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MIAMI (AP) — Dangerous tropical weather brewed Friday in the Atlantic Ocean with Humberto intensifying into a powerful Category 4 hurricane and a system forecasters dubbed “Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine” striking the Caribbean and taking aim at the Southeast United States.
Hurricane Humberto had maximum...
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Here’s what to know about CTE, the brain disease the NYC shooter blamed for his mental health issues
BOSTON (AP) — The degenerative brain disease that has besieged the National Football League for two decades with a billion-dollar lawsuit, congressional hearings, an A-list movie and an unrelenting cortege of ex-players’ obituaries intruded on America’s favorite sport...
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Scientists find new bite-resistant wetsuits can reduce shark bite injuries
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Australian scientists tested the strength of bite-resistant wetsuits by allowing sharks to chomp the materials at sea and found that the suits can help keep swimmers safe.
Fatal shark bites are vanishingly rare, with less than 50 unprovoked shark bites...
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health Headlines
- UK medical products maker Smith+Nephew’s CFO relocates to US
UK will not impose sales tax on private healthcare, minister says- A student ‘womb service’ works covertly to deliver contraception at a Catholic college
- Australian biotech firm CSL names insider Ken Lim as CFO; shares gain
- Louisiana issues a warrant to arrest California doctor accused of mailing abortion pills
- Metsera’s obesity drug shows promising weight loss in mid-stage trials
- Madagascar’s president fires the government following days of deadly Gen Z protests
- Mexico meat sector decries new livestock movement rules, ivermectin requirement to battle screwworm
- A drug made from marijuana reduced back pain in a large study
- Travelers bothered by their flight’s pollution can pay to reduce it elsewhere. Do offsets work?
- When food banks need bread, 900 home bakers answer the call
- US lobby group PhRMA plans website to boost access to cheaper drugs
- AbbVie to launch ovarian cancer drug in UK at US price
- Kala Bio plunges after scrapping development of lead drug
- Germany assumes 15% U.S. tariff rate will apply to pharma, heavy trucks
- Enanta’s RSV treatment helps speed up recovery in study, shares surge
- CEO of drugmaker GSK to step down by year’s end
- Cannabis stocks surge after Trump endorses cannabidiol for senior healthcare
- Factbox-Who is GSK’s next CEO Luke Miels?
- Indonesian president defends free meals programme after 6,000 suffer food poisoning
- AstraZeneca plans full US listing while defusing fears of UK exit
- GSK CEO Walmsley to exit as insider Miels tapped to rev up pipeline
- Genmab to buy Dutch cancer drugmaker Merus for $8 billion
- Regulators struggle to keep up with the fast-moving and complicated landscape of AI therapy apps
- Albertsons recalls several deli items due to potential listeria contamination
- 58M pounds of corn dogs and sausage-on-a-stick products recalled because wood pieces may be inside
- Trump’s comments on autism evoke anger and hope among autistic people and their families
- Maine’s food pantries stare down volunteer shortage while anticipating cuts
- Some people tape their mouths shut at night. Doctors wish they wouldn’t
- US tariffs threaten $3.1 billion of Singapore’s pharma exports, trade talks ongoing
- After massive shrimp recalls, the FDA finds radioactive contamination in spices too
- UK to offer to pay more for some drugs to appease Trump, FT reports
- Listeria found in Walmart, Trader Joe’s meals may be linked to deadly outbreak
- New Mexico health officials declares end to measles outbreak
- Pakistan vaccinates 9 million girls against cervical cancer despite online backlash
- Factbox-Asian and European drugmakers’ branded drugs imported to the US market
- Factbox-Global drugmakers rush to boost US presence as tariff threat looms
- AstraZeneca to cut some direct-to-patient US drug prices after Trump demand
- Thune says a shutdown can still be avoided if Democrats ‘dial back’ their demands
- Fractyl Health says experimental procedure helps maintain weight loss in study
- Health Rounds: Raw cat food poses risks for pets and their people
- Britain says pushing for better outcome on US pharma tariffs
- EU, Japan trust they have secured limits to US drug tariffs
- Roche, Novartis underline U.S. plans after Trump pharma tariff announcement
- European pharma shares drop after Trump threatens more tariffs
- Photos show the efforts to curb a measles outbreak in Indonesia
- Indian pharma stocks fall after Trump’s new drug tariffs; mostly ‘sentimental’, say analysts
- US, European pharma stocks steady after Trump’s tariff move, Asia slips
- Trump announces 100% tariff on imports of branded or patented pharmaceuticals from October 1
- North Carolina Medicaid patients face care access threat as funding impasse continues
