Tag: government
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Teens with ADHD have special treatment needs
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – – Drugs and psychotherapy can help teens with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) manage symptoms and improve in school, a new research review suggests, but adolescents still have treatment needs that are quite distinct from younger children. Both stimulants and alternative medications can help reduce symptoms such as restlessness,…
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Exclusive: Medivation succumbs to pressure to explore sale – sources
U.S. cancer drug maker Medivation Inc has decided to explore a sale following a $9.3 billion acquisition offer from France's Sanofi SA and interest from other companies, people familiar with the matter said on Monday. Pfizer Inc and Amgen Inc are among the companies that have signed non-disclosure agreements with Medivation, which allow them to…
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Allergan profit beats estimates, share buybacks planned
The Dublin drugmaker on Tuesday said the planned $40 billion sale of its generics business to Teva Pharmaceutical Industries will close next month and that it will use $8 billion of the money to pay down company debt. Since the U.S. government torpedoed the merger, a deal that would have relocated Pfizer's legal domicile to…
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Vaccines put brakes on yellow fever outbreaks, more may pop up: WHO
By Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) – A major yellow fever outbreak in Angola and two smaller flare-ups in Uganda and Congo are largely under control but countries have been warned to be vigilant in case the disease pops up elsewhere, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. Yellow fever is hard to spot early…
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Lorries begin moving Beirut’s mountains of trash to landfill: council
Lorries began taking mountains of rubbish that have piled up in Beirut to a landfill site on Saturday under a plan the government approved to solve the seven-month garbage crisis, the body helping oversee disposal said. The crisis, which began last July when the same Naameh landfill south of Beirut was closed with no plan…
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Lorries begin moving Beirut’s mountains of trash to landfill: council
Lorries began taking mountains of rubbish that have piled up in Beirut to a landfill site on Saturday under a plan the government approved to solve the seven-month garbage crisis, the body helping oversee disposal said. The crisis, which began last July when the same Naameh landfill south of Beirut was closed with no plan…
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U.S. proposes hike in Medicare Advantage payments; insurer shares rise
By Caroline Humer NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. government on Friday proposed raising payments by 1.35 percent on average next year to the health insurers who offer Medicare Advantage health benefits to elderly and disabled Americans. Payments to insurers will vary under the 2017 Medicare Advantage proposal, based on the region the plans are…
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Ecuador reports 22 Zika virus cases, suspects 67 more
Ecuador has confirmed 22 cases of the mosquito-borne Zika virus and suspects 67 more, the government said, stressing it would intensify prevention campaigns in high-risk areas. The cases were detected in six provinces of the largely Andean country, including in the Galapagos Islands.
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Redemption in Liberia: a hospital’s painful recovery from Ebola
By Kieran Guilbert MONROVIA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The cries of young children ring around the hospital as hundreds of patients, packed tightly together on wooden benches and surrounded by boxes of syringes piled high, wait to be seen. Nurses shout to be heard as they rush through the dimly-lit corridors, past peeling, faded posters…