Healthcare Industry News

FRANKLIN - An 18-year-old Somerset man was arrested Thursday after he carjacked a cab along Somerset Street and then struck two other vehicles, crashing the cab about a mile away, police said.

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A prominent Boston surgeon has drowned in Maine after the dinghy he capsized in 48-degree waters.

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The nurses at St. Agnes Medical Center in Fresno voted 'no' to unionizing with the California Nurses Association.

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Shareholders of drug producer Draxis Health Inc. have approved the US$255-million friendly takeover by India's Jubilant Organosys Ltd.

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Police say a Little Rock teenager died when he apparently was struck by lightning.

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Jack Mildren, a former lieutenant governor and the first quarterback in the University of Oklahoma's lofted wishbone offense, died on Thursday.

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The Food and Drug Administration issued a third approvable letter for Wyeth Pharmaceuticals ' experimental drug bazedoxifene, which is being developed under the brand name Viviant to prevent postmenopausal ...

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In investigating the intricacies of the body's biological rhythms, scientists at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center have discovered the existence of a "food-related clock" which can supersede the ...

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A large tornado skipped through several northern Colorado towns on Thursday, destroying dozens of homes, flipping tractor-trailers and freight rail cars, and killing at least one person.

The National Weather Service said the tornado touched down just before noon near Platteville, about 50 miles north of Denver. Over the next hour, it moved northward past several towns along a 35-mile-long track toward Wyoming.

In Windsor, a farming town of 16,000 that was hardest hit, dazed residents retrieved what they could from their homes.

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The spinal unit of Medtronic Inc. will pay $75 million to settle allegations that it defrauded Medicare by telling doctors they could bill for an inpatient stay when a cheaper outpatient visit would have ...

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