LONDON/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Chanel, Revlon and L’Oreal, three of the biggest brands in cosmetics, are quietly moving away from using talc in some products as U.S. cancer lawsuits and consumer concerns mount. Luxury beauty company Chanel has removed talc fro... More »
Court-ordered anti-smoking ads sponsored by the tobacco industry reached only around 40% of adults and about half of all smokers in the U.S., a recent study suggests. Past research has shown that anti-smoking mass media campaigns are an effective public health... More »
(Reuters) – The producer of the hit television series “The Walking Dead” and other major Hollywood film and TV studios said on Thursday they would reconsider locating productions in Georgia if a new state law restricting abortions takes effect. WarnerMedia, CB... More »
ANAHEIM, Calif. (Reuters) – Walt Disney Co Chief Executive Bob Iger told Reuters on Wednesday it would be “very difficult” for the media company to keep filming in Georgia if a new abortion law takes effect because many people will not want to work in the U.S.... More »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China has pledged to stem a flood of the synthetic opioid fentanyl onto America’s streets, where it kills thousands of people a month, but U.S. security experts are skeptical about whether Beijing is willing, or even able, to follow thro... More »
(Reuters Health) – People in Berkeley, California, dramatically cut their soda consumption after the city implemented a “soda tax,” a new study suggests. Three years after Berkeley passed its soda tax in November 2014, residents reported drinking half as many ... More »
(Reuters Health) – Shareable, two-wheeled standing scooters, which are the rage in some West Coast cities, may be more risky to riders – and pedestrians – than people think, researchers say. The battery-powered devices look like a skateboard with handlebars. R... More »
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese scientists have made clones of a gene-edited macaque to aid research of circadian rhythm disorders that are linked to sleep problems, depression and Alzheimer’s disease, the official Xinhua news agency said on Thursday. It was the ... More »
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Police in China’s eastern province of Jiangsu have begun an investigation after at least 145 children received expired polio vaccines, the Global Times said on Monday, a new blow to a sector hit by a series of scandals last year. Residents... More »
(Reuters Health) – Shots from high caliber firearms are more likely to kill, a new study suggests. Researchers wading into the gun control debate have shown that people shot by criminals wielding a higher caliber gun are more likely to die than those shot with... More »
(Reuters Health) – Teen mothers who are in foster care may be more likely to lose custody of their babies than adolescent mothers in different living circumstances, a Canadian study suggests. Researchers examined data on 576 teen mothers who were in foster car... More »
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African gold producers agreed a 5 billion rand ($400 million) class action settlement on Thursday with law firms representing thousands of miners who contracted the fatal lung diseases silicosis and tuberculosis, officials said o... More »
(Reuters Health) – New York City’s window guard rule, which requires building owners to install window-limiting devices in apartments with children under age 10, has led to a dramatic reduction in injuries and deaths, researchers say. Before the rule was adopt... More »
(Reuters) – Kentucky state officials have agreed to hold off enforcing a new law that bans a common abortion procedure from the 11th week of pregnancy until a federal judge rules on a request by a civil liberties group challenging it, according to court papers... More »
(Reuters) – Mississippi’s last remaining abortion provider expanded a federal challenge on Monday to laws that ban abortions in the state after 15 weeks of pregnancy and block access to the procedure in myriad ways, it said. The ban on abortions after 15 weeks... More »
(Reuters) – Madison Brengle filed a lawsuit against the Women’s Tennis Association and the International Tennis Federation on Monday seeking damages for injuries she says were caused by the repeated drawing of blood for anti-doping tests. The 28-year-old Ameri... More »
FILE PHOTO: A couple leaves Tiger Brands factory shop in Germiston, Johannesburg, South Africa, March 5, 2018. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – A human rights lawyer plans to launch a class action lawsuit against South African food pr... More »
U.S. President Donald Trump talks to his adviser Kellyanne Conway during an opioid summit being held at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 1, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday called for a feder... More »
Washington state on Thursday sued OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP, becoming the latest state or local government to file a lawsuit seeking to hold pharmaceutical companies accountable for a national opioid addiction epidemic. More »
A Native American tribe holding patents for drugmaker Allergan Plc (AGN.N) on Friday moved to dismiss a case brought by generic drug company Mylan NV (MYL.O) challenging the patents. More »
The Republicans’ battle to repeal Obamacare is starting to look less like warfare and more like a game of whack-a-mole. More »
U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown said on Friday a deal that drugmaker Allergan Plc made with a Native-American tribe to shield patents "rips off consumers" and cannot "become the new normal." More »
New Mexico on Thursday sued eight opioid manufacturers and wholesale distributors, becoming the latest state or local government to file a lawsuit seeking to hold corporations accountable for a national drug addiction epidemic. More »
US singer Madonna embraces her adopted son, David Banda ahead of the opening of the Mercy James hospital in Blantyre, Malawi, July 11,2017. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko Madonna was hailed as a “symbol of a motherly spirit” by Malawi President Peter Mutharika after t... More »
London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital applied to the High Court on Friday for a new hearing regarding a critically ill baby in light of fresh evidence concerning potential treatment for the 10 month-old, who has attracted international attention. More »
By Marilynn Larkin(Reuters Health) – Restricting access to firearms just for people with known mental health or substance abuse problems and those wh More »
FILE PHOTO — A woman holds a sign in the rain as abortion rights protestors arrive to prepare for a counter protest against March for Life anti-abortion demonstrators on the 39th anniversary of the Roe vs Wade decision, in front of the U.S. Supreme Court build... More »
Texas Governor Greg Abbott speaks at a news conference in Austin, Texas, U.S., June 6, 2017. REUTERS/Jon Herskovitz The Texas governor has signed into law new abortion restrictions that include requiring abortion providers to dispose of aborted fetal tissue th... More »
By Lisa RapaportU.S. states with tighter restrictions on the purchase and use of guns and ammunitions may have fewer fatal police shootings than plac More »
By Andrew M. Seaman(Reuters Health) – Where medical marijuana is legal, adults are more likely to use the drug illegally and are at an increased ris More »
By Ronnie Cohen(Reuters Health) – The nation’s first soda tax is fulfilling health experts’ goals in Berkeley, California.Sales of sugar-swee More »
A man walks past Pfizer’s world headquarters in New York April 28, 2014. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo Pfizer Inc said it received subpoenas from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts related to its support for organizations that provi... More »
By Ronnie Cohen(Reuters Health) – Every 25 minutes, a drug-addicted baby is born in the U.S. To try to protect the youngest victims of the na More »
A U.S. appeals court on Thursday struck down a Florida law that barred doctors from asking patients about gun ownership, ruling that the law violated doctors’ right to free speech. More »
A DNA double helix is seen in an undated artist’s illustration released by the National Human Genome Research Institute to Reuters on May 15, 2012. REUTERS/National Human Genome Research Institute/Handout Powerful gene editing tools may one day be used on huma... More »
U.S. Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) listens to opening remarks prior to testifying before a Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing on his nomination to be Health and Human Services secretary on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 24, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos B... More »
FILE PHOTO – Then Deputy Health Minister Huang Jiefu speaks during a group session of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Beijing March 10, 2011. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo Beijing’s top official on transplants said on Tuesday Be... More »
FILE PHOTO: A worker harvests cannabis plants at a medical marijuana plantation near the northern town of Nazareth, Israel May 28, 2013. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File Photo An Israeli government committee gave an initial nod on Sunday for the export of medical marij... More »
By Lisa Rapaport(Reuters Health) – More aggressive malpractice climates don’t necessarily protect patients from surgical complications, a new study s More »
By Andrew M. Seaman(Reuters Health) – The number of older women in the U.S. being screened for breast cancer increased after the Affordable Care Act More »
By Ronnie Cohen(Reuters Health) – Addicts regularly use drugs on the streets of San Francisco, and some people there say giving addicts a safe, clean More »
A woman talks on a mobile phone as she walks past the closed research facility of Semler Research Centre in Bengaluru, India, October 13, 2016. REUTERS/Abhishek N. Chinnappa Vasudeva Prakash left his job as a mechanic in Hyderabad three years ago for what he c... More »
(Corrects location of Washington State University Health Policy and Administration program to Spokane, from Pullman, in paragraph 13)By Madeline Ken More »
By Andrew M. Seaman(Reuters Health) – People with terminal illnesses may legally end their lives with certain medications in the U.S. state of Washi More »
(Reuters Health) – Babies exposed to marijuana in the womb are likely to be born smaller than those not exposed, and more likely to need intensive care after birth, according to a new analysis of existing evidence. Mothers who smoke marijuana while pregnant ar... More »
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK A bill that aims to protect babies born to mothers who used heroin or other opioids during pregnancy was introduced on Wednesday in the House as part of the government’s response to a Reuters investigation. The bipartisan measure would requ... More »
(Corrects headline and first paragraph. Study said the law may lead more women to self-induce abortion, not that this has already occurred. Corrects fourth paragraph to drop erroneous time frame) By Jon Herskovitz AUSTIN, Texas A Texas law aimed at restricting... More »
(Reuters Health) – A pill meant to prevent HIV infections in high-risk individuals appears to be working, according to two new studies. In one study, conducted in the San Francisco area, there were no new HIV infections among 657 people who took the daily pill... More »
(This 28 August 2015 story was refiled to add the dropped word “court” in the first paragraph) Planned Parenthood filed a complaint in Alabama federal court on Friday seeking to stop the state from defunding its health clinics after the release of covertly rec... More »
WASHINGTON, August 3 Women’s health group Planned Parenthood, under attack by anti-abortionists posting hidden-camera videos online, will be the focus of a partisan showdown on Monday in the U.S. Senate, with any wider influence on voters from the charge still... More »
SACRAMENTO, Calif. California lawmakers on Monday sent Governor Jerry Brown a bill to substantially limit vaccine exemptions for school children in the most populous U.S. state, following last year’s measles outbreak at Disneyland that sickened more than 100 p... More »
