Year: 2014

(Reuters) – Fourteen people, including the owners of a Massachusetts pharmacy, have been arrested and charged in connection with a deadly 2012 fungal meningitis outbreak, federal prosecutors said on Wednesday. Those arrested include Barry Cadden and Gregory Conigliaro, owners of the New England Compounding Center in Framingham Massachusetts, said a spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney’s office of the District of Massachusetts. The charges include racketeering in connection with deaths in seven states, according to a tweet from the U.S. Attorney’s office. …
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Napster co-founder Sean Parker missed most of his final year in high school and has ended up in the emergency room countless of times because of his deadly allergy to nuts, shellfish and other foods.
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FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Ebola surveillance teams fanned out Wednesday in Sierra Leone's capital to search every house for sick people, as the president imposed new restrictions on movement and gatherings in a bid to stop the disease's spread.

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MUMBAI (Reuters) – Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG said on Wednesday it had sued India's Cipla Ltd for infringing patents covering its respiratory drug Onbrez, a month after Cipla launched a copy at a fifth of the original drug's price. Cipla, India's fourth-largest drugmaker by revenue, launched its copy of Onbrez in New Delhi in October, citing urgent unmet need for the drug in India. …

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SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Authorities in a Chinese village have launched a “thought education” campaign after more than 200 villagers signed a petition to banish an eight-year-old boy infected with the HIV virus, state media said on Wednesday. People in China living with HIV and AIDS face widespread discrimination and stigma, with even medical workers sometimes refusing to touch them. …
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As a result, pasta and bagels were dubbed "health foods," and you could find … gluten-free diets have been misconstrued as a hot ticket to weight loss.
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