By Deena Beasley and Julie Steenhuysen (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved Gilead Sciences lenacapavir, a twice-yearly injection, for preventing HIV infection in adults and adolescents. Gilead said the drug will be sold under the brand name Yeztugo. Investors and AIDS activists had been eagerly awaiting the regulatory decision for a…
(Reuters) – Several White House National Security Council directors were fired Thursday morning, according to three people familiar with the matter. It’s not clear exactly why the staffers were let go or if their firing is permanent. But two of the sources said several were told there were issues with their vetting. One of the…
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Biden administration is expected to release by next week a climate model for clean fuel tax credits that will not include climate-smart agricultural practices, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. The exclusion of the practices would make it harder for ethanol producers to access clean fuel energy credits…
(Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump’s company is in negotiations to repurchase the lease on a hotel in Washington D.C. it used to own, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. The Trump Organization had sold the lease on the hotel, which is blocks away from the White House in…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Louisiana Department of Health said on Monday that the first U.S. patient hospitalized with H5N1 bird flu had died, noting that the patient was over 65 and had underlying medical conditions. “While the current public health risk for the general public remains low, people who work with birds, poultry or cows, or…
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Energy said on Wednesday it has awarded up to $2.2 billion to centers on the Gulf Coast and in the Midwest to develop hydrogen, an emerging source of energy that is expensive to produce using renewable power. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT Hydrogen backers, including the administration…
(Reuters) – Bavarian Nordic has received an order worth $63 million from the U.S. government to produce additional bulk product and the final freeze-dried doses of its mpox and smallpox vaccine, Jynneos, it said on Tuesday. As per the contract, the Danish biotech company will manufacture 1 million freeze-dried vaccines to be delivered by 2026,…
(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday warned patients and doctors about dosing errors associated with compounded versions of Novo Nordisk’s weight loss and diabetes drugs. The health regulator said it has received reports of adverse events, some requiring hospitalization, that may be related to overdoses due to patients incorrectly self-administering the…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. has imposed visa restrictions against a former Israeli military sergeant for his alleged involvement in gross violations of human rights in the occupied West Bank, including an extrajudicial killing, the State Department said on Wednesday. As a result of the restrictions, Sergeant Elor Azaria “and any immediate family members are…
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York Attorney General Letitia James sued two cryptocurrency companies and their promoters, saying they defrauded hundreds of thousands of victims out of more than $1 billion by preying on the religious faith of people from Haitian and other immigrant communities. In a lawsuit filed on Thursday in…
