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• Vaccines and Drugs in the Pipeline for RSV There are no approved vaccines and only one drug in the US for respiratory syncytial virus, a common respiratory virus that usually causes mild, cold-like symptoms but can also lead to serious illness and hospitalization.
  Reuters Health Information, November 18, 2022
• Over 4000 Zimbabwean Doctors and Nurses Left the Country in 2021 Zimbabwean health workers have left the country in droves over the past year, a senior official at the Health Services Board revealed on Sunday.
  Reuters Health Information, November 20, 2022
• US Midterms Dampen Big Pharma Hopes for Drug Price Policy Change The divided US Congress after the November midterm elections undermines pharmaceutical companies who want to weaken a new law that allows the government to negotiate drug prices, Republican strategists, policy experts, and pharmaceutical executives say.
  Reuters Health Information, November 18, 2022
• How the World Health Organization Might Fight Future Pandemics Negotiations on new rules for dealing with pandemics are underway at the World Health Organization, with a target date of May 2024 for a legally binding agreement to be adopted by the UN health agency's 194 member countries.
  Reuters Health Information, November 17, 2022
• Big Pharma May Have to Reveal Government Deals in WHO's Draft Pandemic Rules Pharmaceutical companies could be made to disclose prices and deals agreed for any products they make to fight future global health emergencies, under new rules that would govern a World Health Organization-backed pandemic accord reviewed by Reuters.
  Reuters Health Information, November 17, 2022
• US Justice Dept Launches Probe of Oklahoma's Mental Health Services The US Justice Department on Thursday launched a probe into whether Oklahoma, Oklahoma City and the city's police department discriminate against people who have mental health disabilities in the provision of behavioral care services.
  Reuters Health Information, November 17, 2022
• Ugandan Doctors Face Fear and Shortages in Ebola Outbreak When Ebola broke out in Uganda in September, 10 doctors immediately stepped forward to work in an isolation unit at Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital, but now only three are left.
  Reuters Health Information, November 17, 2022
• Nearly Half of World Population Suffers From Oral Diseases: WHO Nearly half of the world's population, or 3.5 billion people, suffer from oral diseases, the majority of them in low- and middle-income countries, the World Health Organization said on Thursday.
  Reuters Health Information, November 17, 2022
• German Panel Recommends COVID Shot Only for At-Risk Youngsters Germany's vaccine advisory panel on Thursday recommended that Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine for children from 6 months to 4 years should only be given routinely to those at risk of severe disease from the infection.
  Reuters Health Information, November 17, 2022
• COVID Pandemic Led to Surge in Superbug Infections, EU Agency Says Infections from some antibiotic-resistant pathogens known as superbugs have more than doubled in health care facilities in Europe, an EU agency said on Thursday, providing further evidence of the wider impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
  Reuters Health Information, November 17, 2022
• Guangzhou to Build 250,000 Quarantine Beds as China COVID Cases Rise The southern Chinese city of Guangzhou is setting up makeshift hospitals and quarantine sites with capacity for nearly 250,000 beds for COVID-19 infections, officials said on Thursday, as cases across the country hit their highest level since April.
  Reuters Health Information, November 17, 2022
• A Gender Imbalance Emerges Among Trans Teens Seeking Treatment Adolescents assigned female at birth account for a significant majority of minors receiving gender-affirming care, including top surgery, fueling debate about the influence of peer groups and social media.
  Reuters Health Information, November 18, 2022
• Tyson Foods Ends COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Employees Tyson Foods confirmed on Wednesday it eliminated a requirement that employees receive COVID-19 vaccinations.
  Reuters Health Information, November 16, 2022
• Lab-Grown Meat Cleared for Human Consumption by FDA The FDA for the first time cleared a meat product grown from animal cells for human consumption, the agency announced on Wednesday.
  Reuters Health Information, November 16, 2022
• AEYE Health Gets FDA Approval to Screen Diabetics to Prevent Blindness Israeli digital health firm AEYE Health said on Tuesday it received clearance from the FDA to market its screening system to detect damage to the retina of the eyes in diabetics.
  Reuters Health Information, November 15, 2022
• Looming Obesity Drug Rivalry Not a Concern for Novo CEO The benefits of obesity drugs such as Novo Nordisk's Wegovy on healthcare systems in countries such as the United States are so significant that the expected entry of rival drugs will not hurt its margins, CEO Lars Jorgensen told Reuters on Tuesday.
  Reuters Health Information, November 15, 2022
• Arcutis Biotherapeutics' Skin Disease Cream Meets Main Goal in Late-Stage Study Arcutis Biotherapeutics said on Tuesday its skin cream met the main goal in a late-stage study for treating mild to moderate atopic dermatitis.
  Reuters Health Information, November 15, 2022
• Biden Would Veto Proposed US Senate Resolution to End COVID National Emergency: White House President Joe Biden would veto a proposed US Senate resolution that would terminate a national emergency declared in 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the White House said on Tuesday.
  Reuters Health Information, November 15, 2022
• Immunogen's $6,220 Ovarian Cancer Drug to Be Shipped Within Days Drugmaker Immunogen said on Tuesday it would sell its newly approved ovarian cancer drug at a list price of $6,220 per vial and start shipping it 'in a matter of days.'
  Reuters Health Information, November 15, 2022
• WHO Chief Scientist Departs Ahead of Broader Shake-Up The chief scientist of the World Health Organization said on Tuesday she was leaving the agency, the first of a series of high-profile departures expected at the global health body as it prepares for a post-pandemic future.
  Reuters Health Information, November 15, 2022