Tag: thursday
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China December factory activity shrinks, more stimulus needed in 2016
China looked set for a soggy start to 2016 after activity in the manufacturing sector contracted for a fifth straight month in December, suggesting the government may have to step up policy support to avert a sharper slowdown. While China's services sector ended 2015 on a strong note, the economy still looked set to grow…
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Flu season off to slower start this year; might be milder
NEW YORK (AP) — This year's flu season seems like old times.
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AstraZeneca buys most of Acerta for $4 billion to add cancer drug
By Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) – AstraZeneca said on Thursday it had agreed to buy 55 percent stake of privately held biotech firm Acerta Pharma for $4 billion to give it access to a new kind of drug for fighting blood cancers. AstraZeneca will pay $2.5 billion upfront, with a further $1.5 billion paid either…
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AstraZeneca buys most of Acerta for $4 billion to add cancer drug
By Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) – AstraZeneca said on Thursday it had agreed to buy 55 percent stake of privately held biotech firm Acerta Pharma for $4 billion to give it access to a new kind of drug for fighting blood cancers. AstraZeneca will pay $2.5 billion upfront, with a further $1.5 billion paid either…
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New laws to ease doctor shortage see long delays, criticism
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A new Missouri law offered a first-of-its-kind solution to the physician shortage plaguing thousands of U.S. communities: Medical school graduates could start treating patients immediately, without wading through years of traditional residency programs.
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Liberia’s last Ebola contacts finish quarantine
More than 160 people deemed at risk of catching Ebola in Liberia finished their mandatory surveillance period on Friday, taking the worst affected country a step closer to ending the epidemic. Liberia was the first of West Africa's three most badly hit countries to be declared Ebola-free, once in May and again in September, but…
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U.S. clears genetically modified salmon for human consumption
By Julie Steenhuysen and Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. health regulators on Thursday cleared the way for a type of genetically engineered Atlantic salmon to be farmed for human consumption – the first such approval for an animal whose DNA has been scientifically modified. Five years ago, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration first…
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Diabetes experts tell G20 to tax sugar to save lives and money
Diabetes experts called on world leaders on Thursday to use sugar taxes to fight obesity, arguing such a move would save lives and slash healthcare budgets. Ahead of a meeting of G20 leaders this weekend, the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) wants the dual epidemics of obesity and diabetes to be placed on the global agenda…