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Pharmacy linked to meningitis deaths failed on sterility measures

December 24, 2018 at 10:36 p.m.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The pharmacy linked to a deadly fungal meningitis outbreak repeatedly failed to follow standard safety and quality procedures, including waiting for results of sterility tests on...

Insight: How compounding pharmacies rallied patients to fight regulation

August 23, 2021 at 3:52 p.m.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - When senators met nearly a decade ago to consider the dangers of pharmacies that mix or alter drugs with little federal oversight, health officials briefed them...

Insight: How compounding pharmacies rallied patients to fight regulation

May 13, 2019 at 9:02 p.m.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - When senators met nearly a decade ago to consider the dangers of pharmacies that mix or alter drugs with little federal oversight, health officials briefed them...

Citing privacy concerns, U.S. panel urges end to secret DNA testing

December 24, 2018 at 8:15 p.m.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - They're called discreet DNA samples, and the Elk Grove, California, genetic-testing company easyDNA says it can handle many kinds, from toothpicks to tampons. Blood stains from...

Meningitis outbreak stirs calls for FDA pharmacy oversight

November 3, 2021 at 4:02 p.m.

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - A deadly U.S. meningitis outbreak tied to contaminated steroid shots should spur new legislation to regulate how pharmacies mix and dose drugs, experts said on Monday....

Meningitis outbreak stirs calls for FDA pharmacy oversight

May 13, 2019 at 8:55 p.m.

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - A deadly U.S. meningitis outbreak tied to contaminated steroid shots should spur new legislation to regulate how pharmacies mix and dose drugs, experts said on Monday....

Cancer treatment speeded by genome superhighway: creator

August 23, 2021 at 3:10 p.m.

(Reuters) - A new supercomputer-based network will allow doctors to use genomic sequencing to speed cancer treatment and could increase survival chances for patients, its creator, billionaire healthcare businessman Dr....

Cancer treatment speeded by genome superhighway: creator

May 13, 2019 at 8:49 p.m.

(Reuters) - A new supercomputer-based network will allow doctors to use genomic sequencing to speed cancer treatment and could increase survival chances for patients, its creator, billionaire healthcare businessman Dr....

Looking for a good doctor? Good luck

August 23, 2021 at 2:57 p.m.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - When Dr. Marty Makary was a medical student, staffers at the Boston hospital where he was training had a nickname for one of its most popular...

Looking for a good doctor? Good luck

December 24, 2018 at 5:49 p.m.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - When Dr. Marty Makary was a medical student, staffers at the Boston hospital where he was training had a nickname for one of its most popular...

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