| | LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambia has withdrawn military personnel deployed in December to help clean up the capital and other cities at the height of a cholera outbreak that has killed more than 80 people in seven months, the government said on Wednesday. | |
| (Reuters) - Kaleo Inc, which came under fire last year for the high price of its device to treat opioid overdoses, on Thursday said it is expanding nonprescription access to the Evzio injector and will sell it to U.S. government agencies at a steep discount. | |
| (Reuters) - The Ohio Department of Insurance said on Wednesday that pharmacy benefit managers and insurers would have to disclose the lowest price for a prescription drug for Ohio consumers, part of a move to prevent insured consumers potentially paying more than those without insurance. | |
| (Reuters) - Eli Lilly and Co's cancer drug Cyramza helped patients with liver cancer live longer, meeting the main goal of a late-stage trial, four years after failing a prior study. | |
| DUBAI (Reuters) - London-listed NMC Health's bid to take over the running of a top Saudi hospital has stalled over contractual terms, reflecting wider challenges to the government's drive to open the healthcare sector to foreign investors. | |
| (Reuters Health) - Although being overweight as a child increases the risk of type 2 diabetes in adulthood, a new study shows that the extra risk disappears if that excess weight is lost by age 13 and kept off in early adulthood. | |
| (Reuters Health) - Elderly women who eat more vegetables may be less likely to develop hardening of the arteries, an Australian study suggests. | |
| (Reuters Health) - Female cyclists may be more likely to develop saddle sores and urinary infections than runners and swimmers, a recent study suggests. | |
| (Reuters) - About 11.8 million consumers nationwide enrolled in 2018 Obamacare exchange plans, a 3 percent drop from last year when 12.2 million consumers signed up, according to a final government tally released on Tuesday by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. | |
| (Reuters Health) - More efforts are needed to prevent falls among the elderly, especially those just discharged from the hospital, Australian researchers say. | |
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