| U.S. asks drug maker Endo to withdraw opioid amid abuse crisis | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the United States battles a growing opioid abuse crisis, the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday asked Endo International Plc to withdraw from the market its long-lasting opioid painkiller, Opana ER, sending Endo's shares down more than 12 percent. |
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| Syrian polio outbreak hits global effort to eradicate virus | | | GENEVA (Reuters) - A polio outbreak has been confirmed in an area of Syria partly held by Islamic State, the first re-emergence of the virus in Syria since 2014, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative and the World Health Organization said on Thursday. |
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| Yemen cholera cases pass the 100,000 mark: WHO | | | GENEVA (Reuters) - The number of suspected cholera cases in war-torn Yemen has risen to more than 100,000 since an outbreak began on April 27, the World Health Organization said on Thursday. |
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| Teen drunkenness linked to an early grave | | | (Reuters Health) - People who get drunk for the first time before their fifteenth birthday are more likely to die prematurely than people who don't drink excessively or at least avoid getting drunk until they're older, a U.S. study suggests. |
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