By Aleksandar Vasovic BELGRADE (Reuters) -Shocked Serbians mourned the nine victims of their nation’s first mass school shooting on Thursday while teachers demanded better security and two wounded pupils fought for their lives. The suspected shooter, a 13-year-old boy, surrendered on Wednesday, police said, after taking two of his father’s handguns to kill eight pupils…
(Reuters) – Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc beat Wall Street estimates for first-quarter profit on Thursday, driven by strong demand for eczema treatment Dupixent. Excluding items, the company reported a profit of $10.09 per share for the quarter, above analysts’ estimates of $9.56, according to Refinitiv data. (This story has been corrected to remove reference to Eylea…
By Nikolaj Skydsgaard COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Danish drug developer Novo Nordisk said it would have to halve the supply of starter doses of its popular Wegovy weight-loss drug in the United States to cope with high demand after reporting forecast-beating results on Thursday. Shares in Novo Nordisk traded down 4.7% at 0731 GMT, putting a small…
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization said on Wednesday that it has dismissed a senior scientist, known for his role as the head of an international mission to China to probe the origins of COVID-19, for sexual misconduct. The U.N. agency said Peter Ben Embarek, a Danish scientist who previously headed…
By Raghav Mahobe and Leroy Leo (Reuters) – CVS Health Corp said on Wednesday it would pause its recent acquisition spree as it focuses on integrating purchases of healthcare service provider Signify Health and primary care provider Oak Street Health. CVS, which has a large retail pharmacy chain, and major health insurance and pharmacy benefit…
By Brendan O’Brien (Reuters) – New York has become the first U.S. state to pass legislation banning the use of natural gas for heating and cooking in some new buildings, a plan designed to reduce carbon emissions but opposed by industry groups as excessive and costly. Both the Democratic-led Assembly and Senate late on Tuesday…
By Gabriella Borter and Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) – State legislatures are wrestling with how much to restrict or expand abortion access after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year. Here is a snapshot of pending and passed legislation seeking to restrict or protect access in 2023, including details on a law that…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas will travel to the Texas border with Mexico this week ahead of the lifting of Title 42, the department said in a statement on Wednesday. The trip comes as the COVID-19 health policy known as Title 42 is set to end on May 11 and the…
(Reuters) – A court in Utah has stopped the state’s Republican-dominated government from enforcing a new law that would effectively end abortions by making it impossible to get a license for a clinic where they are performed. Judge Andrew H. Stone of the Third District Court of the state of Utah ruled on Tuesday that…
By Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) – Republican lawmakers in North Carolina said on Tuesday they had reached agreement on a plan to limit most abortions to the first trimester of pregnancy, a sharp drop from the state’s current limit of 20 weeks gestation. If passed, the proposed legislation would reverberate beyond North Carolina, limiting options for…
