South Africa’s Tiger Brands to fight listeria class action
South Africa's leading food producer Tiger Brands said on Wednesday it will fight a class action lawsuit over its role in the world's largest ever listeria outbreak. ...
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Ebola survivors comfort sick and frightened in Congo outbreak
Wearing a disposable gown and gloves for protection, Jeanine Masika cradles a 2-year-old Ebola patient and offers the listless toddler teaspoons of brown soup. ...
U.S. health officials probe multi-state Salmonella outbreak
U.S. federal health officials said on Tuesday an investigation is underway over a multi-state outbreak of Salmonella Newport infections linked to frozen ground tuna, which were imported into the United States by seafood retailer Jensen Tuna. ...
Birth control delivery startup Nurx taps Clover Health’s Varsha Rao as CEO
Rao, Airbnb's former head of global operations, joined Clover Health as COO in 2017. ...
Kindbody raises $15M, will open a ‘Fertility Bus’ with mobile testing & assessments
RRE Ventures has backed the New York-based fertility startup. ...
In some states, sexting could land teens in jail for a long time
(Reuters Health) - Sexting - the texting of ****** images - is increasingly common among teens, but in nearly half the U.S. the practice may hold an unexpected danger: in 23 states, sexting between teens is considered child ***********, which could ***... ...
Child abuse, recurrent depression linked to similar changes in brain
(Reuters Health) - Abuse during childhood may cause physical changes to the human brain that in turn may render adults more vulnerable to depression, research suggests. ...
FDA orders transvaginal surgical mesh pulled from market
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday ordered makers of transvaginal surgical mesh implants to immediately stop their sale and distribution in the United States, the latest action by the agency to tackle safety issues related to the devices.... ...
Recordati to seek Canadian approval for kidney disease drug
Italy's Recordati said on Tuesday it plans to seek Canadian approval for its drug Cystagon, which treats a rare kidney disease, in a potential blow to Horizon Pharma,, which makes the only drug approved for treatment in Canada. ...
Ebola is real, Congo president tells skeptical population
Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi on Tuesday implored people in areas hit by the nation's worst-ever Ebola outbreak to accept the disease is real and trust health workers. ...