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The private equity firm and Abu Dhabi Investment Authority are nearing a deal for PANTHERx Rare that could top $7 billion including debt, WSJ reported

Tomorrow is Chronic Disease Day. Observed annually on July 10, this is a national awareness and advocacy initiative dedicated to addressing the significant impact of chronic diseases in the United States. The date, 7/10, underscores a critical statistic: seven out of 10 deaths in the U.S. are caused by chronic diseases, including heart disease, cancer,…

There were 50 large outbreaks of tuberculosis (TB) in the United States from 2017-2023, with an outbreak defined as at least 10 related cases, according to an April report* (see footnote) from the CDC. Cases in the United States have been increasing, particularly since the pandemic. Journalists may want to cover TB not only as…

Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration released a list of addresses linked to the growing outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease — a severe form of pneumonia — on the Upper East Side, and it includes one of the city’s most famous museums

San Diego County’s Tuberculosis Prevention and Care Program Friday announced a potential exposure to multidrug-resistant tuberculosis for California State University San Marcos students and staff

NEW YORK –New York City health officials are investigating a Legionnaires’ disease cluster in two Upper East Side neighborhoods

The US government’s health research moonshot agency has launched a five-year, $160 million bet that the era of bespoke gene-editing cures — currently limited to children whose families can access a vast scientific team willing to absorb the cost — can be converted into an industrial platform available to the 30 million Americans living with…

Fidji Simo, the executive leading OpenAI’s AGI, product and business operations and spearheading its nascent advertising push, is leaving her full-time position.

The discovery of 16 siblings who authorities say were held at a home for years in squalid conditions is straining their rural Ohio county’s res and address the needs of so many children

Cyclospora cayetanensis is a parasite found in fecal matter that can be transmitted through food or drink, which causes the illness Cyclosporiasis. Signs of the illness include low-grade fever, appetite loss, nausea, flu-like symptoms and most notably “explosive diarrhea.”