Reports that a tick-borne disease called human granulocytic anaplasmosis has claimed 18 lives in China’s central Henan province is raising concerns. Already found in the U.S., could anaplasmosis become another fairly widespread…
As the FDA considers the first genetically modified animal for human consumption, many in the seafood industry advocate for warning labels. But the biotech industry insists the fish are biologically identical to other Atlantic …
Giant U.S. pharmaceutical group Abbott Laboratories is cutting 3,000 jobs, or about 3% of its workforce, following its purchase of Belgian-based Solvay’s drugs business.
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Was Johnson & Johnson aware of problems with its Children’s Tylenol months before the recall? The House Oversight Committee has invited an FDA commissioner and Johnson & Johnson chairman to a hearing next week to address this a…
Its total worldwide costs for 2010 are estimated to be $604 billion, or around 1% of the world’s GDP, according to World Alzheimer Report 2010 from Alzheimer’s Disease International. By 2030, that burden could hit more than $1….