| Trump tries to rally support for healthcare bill | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump tried to rally Republican lawmakers behind a plan to dismantle Obamacare on Tuesday as U.S. stock markets showed their worst one-day performance since the November election. |
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| Brazil's agriculture ministry, police say meat problems not widespread | | | LAPA, Brazil (Reuters) - Brazil's federal police and agriculture ministry said late Tuesday that sanitary and corruption problems found in the nation's meatpacking industry were isolated incidents, an attempt to tamp down a scandal that has led the Latin American nation's biggest export markets to ban its meats. |
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| Tobacco treaty has helped cut smoking rates, but more work needed | | | LONDON (Reuters) - A global tobacco treaty put in place in 2005 has helped reduce smoking rates by 2.5 percent worldwide in 10 years, researchers said on Tuesday, but use of deadly tobacco products could be cut even further with more work on anti-smoking policies. |
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| UK group expanding campaign to curb antibiotics in meat production | | | LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A shareholder coalition founded in the U.K. is recruiting investors for a campaign to convince KFC parent Yum Brands Inc and other food companies to protect public health and corporate profits by reducing the use of antibiotics in the meat they serve in the United States and around the world. |
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| Supreme Court gets rid of delay defense in patent cases | | | (Reuters) - A U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Tuesday in a lawsuit over adult diapers will make it more difficult for companies accused of patent infringement to shoot down lawsuits because the plaintiffs waited too long to bring them. |
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| Drug shortage in 2011 tied to increased deaths | | | (Reuters Health) - - A shortage several years ago of a drug used to treat a deadly infection known as septic shock was tied to an increase in deaths among patients with the condition, a new study shows. |
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