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UK relaxes health rules to allow cannabis-based medicines

Jul 26, 2018

Britain's Home office says doctors will be able to legally prescribe cannabis-based medicines, following criticism over the denial of treatment to severely epileptic children

Drug maker GSK invests in gene profiling services

Jul 25, 2018

Drug maker GlaxoSmithKline says second-quarter revenue totaled 7.3 billion pounds ($9.6 billion), a 4 percent increase at constant currency exchange rates, amid promising performances for vaccines and a new shingles treatment

15 detained in China rabies vaccine scandal

Jul 25, 2018

Chinese state media say a total of 15 people have been detained in a growing scandal over the faking of records by a rabies vaccine maker

Novichok survivor says partner thought it was perfume

Jul 25, 2018

A man who survived exposure to the deadly nerve agent Novichok says his partner sprayed it on her wrists thinking it was perfume

UK police charge 5 men in suspected acid attack on boy

Jul 25, 2018

British police have charged five men in the suspect acid attack on a 3-year-old boy that left him with severe burns on his head and arm

Doctors: Woman likely spread Ebola a year after infection

Jul 23, 2018

A Liberian woman who probably caught Ebola during the 2014 West Africa outbreak may have infected three members of her family a year after she first fell sick

Chinese leaders order probe over vaccine scandal

Jul 23, 2018

China's leaders order an investigation after violations by a rabies vaccine maker prompts public outcry

Chinese premier orders investigation of vaccine makers

Jul 23, 2018

China's No. 2 leader has ordered an investigation of its vaccine industry after violations by a maker of rabies vaccine for people prompted a public outcry

UK faces calls to liberalize Northern Ireland abortion laws

Jul 22, 2018

The British government is facing intensifying pressure to take steps to legalize abortions in Northern Ireland

Nerve agent victim released from UK hospital after poisoning

Jul 20, 2018

U.K. officials say nerve agent victim Charlie Rowley has been released from the hospital

Health

UK relaxes health rules to allow cannabis-based medicines

Drug maker GSK invests in gene profiling services

15 detained in China rabies vaccine scandal

Novichok survivor says partner thought it was perfume

UK police charge 5 men in suspected acid attack on boy

Doctors: Woman likely spread Ebola a year after infection

Chinese leaders order probe over vaccine scandal

Chinese premier orders investigation of vaccine makers

UK faces calls to liberalize Northern Ireland abortion laws

Nerve agent victim released from UK hospital after poisoning

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