from health insurance reform and SNAP funding to CLD ...
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CDC vaccine advisory committee meets to discuss hepatitis B shot, childhood immunization schedule

(NEW YORK) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's vaccine advisory committee is set to meet Thursday and Friday to discuss the childhood vaccine schedule, adjuvants and contaminants, and the hepatitis B vaccine.It marks the third meeting this year of the Advisory Committee ...
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EU reaches deal on gene-edited crops after fierce debate

PARIS, Dec 4 (Reuters) - The European Union has reached a preliminary deal on how to regulate gene-edited crops in a move that could ease the development of new varieties in a region long wary of biotech innovations in food. The EU has debated for ...
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US vaccine committee to vote on delaying hepatitis B vaccine birth dose

Dec 4 (Reuters) - A group of vaccine advisers to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will vote on whether to delay the initial dose of hepatitis B vaccine to 2 months of age for the vast majority of American children, a ...
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