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Image for England rushes to discharge hospital patients to ease bed-blocking crisis
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England rushes to discharge hospital patients to ease bed-blocking crisis

By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) – England’s National Health Service (NHS) aims to begin dischar...

9th January, 2023

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Macron warns of more healthcare woes as he flags reforms

PARIS (Reuters) – The struggles of France’s health system will probably get worse before things impr...

6th January, 2023

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EU commission approves delay in medical devices law to avert shortages

LONDON (Reuters) – The European Commission said on Friday it approved delaying the deadline for comp...

6th January, 2023

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WHO urges China to share specific data regularly on COVID situation

(Reuters) -The World Health Organization on Friday once again urged China’s health officials to regu...

3rd January, 2023

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Jeremy Renner, Marvel’s Hawkeye, has surgery after snow plow accident

(This Jan. 2 story has been refiled to change wording in the second paragraph and remove repeated wo...

3rd January, 2023

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Slovak prime minister says 2023 state budget will be approved in time

(Reuters) – The Slovak parliament will approve the 2023 state budget this week, enabling the governm...

21st December, 2022

Image for Medical device makers drop products as EU law sows chaos
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Medical device makers drop products as EU law sows chaos

By Maggie Fick LONDON (Reuters) – Nicola Osypka’s German company has been selling medical devices us...

19th December, 2022

Image for Queues form at fever clinics as China wrestles with COVID surge
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Queues form at fever clinics as China wrestles with COVID surge

By Eduardo Baptista and Josh Ye BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) -People queued outside fever clinics at...

12th December, 2022

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Roche shutters most trials of Alzheimer’s drug after failed trials

By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) – Swiss drugmaker Roche is closing down most clinical trials...

1st December, 2022

Image for Ambulance workers to strike, further disrupting UK health service
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Ambulance workers to strike, further disrupting UK health service

By Farouq Suleiman LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s health service faces further disruption in December a...

1st December, 2022

Image for Alzheimer’s drug from Eisai and Biogen slows cognitive decline, side-effects in focus
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Alzheimer’s drug from Eisai and Biogen slows cognitive decline, side-effects in focus

By Deena Beasley SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -An experimental Alzheimer’s drug from Eisai and Biogen slo...

30th November, 2022

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Pfizer/BioNTech’s updated COVID shot shows strong response against BQ.1.1

(Reuters) -Pfizer Inc and its German partner BioNTech SE said on Friday their Omicron-tailored shot...

18th November, 2022