UK health authorities say second U.S. MERS case flew via London
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - British health authorities said on Monday they had found a second case of the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus in a person...
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Environment as important as genes in autism, study finds
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Environmental factors are more important than previously thought in leading to autism, as big a factor as genes, according to the largest analysis to...
Scientists urge government to save Britain’s pharma industry
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Leading British scientists called on the government on Wednesday to act now to save the nation's pharmaceutical industry from being swallowed up in a...
‘Superbugs’ that can overpower antibiotics are spreading: WHO
LONDON (Reuters) - The spread of deadly superbugs that evade even the most powerful antibiotics is no longer a prediction but is happening right now across the world, United Nations...
Scientists urge government to save Britain’s pharma industry
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Leading British scientists called on the government on Wednesday to act now to save the nation's pharmaceutical industry from being swallowed up in a...
Scientists find MERS virus antibodies that may lead to treatments
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have found natural human antibodies to the newly-emerging Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus and say their discovery marks a step towards developing...
Experts cast doubt on Saudi push for Middle East virus vaccine
LONDON (Reuters) - Official talk in Saudi Arabia of racing to develop a vaccine against a deadly new virus may be a way to reassure a fearful population, but it...
Experts cast doubt on Saudi push for Middle East virus vaccine
LONDON (Reuters) - Official talk in Saudi Arabia of racing to develop a vaccine against a deadly new virus may be a way to reassure a fearful population, but it...
Researchers, regulators and Roche row over stockpiled drug Tamiflu
LONDON (Reuters) - Researchers who have fought for years to get full data on Roche's flu medicine Tamiflu said on Thursday that governments who stockpile it are wasting billions of...
Researchers, regulators and Roche row over stockpiled drug Tamiflu
LONDON (Reuters) - Researchers who have fought for years to get full data on Roche's flu medicine Tamiflu said on Thursday that governments who stockpile it are wasting billions of...