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Genmab and AbbVie’s blood cancer drug fails to improve survival in late-stage study

Jan 16 (Reuters) - Danish drugmaker Genmab and its U.S. partner AbbVie said on Friday that their drug for a type of blood cancer failed to improve the survival rate in patients in a late-stage study. U.S.-listed shares of Genmab were down more than 7% ...
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Measles cases jump again in South Carolina, rising to more than 550

Reported measles cases in South Carolina surged by almost 30% in the last few days, state health officials said Friday. The South Carolina health department reported 124 new cases since Tuesday, bringing the state's total to 558 in a wave of infections centered around an ...
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Measles cases in South Carolina rise by 124 to 558, state health department says

Jan 16 (Reuters) - The South Carolina health department reported 558 measles cases related to the ongoing outbreak in the state on Friday, 124 additional cases since its last update on Tuesday. (Reporting by Mariam Sunny and Siddhi Mahatole in Bengaluru; Editing by Krishna ...
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ISS recommends shareholders approve Kimberly-Clark’s planned Kenvue deal

By Svea Herbst-Bayliss Jan 16 (Reuters) - Institutional Shareholder Services on Friday recommended that shareholders approve plans by Kleenex maker Kimberly-Clark to buy Tylenol maker Kenvue, saying a tie-up could improve financial metrics. "On balance, support for the transaction is warranted," wrote ISS, whose recommendations often ...
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Trump’s healthcare plan focuses on direct payments over insurance subsidies

By Ahmed Aboulenein and Amina Niasse WASHINGTON, Jan 15 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he plans to replace government subsidies for health insurance with direct payments to consumers, an idea that some experts have said would hurt lower-income Americans. Trump's announcement comes ...
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Trump announces outlines of health care plan he wants Congress to consider

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump on Thursday announced the outlines of a health care plan he wants Congress to take up as Republicans have faced increasing pressure to address rising health costs after lawmakers let subsidies expire. The cornerstone is his proposal to send ...
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Kaiser affiliates will pay $556M to settle a lawsuit alleging Medicare fraud

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Kaiser Permanente affiliates will pay $556 million to settle a lawsuit that alleged the health care giant committed Medicare fraud and pressured doctors to list incorrect diagnoses on medical records to receive higher reimbursements, federal prosecutors said. The deal announced Wednesday ...
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NYC nurses on strike resume negotiations with hospitals on 4th day

NEW YORK (AP) - New York City nurses on strike resumed negotiations with hospital administrators Thursday to try to bring an end to the city's biggest walkout of its kind in decades. The New York State Nurses Association said its bargaining members began meeting with ...
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China revs up fiscal support to boost births

HONG KONG, Jan 16 (Reuters) - China's population policy is emerging as a key part of its economic strategy as Beijing rolls out its most wide-ranging push to boost a flagging birth rate, with official population data due on January 19 set to show ...
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At Detroit auto show, spotlight dims for EVs

DETROIT (AP) - At the North American International Auto Show, tires squeal as gearheads put shiny new vehicles through their paces on a pair of indoor tracks that sprawl across the event space. One of those tracks used to be set aside exclusively for ...
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Confusion erupts in mental health and substance abuse programs as HHS cuts, then reinstates grants

NEW YORK (AP) - Elizabeth Woike was cautiously optimistic when she saw news reports that the nearly $2 billion in grants that the Trump administration pulled from substance abuse and mental health programs around the country the previous day might be getting reinstated. Then ...
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CDC studies show value of nationwide wastewater disease surveillance, as potential funding cut looms

Wastewater testing can alert public health officials to measles infections days to months before cases are confirmed by doctors, researchers said in two studies published Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Colorado health officials were able to get ahead of the highly ...
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