Reuters Health News Summary

Following is a summary of current health news briefs.

Factbox-Which countries are restricting chicken from Brazil due to bird flu?

The Brazilian Agriculture Ministry updated on Thursday the list of countries that have placed restrictions on chicken trade with Brazil, the world's largest exporter, after it confirmed its first case of bird flu on a commercial farm in May. Brazil hopes to soon reverse those bans after declaring itself free of the bird flu virus on commercial flocks following a 28-day period without any new commercial farm outbreaks.

Health Rounds: Widely used pain drug can be made from plastic waste

Common bacteria can turn plastic waste into the over-the-counter painkiller acetaminophen, researchers have discovered. Acetaminophen, the main ingredient in Tylenol and also known as paracetamol in some countries, is usually made from fossil fuels.

Carlyle to sell up to 10% stake in Piramal Pharma, Moneycontrol reports

Private equity firm Carlyle Group is preparing to offload up to a 10% stake in India's Piramal Pharma, online news portal Moneycontrol reported on Thursday, citing sources. The U.S.-based firm could earn in the range of 26 billion rupees ($304.8 million) to 27 billion rupees from the sale via block trades, the report added.

WHO says Gaza's Nasser hospital 'one massive trauma ward'

Nasser hospital in Gaza is operating as "one massive trauma ward" due to an influx of patients wounded at non-United Nations food distribution sites run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, the World Health Organization said on Friday. The U.S.- and Israeli-backed GHF began distributing food packages in Gaza at the end of May, overseeing a new model of deliveries that the United Nations says is neither impartial nor neutral. It has repeatedly denied that incidents involving people killed or wounded at its sites have occurred.

Drugmaker Alchem hit with $576,000 EU fine for taking part in pharmaceutical cartel

Drugmaker Alchem International and its Hong Kong subsidiary were fined a total of 489,000 euros ($576,000) for taking part in a pharmaceutical cartel, EU antitrust regulators said on Friday. The European Commission had imposed a total fine of 13.4 million euros on Alkaloids of Australia, Alkaloids Corp, Boehringer, Linnea and Transo-Pharm in 2023 for fixing the minimum price of an ingredient to produce the abdominal antispasmodic drug Buscopan and its generic versions.

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