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(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration declined to approve expanded use of Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc’s antipsychotic drug for treating psychosis related to Alzheimer’s disease, the company said on Thursday. The health regulator concluded there were limitations in the interpretability of Acadia’s antipsychotic drug study and an additional study would be required, according to the …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema said in a statement on Thursday night she has agreed to “move forward” on Democrats’ climate, tax and healthcare legislation. (Reporting by Scott Malone; Editing by Mary Milliken)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Four people were in critical condition on Thursday after an lightning strike at Washington’s Lafayette Square in front of the White House, a D.C. fire official said. The injured – two adult males and two adult females – were transported to area hospitals with life-threatening injuries, Vito Maggiolo, a D.C. Fire and EMS …

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(Reuters) – The United States declared the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency, a move that may increase health agency access to funds and allow the government new avenues for increasing production and use of existing vaccines. The move follows the declaration by the World Health Organization in July. A Reuters tally has counted more …

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By Ivelisse Rivera and Kylie Madry SAN JUAN (Reuters) – U.S. authorities on Thursday announced criminal charges against former Puerto Rico Governor Wanda Vazquez, who was in office from 2019 to 2021, for alleged corruption during her 2020 election campaign. The former governor is charged with conspiracy, federal programs bribery and honest services wire fraud, …

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(Reuters) – The United States has declared monkeypox a public health emergency, the health secretary said on Thursday, a move expected to free up additional funding and tools to fight the disease. The U.S. tally topped 6,600 on Wednesday, almost all of the cases among men who have sex with men. “We’re prepared to take …

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(Reuters) – President Joe Biden will remain in isolation until he tests negative for COVID-19, White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre said on Thursday. She also said it would be up to Biden’s physician, Kevin O’Connor, to decide whether two negative tests were needed to end his isolation. Biden tested positive again for COVID-19 on Thursday …

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