Author Archives: Syndicated Content
J&J to contribute up to $5 billion to potential U.S. opioid settlement
(Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday said it will contribute up to $1 billion more to a potential settlement of lawsuits alleging it and other companies fueled the U.S. opioid epidemic, bringing t...
Oct 13, 2020
McConnell says U.S. Senate will vote on target COVID relief bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday the U.S. Senate will vote on a targeted coronavirus relief bill, including new funding for the Paycheck Protection Program...
Oct 13, 2020
NIH starts clinical trial testing antibody treatments in COVID-19 patients
(Reuters) - The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) said on Tuesday it has started a study to evaluate two antibody treatments in COVID-19 patients as part of the agency's program to identify pro...
Oct 13, 2020
U.S. Army chief returns to Pentagon after self-quarantine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Army's chief of staff returned to the Pentagon on Tuesday, in a sign that the U.S. military's Joint Chiefs of Staff were starting to move towards ending their self-quarantin...
Oct 13, 2020
French MP gets ovation on first day back after COVID coma
PARIS (Reuters) - French parliamentarians gave a standing ovation on Tuesday to a lawmaker who was making his return to work after he caught COVID-19 and spent a month in a coma. The speaker of the Na...
Oct 13, 2020
Israel’s Redhill Biopharma signs manufacturing deal for potential COVID-19 treatment
(Reuters) - Redhill Biopharma Ltd has signed a manufacturing deal with two companies in Europe and Canada to ramp up production of its coronavirus treatment candidate, the Israeli drugmaker said on Th...
Oct 13, 2020
Fender releases new professional guitars as sales boom during pandemic
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - Fender Musical Instruments Corp on Tuesday released a new range of electric guitars aimed at professional players, hoping that a sales boom in entry level guitars will ca...
Oct 13, 2020
UK reports highest daily COVID death toll since June
LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom reported 143 new deaths from COVID-19 on Tuesday, the highest daily figure since June, as parts of the country were facing tougher social distancing restrictions ...
Oct 13, 2020
Italy PM says avoiding new lockdown is main aim of new COVID curbs
ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said on Tuesday the main aim of the government's new COVID-19 restrictions is to avoid a surge in infections which might lead to a nationwide loc...
Oct 13, 2020
Researchers find elevated radiation near U.S. fracking sites
(Reuters) - Radiation levels downwind of U.S. hydraulic fracturing drilling sites tend to be significantly higher than background levels, posing a potential health risk to nearby residents, according ...
Oct 13, 2020
