 | | | | HONG KONG (Reuters/IFR) - Chinese Nasdaq-listed biotech BeiGene Ltd has raised $903 million after pricing its secondary listing in Hong Kong - the first under new exchange rules - near the top of an indicative range, three people close to the deal said on Thursday. | | |
| | | (Reuters Health) - Roughly two in three U.S. teens believe that tougher gun control laws might help prevent mass shootings, a survey suggests. | | |
| | | (Reuters Health) - Use of prescription opioids remains high in the U.S., despite public health efforts and growing awareness of risks for abuse and overdose, a new study suggests. | | |
| | | (Reuters Health) - Parents with depression may be more likely to take their children to the doctor than those without mental health problems, a UK study suggests. | | |
| | | Four people have tested positive for Ebola in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo just days after another outbreak that killed 33 people in the northwest was declared over, the health ministry said on Wednesday. | | |
| | | (This July 13 story has been refiled to correct paragraph 12 to say Green Shield Canada began covering medical marijuana in March.) | | |
| | | The World Health Organization has started moving staff and supplies to the area of Democratic Republic of Congo affected by a new Ebola outbreak, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a tweet on Wednesday. | | |
| | | (Reuters Health) - For middle-aged women who worry about adding pounds when they quit smoking, a large study suggests that adding even a modest amount of weekly exercise after quitting can minimize weight gain. | | |
| | | Multidrug-resistant "superbugs" that can cause dangerous infections in hospitals are becoming increasingly resistant to alcohol-based hand sanitizers and disinfectants designed to hold them at bay, scientists said. | | |
| | | (Reuters Health) - People who visit the sauna frequently may be less likely to develop heart and lung diseases or to get the flu than those who rarely go, a research review suggests. | | |
| | | Sanofi and Novartis said on Wednesday they planned to increase stockpiles of medicines in Britain in preparation for potential disruption if the UK crashes out of the European Union without a deal. | | |
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