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Global health officials are closely following a new respiratory virus related to SARS that is believed to have killed at least one person in Saudi Arabia and left another person in critical condition in Britain.

Trader Joe's is recalling its house brand of peanut butter over fears of possible salmonella contamination.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Air pollution is shortening lives by almost two years in parts of the European Union, the European Environmental Agency (EEA) said, strengthening the case for a tightening of emissions restrictions in the bloc. Legislation had managed to cut the amount of some toxins belched out by exhaust fumes and …

Global health officials are closely following a new respiratory virus related to SARS that is believed to have killed at least one person in Saudi Arabia and left another person in critical condition in Britain.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Kids should stay off trampolines at home and at the playground, U.S. pediatricians urged Monday, saying emergency departments across the country see nearly 100,000 injuries from the bouncy mats each year. The new statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) updates recommendations …

(Reuters) - Peregrine Pharmaceuticals Inc said it found major discrepancies in results from a mid-stage study of its experimental lung cancer drug conducted by a third-party contractor, sending its shares down 83 percent premarket. The drug, bavituximab, is Peregrine's key drug candidate and the company is currently testing …

LONDON (Reuters) - A Qatari man struck down with a previously unknown virus related to the deadly SARS infection and the common cold is critically ill in hospital in Britain, the World Health Organisation said on Monday. The U.N. health body put out a global alert on Sunday about the 49-year-old man who had recently travelled …

TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israeli biopharmaceutical development firm BioLineRx received a new patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for BL-1020, an experimental schizophrenia treatment. The patent will be valid at least until 2031, extending the existing patent protection of the product by nine years. "There is now …

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Life-sciences and health investing, long shunned by venture-capital investors, is making a comeback. Several venture firms globally have raised or are raising funds this year in the $200 million to $400 million range dedicated to life sciences, biotech, and medicine, while others have raised large, …

Fish Oil Supplement Research Remains Murky

The American Academy of Pediatrics reaffirmed its position Monday, advising against any recreational trampoline use.

LONDON (Reuters) - A Qatari man struck down with a previously unknown virus related to the deadly SARS virus and the common cold is critically ill in hospital in Britain, the World Health Organisation said on Monday. The United Nations health body said it is urgently seeking more information about the new virus, which comes …

ZURICH (Reuters) - Novartis's investigational medicine RLX030 reduced the number of deaths in patients with acute heart failure, the drugmaker said on Monday based on the results of a late-stage trial. RLX030 is form of the human hormone relaxin-2. Serelaxin acts by relaxing the blood vessels, leading to reduced stress …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Even before his running mate was booed by a lobbying group for older Americans on Friday, Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney was losing support among such voters, whose backing is crucial to his hopes of winning the November 6 election. New polling by Reuters/Ipsos indicates that during the …

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Billie Joe Armstrong, lead singer and guitarist for the Grammy-winning rock band Green Day, is seeking substance abuse treatment, the group said on its website on Sunday, following his angry, guitar-smashing outburst on stage two days ago. The statement, which apologized for the abrupt and acrimonious …

Scientists reported Sunday that they have completed a major analysis of the genetics of breast cancer, finding four major classes of the disease. They hope their work will lead to more effective treatments, perhaps with some drugs already in use.

BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea plans to allow farmers to keep more of their produce in an attempt to boost agricultural output, a source with close ties to Pyongyang and Beijing said, in a move that could boost supplies, help cap rising food prices and ease malnutrition. The move to liberalize agriculture under new leader …

LONDON (Reuters) - A new virus belonging to the same family as the SARS virus that killed 800 people in 2002 has been identified in Britain in a man who had recently been in Saudi Arabia, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Sunday. The United Nations health body, which issued a statement through its "global alert …

A study recently published in Science found that adults who moved to lower poverty areas experienced long-term mental and physical benefits, including a reported increase in happiness. These results happened even for those who made the move without experiencing an increase in their own income levels.

Trader Joe's is recalling its house brand of peanut butter over fears of possible salmonella contamination.

Can the Source of Funding for Medical Research Affect the Results?

  National grocery chain Trader Joe’s is voluntarily recalling  peanut butter that has been linked to 29 salmonella cases in 18 states. “Out of an abundance of caution, we have removed all Trader Joe’s Creamy Salted Valencia Peanut Butter from sale, due to pending health-related inquiries,”...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chief of the Internal Revenue Service will step down soon and, with no successor in sight, the IRS is likely to head into a difficult 2013 tax-filing season led by an interim boss. That is not an ideal situation, said tax lawyers. But they gave generally high marks to the IRS official they expect …