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  • Ebola booster vaccine starts first trials in Oxford

    By Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists at Oxford University have launched the first clinical tests of a new Ebola vaccine ap...

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  • Russia limits poultry imports from U.S.

    MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) said on Thursday it was implementing temporary ...

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  • South Korea confirms foot-and-mouth case at hog farm

    SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea has confirmed a fresh case of foot-and-mouth disease at a hog farm, the agriculture ministry said in a...

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  • NECC trustee files compensation plan for 2012 meningitis outbreak victims

    (Reuters) - The trustee overseeing the bankruptcy of a Massachusetts pharmacy linked to a 2012 meningitis outbreak that killed 64 pe...

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  • CDC says flu shots may not be good match for 2014-15 virus

    By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - A sampling of flu cases so far this season suggests the current flu vaccine may not be a go...

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  • American possibly exposed to Ebola being transferred to Atlanta hospital

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. healthcare worker who had been in West Africa and may have been exposed to the Ebola virus is being tran...

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  • Herbalife wins court approval for class-action settlement

    By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - Herbalife Ltd won preliminary court approval of its $15 million settlement of class-action litigatio...

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  • Dallas says Ebola crisis cost city $155,000

    By Lisa Maria Garza DALLAS (Reuters) - The city of Dallas said on Wednesday it spent more than $155,000 on the emergency response to...

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  • Enrollment in Obamacare plans for 2015 remains strong

    (Reuters) - The second week of open enrollment in 2015 health insurance plans offered under President Barack Obama's healthcare refo...

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  • Geography may limit access to cancer clinical trials

    By Kathryn Doyle (Reuters Health) - Where advanced cancer patients live affects the likelihood that they can enroll in a treatment c...

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