Healthcare Industry News

US drugs maker Actavis, itself the subject of bid speculation, is to buy Dublin-based rival Warner Chilcott in a deal worth up to $8.5bn . The announcement on Monday comes after the two companies said earlier this month that they were in talks about a possible tie-up. Actavis's drugs include treatments for deep vein thrombosis, asthma medication ... (more)

Despite a study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that found fecal bacteria in more than half of the water samples taken from metro Atlanta public swimming pools , Cobb officials said the county's pools are safe.

If you are a bus driver, the answer is probably yes. The news is also bad for manufacturing and production workers, as well as installation or repair workers, according to a survey for the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index.

A report says former Navy Secretary Richard J. Danzig, who serves as a bio-warfare adviser to the president and Pentagon, urged the government to stockpile an anti-anthrax drug while serving as a director for the company that supplies it.

St Luke's Cheshire Hospice's retail and operations manager Steven Holmes , lottery and promotions manager, Claire Langston, and nurse Diane Collins with some of the leaflets they claim Royal Mail failed to deliver ST LUKE'S Hospice in Winsford is blaming the Royal Mail for non-delivery of a newsletter which it claims has led to a funding shortfall.

Chris Benditzky has been promoted to foreman at Hickory Construction. Vince Marshall has joined the company as a field manager.

Sean Jackman, 24, of Stoughton, the driver in last weekend's fatal car crash in Canton , was arraigned May 13 on multiple charges, including motor vehicle homicide and drunk driving.

Sean Jackman, 24, of Stoughton, the driver in last weekend's fatal car crash in Canton , was arraigned this week on multiple charges, including motor vehicle homicide and drunk driving.

's initial public offering, a retrospective might be in order. A year ago I was so skeptical of all the ballyhoo that I offered readers two rather more conventional stocks which I suggested had better stock appreciation prospects.

Police say the shooting took place around 2 a.m. on Crown and College streets. Officers working in the downtown nightclub district heard gunfire and responded to the scene.

A motorcyclist and passenger were taken Saturday afternoon to Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis after their bike rear-ended a car on Route 6A near the intersection of Route 149, Barnstable Police Sgt.

A replenishment blood drive in Bridgeville on May 26 will support a local child who recently was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia.

Prosecutors in Johnson County are still developing charges for a man arrested in the stabbing death of a 6-year-old girl.

To say that Dr. Richard Markiewicz is animated when he talks about the procedures he performs would be an understatement.

ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS MAY 18-19 - In this April 18, 2013 photo, Kevin Kennedy and his mom, Jennifer, sleep together in at the East Alabama Medical Center while being treated for a broken arm in Auburn, Ala.

A 20-month-old boy is not expected to survive after suffering severe head injuries.

A human embryo, containing about a couple hundred cells, is smaller than the period at the end of a sentence.

Bristol-Myers Squibb accidentally killed a crab-eating macaque in 2011 when its cage was run through the wash cycle while the primate remained locked inside, according to an inspection report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

A metro Atlanta woman who lost both hands, her left leg and right foot after contracting a flesh-eating disease was on her way back from Ohio Friday after being fitted with prosthetic hands.

Twenty percent of American males and 10 percent of American females will experience a kidney stone at some point in their lifetime.