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Heart Failure Drug Fails Pivotal Clinical Study...
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Tenax Therapeutics’ experimental heart-failure drug TNX-103 failed to meet t...

FDA Rejects Radiopharma Therapy in Surprise Decision...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has rejected ITM Isotope Technologies Munich SE...

Bundibugyo Ebola Cases Confirmed in Congo Camps...
KINSHASA — Confirmed cases of Ebola caused by the rare Bundibugyo virus have been reported in at l...

New Dengue Treatment Trial Starts in Three Countries...
RIO DE JANEIRO — A Phase III clinical trial of an experimental monoclonal antibody treatment for d...

WHO Updates on Ebola Outbreak Origin in Congo...
KINSHASA — The World Health Organization said the origin of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic R...

Researchers Push Back Against Proposed Overhaul of Federal Grants...
WASHINGTON — U.S. universities, medical schools and scientific organizations have intensified opposition to a Trump ad...

Extreme Heat Waves Challenge Vulnerable Populations Across Southern United State...
As another stretch of dangerous temperatures settled over the southern United States in mid-July, emergency officials re...

Nationwide Surge in West Nile Virus Cases Prompts Public Health Alerts...
A sharp early-season rise in West Nile virus activity across the United States has prompted health authorities to expand...

Officials Urge Vigilance on Respiratory Illness Outbreaks...
ATLANTA—Public health officials are urging continued vigilance against respiratory illnesses despite generally low lev...

Fastest Growing Ebola Outbreak Recorded on African Continent...
KINSHASA — The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has become the fastest-growing ever recorded on ...

CDC Monitors Ebola Case Involving American in Africa...
FRANKFURT — U.S. health authorities are monitoring an Ebola case involving an American aid worker infected during the ...

US Citizen in Congo Tests Positive for Ebola Virus...
KINSHASA — A U.S. citizen working for a humanitarian organization in the Democratic Republic of Congo has tested posit...

City Officials Address Legionnaires Outbreak at Town Hall...
NEW YORK — New York City health officials were set to answer residents’ questions at a virtual town hall on Monday e...

Legionnaires Disease Cases Rise in New York City to 56...
NEW YORK — New York City health officials said the number of confirmed Legionnaires' disease cases linked to an outbre...