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UN-backed experts say more must be done to help people with disabilities in war-battered Gaza

GENEVA (AP) — A team of human rights experts has faulted the world’s nations for not doing more to ensure minimum protections of people with disabilities in Gaza, whose numbers have been growing since the onset of the Israel-Hamas war nearly two years ago. The ...
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PHOTO ESSAY: In Uganda, a sprawling generation of children finds its fate entwined with elders

MAGOGO, Uganda (AP) — Some call them the continent’s greatest natural resource, the bevy of children who account for so much of Uganda’s population. They watch curiously from a hillside and sail across soccer fields and smile from the backs of their mothers. There are some ...
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Health Rounds: Clopidogrel better than aspirin for preventing heart attacks and strokes

(This is an excerpt of the Health Rounds newsletter, where we present latest medical studies on Tuesdays and Thursdays.) By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) -The commonly prescribed blood thinner clopidogrel should replace aspirin as a routine pill for preventing heart attacks and strokes in people who ...
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Novartis signs up to $5.2 billion heart drugs licensing deal with China’s Argo

(Reuters) -Swiss drugmaker Novartis has signed an up to $5.2 billion licensing and options deal with Argo Biopharmaceutical for its experimental cardiovascular drugs, the China-based biotech said on Wednesday. The deal includes an experimental genetic medicine in mid-stage study to control high blood fat levels ...
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African drugmaker Aspen posts $63 million loss due to contract dispute

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South Africa’s Aspen Pharmacare made a full-year loss after tax of 1.1 billion rand ($63 million), it said on Wednesday, citing the impact of a material contractual manufacturing dispute and asset impairments of 4.1 billion rand. The loss in the year ended June ...
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UK competition watchdog to probe PHP’s $2.4 billion takeover of Assura

(Reuters) -Britain’s competition regulator said on Wednesday it has initiated a probe into the $2.4 billion purchase of British healthcare real estate investor Assura by rival Primary Health Properties. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it was considering whether the deal could lead ...
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AI-driven drug discovery picks up as FDA pushes to reduce animal testing

By Sneha S K and Puyaan Singh (Reuters) -Drug developers are increasing adoption of AI technologies for discovery and safety testing to get faster and cheaper results, in line with an FDA push to reduce animal testing in the near future. Within the next three ...
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Chicago residents: ‘We need help’ from feds to fight crime

(The Center Square) – As the Illinois Freedom Caucus and Chicago Flips Red join forces to invite President Donald Trump’s crime cleanup efforts into Chicago, some residents say federal assistance is needed in the city. ...
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PHOTO ESSAY: Uganda’s villages are filling with older people, bringing blessings and burdens

NABALANGA, Uganda (AP) — Look closely and you will see them. Atop dirt floors in dim mud huts. At a stream on an arduous walk for water. Beneath church steeples and leaking roofs and a brilliant sun. In a land known for its massive number of ...
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Banning AI instruction in college could stifle innovation, IL lawmaker says

(The Center Square) – Supporters of a new law prohibiting artificial intelligence being the sole instructor in community college say the move protects educational quality, but critics argue it will hold back innovation. ...
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Illinois quick hits: Eight dead after weekend violence; Mexican national’s extradition sought

Eight dead after weekend violence Chicago Police say more than 55 people were shot, at least eight fatally, in the city over Labor Day weekend. ...
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United Therapeutics shares surge on successful late-stage lung disease study

(Reuters) -Shares of United Therapeutics surged over 42% in premarket trading on Tuesday after its lung disease treatment, treprostinil, met the main goal in a late stage study. The inhaled drug, marketed as Tyvaso, demonstrated substantial improvement in lung function in patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary ...
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