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Experimental first-in-class heart drug may also help heal kidneys

(This is an excerpt of the Health Rounds newsletter, where we present latest medical studies on Tuesdays and Thursdays) By Nancy Lapid June 19 (Reuters) - We also report on new understanding of how Ebola infections may persist in the brain and other organs for months, ...
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UN agencies launch $1 million project to contain screwworm outbreak

PARIS, June 19 (Reuters) - The International Atomic Energy Agency and the U.N. food agency have launched a $1 million research project to help contain the screwworm outbreak in the Americas, including efforts to address a shortage of sterile flies, they said on Friday. The ...
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At least 30 deaths at Congo camp show Ebola could be spreading fast

By Gradel Muyisa , Emma Farge, Clement Bonnerot and Ammu Kannampilly BUNIA, Democratic Republic of Congo, June 19 (Reuters) - At least 30 people have died since the start of May in one camp for displaced civilians in northeastern Congo, a death rate that camp ...
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AbbVie nears $11 billion deal for Apogee Therapeutics, FT reports

June 19 (Reuters) - AbbVie is nearing a deal to acquire inflammatory disease drug developer Apogee Therapeutics for about $10.9 billion in cash, the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. The deal under discussion would value Apogee at a roughly ...
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Argentina loosens restrictions for biotech patents, says cabinet chief

By Leila Miller BUENOS AIRES, June 19 (Reuters) - Argentina's government has repealed a regulation that had restricted patents for biotech developments, cabinet chief Manuel Adorni said on X on Friday. "The measure aligns the country with international standards and will enable the attraction of ...
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More than 70 Congo medics infected with Ebola since outbreak started, WHO says

By Emma Farge NAIROBI, June 19 (Reuters) - A senior World Health Organization official said on Friday that 75 medics in the Democratic Republic of Congo had been infected with Ebola and 17 of them had died since the current outbreak started there. Ebola was thought ...
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US health department proposes testosterone therapy label updates

June 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. health department said on Thursday it was seeking updates to labels for testosterone replacement therapies after reviewing new clinical data and other evidence. The proposed changes would remove limits on use in men with age-related low testosterone, revise warnings ...
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Mother of pregnant teen with cancer who died challenges Dominican Republic’s strict abortion ban

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - The mother of a teenage girl who died after doctors in the Dominican Republic delayed treating her for cancer because she was pregnant is challenging the country's strict abortion ban. Civil society groups including a Christian organization joined the ...
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Australia, last continent without H5 bird flu, detects first suspected case

SYDNEY, June 19 (Reuters) - Australia has detected its first suspected mainland case of H5N1 bird flu in a remote part of the country's southwest, authorities said on Friday. A migratory sea bird known as a brown skua found in Western Australia's Cape Le Grand ...
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The Media Line: German Nun Awarded Order of Merit After Decades of Caring for Leprosy Patients in Pakistan  

German Nun Awarded Order of Merit After Decades of Caring for Leprosy Patients in Pakistan By Arshad Mehmood / The Media Line [ISLAMABAD] Germany has honored a long-serving humanitarian worker at the Rawalpindi Leprosy Hospital with the Order of Merit (Federal ...
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US launches trade investigation into Germany over drug pricing

By Jasper Ward WASHINGTON, June 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. has launched a trade investigation into a German plan to lower its spending on pharmaceutical products, to see whether it is unreasonable or discriminatory, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said on Thursday. The probe comes under ...
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Congo says number of confirmed Ebola cases rises to 896

June 18 (Reuters) - The number of confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo has increased to 896, including 232 deaths, government data showed late on Thursday. The number represented the total number of confirmed cases as of Wednesday, according to a situation ...
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