Eleven dead, thousands of homes ravaged in Louisiana floods
By Sam Karlin
BATON ROUGE, La. (Reuters) – Search-and-rescue operations were still underway on Tuesday in Louisiana, where at least (More…)
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Trump asks U.S. Congress to prohibit late-term abortion
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump called for curbs on late-term abortion in his State of the Union address (More...)
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China says cyber rules no cause for foreign business concern
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s pending cyber security law will not create obstacles for foreign business, China’s Foreign Ministry said, responding (More…)
Haiti finds case of microcephaly linked to Zika virus
By Makini Brice
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Haiti has identified its first case of the birth defect microcephaly linked to the (More…)
Briefly standing, or being active, reduces blood sugar across the day
By Kathryn Doyle
(Reuters Health) – For obese people who sit for most of the day, replacing some sitting time (More…)
U.S. government shifts $81 million to Zika vaccine research
By Julie Steenhuysen and Toni Clarke
CHICAGO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has shifted $81 (More…)
Cayman Islands report second locally transmitted ZIKA infection
GEORGE TOWN (Reuters) – Two people have contracted the Zika virus locally in the Cayman Islands, the health department said (More…)
Parents who insist vegan diet for children may risk jail in Italy
By Philip Pullella
ROME (Reuters) – If parliamentarian Elvira Savino has her way, Italian parents who insist on a vegan (More…)
Toxic chemicals in drinking water for six million Americans
By Lisa Rapaport
(Reuters Health) – Drinking water supplies for more than six million Americans contain unsafe levels of industrial (More…)
Spiders, snakes and scorpions join fight against superbugs
By Matthew Stock
(Reuters) – A British lab is searching for new medicines in the poisonous secretions of some of (More…)
Future of health, drug pricing: paying for benefits not per pill
By Ben Hirschler
LONDON (Reuters) – Global pressure on health spending is forcing the $1 trillion-a-year pharmaceutical industry to look (More…)
