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Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Senate may vote on revised healthcare bill next week

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republicans said Tuesday they will seek to bring their healthcare overhaul to the Senate floor next week after a lengthy intraparty struggle, but it remained unclear whether they had the votes to pass the measure or even what form it would finally take.

China program to vaccinate poultry against bird flu will be nationwide

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's program to vaccinate poultry against the H7N9 strain of bird flu will be carried out nationwide from this autumn, the country's agriculture ministry said on Monday.

Ex-Insys saleswomen plead guilty in U.S. to drug kickback schemes

(Reuters) - Two former Insys Therapeutics Inc sales representatives including the wife of its ex-chief executive pleaded guilty on Tuesday to engaging in schemes to pay kickbacks to medical practitioners to prescribe a drug containing the opioid fentanyl.

Mallinckrodt settles U.S. opioid drug probe for $35 million

(Reuters) - Mallinckrodt Plc , one of the largest manufacturers of the generic opioid painkiller oxycodone, will pay $35 million to resolve allegations that it failed to report suspicious drug orders, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday.

Michigan governor signs laws banning female genital mutilation

(Reuters) - Michigan Governor Rick Snyder on Tuesday signed legislation making genital mutilation of girls a state felony punishable by up to 15 years in prison, both for doctors who perform the procedure and parents who transport a child to undergo the surgery.

Russia, Curacao suspend Colombian beef shipments due to foot and mouth

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Russia and Curacao, two of Colombia's biggest beef buyers, have suspended shipments from the Andean nation after an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, Colombian officials said on Tuesday.

Novartis readies for FDA review of $1 billion CAR-T child cancer hope

ZURICH (Reuters) - Two decades ago in a Memphis, Tenn., hospital lab, cancer scientist Dario Campana and his team were hunting for a new way to fight deadly acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).

Over one third of U.S. adults have advanced medical directives

(Reuters Health) - Nearly 37 percent of Americans have advanced directives for end-of-life care if they become seriously ill or unable to make health care decisions, according to a new analysis of recent research.

CMS approves Alaska health insurance exchange stabilization plan

(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) said on Tuesday it had approved Alaska's proposal to stabilize its state health insurance exchange by creating a program to cover claims by people with certain high cost conditions.

CVS to pay $5 million to resolve U.S. drug probe

(Reuters) - CVS Health Corp has paid $5 million to resolve allegations that pharmacies it operates in California failed to keep and maintain accurate records of prescription drugs, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday.