US Again Halts Cattle Imports From Mexico Over Flesh-Eating Screwworms
July 11 By Tom Polansek The flesh-eating livestock pest New World screwworm has advanced closer to the U.S. border with Mexico, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said, prompting Washington to block imports of Mexican cattle just days after it allowed them to resume at a…
Exclusive-USDA Develops Potential Plan to Vaccinate Poultry for Bird Flu
June 20 By Tom Polansek The U.S. Department of Agriculture is considering a potential plan to vaccinate poultry against bird flu for the first time that includes evaluating how it would affect exports, the agency told Reuters this week. The actions advance the government’s assessment…
Rwanda declares that Marburg virus outbreak is over
Dec. 20 By Leika Kihara KIGALI, Dec 20 (Reuters) – Rwanda has declared an end to the country’s Marburg virus outbreak following the recovery of the last patient 42 days ago, Health Minister Sabin Nsanzimana told a news conference on Friday. The East African country…
Flavored Vape Products Dispute Goes Before US Supreme Court
Nov. 29 By John Kruzel A dispute over the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s refusal to let two e-cigarette companies sell flavored vape products due to their health risk to youths goes before the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday in another case involving the power…
Transgender Care at Issue in US Supreme Court’s Latest Culture War Fight
Nov. 27 By Andrew Chung Dr. Susan Lacy had been caring for transgender patients for several years in Tennessee when, in 2023, everything changed. In the span of a few months, the Republican-governed state banned healthcare providers from treating minors for gender dysphoria. The Memphis…
UnitedHealth Tech Unit’s Rivals Say New, Post-Hack Customers Are Staying
Sept. 19 By Leroy Leo and Sriparna Roy (Reuters) – Smaller rivals to UnitedHealth’s tech unit Change Healthcare say they are signing longer-term contracts with hospitals and other customers who had temporarily switched from the company after February’s cyberattack shut down the unit’s services. The…
Developers of Vapes for Migraine, Asthma Will Need to Win Over Sceptics
Aug. 9 By Emma Rumney LONDON (Reuters) -A handful of North American companies which see potential for vape-like devices to ease migraines and respiratory diseases such as asthma have a long road to convince health authorities and patients that their products can be the future…
US FDA Approves Adaptimmune’s Therapy for Rare Type of Cancer
Aug. 2 By Mariam Sunny (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it has approved Adaptimmune’s first-of-its-kind treatment for a rare type of cancer in the soft tissues that most often affects young people. The therapy, branded as Tecelra, was approved to…
Iowa Starts Enforcing Six-Week Abortion Ban
July 29 By Joseph Campbell DES MOINES, IOWA (Reuters) -Iowa enforced a ban on abortions after six weeks of pregnancy on Monday, becoming the 22nd state to impose broad restrictions on ending pregnancies since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned federal abortion rights in 2022. Iowa’s…
Colorado Ramps up Bird Flu Response, Requires Milk Testing
July 23 By Tom Polansek and Leah Douglas CHICAGO (Reuters) – Colorado began requiring dairies to test milk supplies for bird flu every week, the state’s veterinarian told Reuters on Tuesday, as a federal team arrived to help investigate an escalating outbreak in cows that…