December2016
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6 workers killed while fire swept through a bakery in Pune, India
Dec 30, 2016News Hour: Six workers were killed when a fire swept through a bakery in the western Indian city of Pune overnight, police said on Friday, adding that the victims had been locked in. “The main shutter... -
Cempra Inc’s antibiotics for pneumonia rejected by FDA
Dec 30, 2016News Hour: Cempra Inc said on Thursday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had rejected its antibiotic for community-acquired bacterial pneumonia (CABP), citing inadequate data on the drug’s impact on the liver and manufacturing issues. The... -
Fish oil during pregnancy can reduce the risk of asthma of babies
Dec 30, 2016News Hour: A Danish study of 695 pregnant women is raising the possibility that fish oil supplements begun in the final three months of pregnancy may reduce the risk of asthma or persistent wheezing in offspring.... -
Slovakia confirmed an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5 bird flu
Dec 30, 2016News Hour: Slovakia has confirmed an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5 bird flu virus, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Thursday, citing a report from the country’s agriculture ministry. The disease was... -
Hong Kong confirmed the city’s second case of human bird flu infection this winter
Dec 30, 2016News Hour: Hong Kong authorities on Friday confirmed the city’s second case of human bird flu infection this winter, five days after the death of a first patient who contracted the same H7N9 strain of the... -
Shanghai confirmed a new human case of infection by the H7N9 strain of avian influenza
Dec 30, 2016News Hour: Shanghai’s health authority has confirmed a new human case of infection by the H7N9 strain of avian influenza, the state-owned news agency Xinhua said on Friday. The man diagnosed with H7N9 bird flu is... -
Burger King and Tim Hortons plan to switch to chicken raised without antibiotics
Dec 30, 2016News Hour: Restaurant chains Burger King and Tim Hortons plan to switch to chicken raised without antibiotics considered “critically important” to human medicine, their owner said on Wednesday, making it the latest company to ditch the... -
J&J to negotiate deal to acquire Actelion that would separate from its research and development assets
Dec 30, 2016News Hour: Johnson & Johnson is negotiating a deal to acquire Swiss biotechnology company Actelion Ltd that would separate its commercialized portfolio from its research and development assets, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday.... -
Pork producer Smithfield Food Inc to buy grain elevators
Dec 30, 2016News Hour: Smithfield Food Inc, the world’s biggest pork producer, is buying grain elevators and purchasing grain directly from farmers, a move that hits grain handlers already reeling from multiyear lows in corn and soybean prices.... -
Asian stocks looked set to end 2016 on an upbeat note
Dec 30, 2016News Hour: Asian stocks looked set to end 2016 on an upbeat note, with the benchmark headed for its first annual gain in three years, while the dollar reversed earlier losses and oil was poised to...
