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The transaction beats China Evergrande Group’s $3 billion sale to become the largest dollar bond issuance in Asia excluding Japan this year, Bloomberg-compiled data show. Tencent last came to the dollar bond market in January last year with a $5 bil...
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Assessments by the nonprofit Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) have become increasingly influential in U.S. drug pricing and are taken into consideration by health insurers and pharmacy benefit managers making decisions about payments...
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2019 has already seen more measles cases than all of last year.
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You might want to double-check to make sure water you swim in is flowing.
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The Japanese conglomerate, which has reshaped the technology startup landscape with its Saudi-backed Vision Fund, is in talks with investors to add as much as $15 billion more to its already-massive fund, said people familiar with the discussions. I...
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SEATTLE (AP) — Federal officials say they may restrict salmon fishing off the West Coast to help the Pacific Northwest's critically endangered killer whales, but two environmental groups are suing anyway to ensure it happens.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Doctors can safely transplant hepatitis C-infected lungs and hearts into people desperate for a new organ, say researchers who may have found a way to protect those patients from getting the risky virus.
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Deidra Darst explains why she celebrates Autism Awareness Month as the mother of a son with autism.
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ATLANTA (AP) — Tom Smith hesitated to buy light bulbs guaranteed for up to 10 years, thinking they'd outlast him. Terry Langbaum debated filling a prescription for a $13,000-a-month drug that keeps cancer from worsening for three months on averag...
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“When I have a day off, I frequently go to my skin doctor and have things cut off.”
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Classes resumed in Venezuela's schools on Wednesday after two major national blackouts left frustrated parents struggling to entertain their children and forced the education ministry to extend the school year. Two major nationwide power outages led...
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Investors are excited about a chance to move forward faster than expected.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles city leaders honored the lifetime achievements of famed primatologist Jane Goodall by singing "Happy Birthday" to her on her 85th birthday.
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South Korea on Friday launches the world’s first nationwide 5G mobile networks -- a transformational leap that has superpowers sparring for control of an innovation that could potentially change the day-to-day lives of billions of people. The superf...
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Jessica DeCristofaro shares her painful journey and urges women to be advocates for their own health.