Health
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Mylan to launch generic EpiPen at half the price of original
Aug 29, 2016News Hour: Mylan NV (MYL.O) said it would launch the first generic version of its allergy auto-injector EpiPen for $300, half the price of the branded product, the drugmaker’s second step in less than a week... -
U.S. FDA issues emergency use authorization for Zika test
Aug 29, 2016News Hour: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday issued emergency authorization for a Zika diagnostics test from Swiss drugmaker Roche, skirting normal approval channels as the regulator moves to fight the disease’s spread. Zika... -
First U.S. bacteria with worrisome superbug genes
Aug 29, 2016News Hour: New Jersey researchers said on Monday they had identified perhaps the first strain of E. Coli bacteria in the United States with mobile genes that make it resistant to two types of antibiotics now... -
US regulators issued emergency authorisation to use Roche test for detecting the Zika virus
Aug 29, 2016News Hour: Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche said on Monday that US regulators had issued emergency authorisation to use its not-yet-approved diagnostic test for detecting the Zika virus in certain circumstances, reports BSS. The US Food and... -
Baby simulator programme may make teenage girls more, not less, likely to become pregnant
Aug 28, 2016News Hour: A teenage pregnancy prevention programme involving a baby simulator does not appear to have any long-term effect on reducing the risk of teenage pregnancy, according to the first randomised controlled trial to test the... -
Positive phase III results showing efficacy of BAF312 in patients with secondary progressive MS
Aug 28, 2016News Hour: The EXPAND study is a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled Phase III study, comparing the efficacy and safety of BAF312 versus placebo in people with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (SPMS). The EXPAND study is the largest... -
Singapore confirms 41 cases of locally-transmitted Zika virus
Aug 28, 2016News Hour: Singapore authorities have confirmed 41 cases of locally-transmitted Zika virus, which in Brazil has been linked to a rare birth defect, and said more cases were expected to be identified. Those infected include 36... -
Greater self-acceptance improves emotional well-being
Aug 28, 2016News Hour: Self-acceptance is defined as “an individual’s acceptance of all of his/her attributes, positive or negative.” It includes body acceptance, self-protection from negative criticism, and believing in one’s capacities. Many people have low self-acceptance. There... -
FDA recommends Zika testing for all blood donated in U.S.
Aug 28, 2016News Hour: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommended on Friday that all blood donated in the United States and its territories be tested for Zika virus, as it moves to prevent transmission of the virus... -
Saving lives by prescribing naloxone with opioid painkillers
Aug 28, 2016News Hour: Opioid drugs help relieve pain by sticking to opioid receptors in the body, which in turn, helps block “pain signals.” The umbrella term “opioids” includes prescription painkillers, such as hydrocodone (in Vicodin) or oxycodone...
