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By Ben Hirschler and Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Experts from around the world are in daily talks about the threat posed by a deadly new strain of bird flu in China, including discussions on if and when to start making a vaccine. Any decision to mass-produce vaccines against H7N9 flu will not be taken lightly, since it will mean sacrificing production of seasonal shots. And scientists warn it will take months to get any finished bird flu vaccine to the market. But the groundwork is being laid. ...
By Rachelle Younglai WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Momentum is building among Republican lawmakers for legislation to prevent a credit default by the United States, suggesting they will fight hard for spending cuts when Congress debates another increase in the nation's debt limit this summer. More than 60 fiscal conservatives in the House of Representatives now support so-called "prioritization" legislation. Prioritization would direct the Treasury to pay the interest and principal on U.S. ...
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Former South African president Nelson Mandela, 94, has been discharged from hospital after a nine-day stay for treatment of pneumonia, the office of the presidency said on Saturday. "(He) has been discharged from hospital today, 6 April, following a sustained and gradual improvement in his general condition," it said. (Reporting by Jon Herskovitz; editing by Andrew Roche)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc made a binding offer for Life Technologies Corp on Tuesday as private equity firms raced to finalize a consortium to take the genetic testing equipment maker private, several people familiar with the matter said. Thermo Fisher met a bid deadline on Tuesday but private equity firms working on a joint bid missed it and were working late into the evening to secure the equity required to support an offer, the people said. ...
By Sharon Bernstein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A federal judge has rebuffed California Governor Jerry Brown's effort to undo a court order requiring the state to reduce its prison population, saying he did not trust officials to improve conditions for inmates. Brown, a Democrat, is under political pressure to scale back a program under which state prisoners are sent to local jurisdictions to ease crowding. That move has led to the early release of thousands of non-violent offenders from lower-level county jails as municipalities struggle to make room for them. ...
Earlier this week, a bird flu virus never before found in humans grabbed world attention after it infected and killed people in China. Scientists have since been scrambling to understand how it happened and, more importantly, whether it poses a risk to public health or could potentially spark a global pandemic.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cordis Corp, a Johnson and Johnson subsidiary, did not infringe on a patent owned by a radiologist in making its Cypher stents, an appeals court said on Thursday, reversing a ruling by a lower court that ordered Cordis to pay $482 million. The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed a ruling from a Texas jury, which found Cordis guilty of infringement and ordered the payment. The appeals court ruled that Cordis had not infringed. Johnson & Johnson's shares closed slightly higher at $82.41. ...
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