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Today's Reuters Health News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Affymax, Takeda recall anemia drug Omontys after deaths White House directs open access for government research Governors press for alternative to impending spending cuts Horsemeat with banned drug entered French food chain France's Hollande hails quality meat at farm show Italy finds no trace of horse DNA in Nestle mince meals France's Hollande urges compulsory labeling amid horsemeat scandal

Affymax, Takeda recall anemia drug Omontys after deaths  Saturday, Feb 23, 2013 08:24 PM PST TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. Affymax Inc. and Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical Co said they are voluntarily recalling all lots of anemia treatment Omontys (peginesatide) in the U.S., due to reports of serious hypersensitivity reactions, including some deaths. As of Sunday, fatal reactions to the injection have been reported in approximately 0.02 percent of 25,000 patients after receiving their initial injection of the treatment, Affymax said in a statement. (Reporting by James Topham; Editing by Nick Macfie) Full Story	Top
White House directs open access for government research  Saturday, Feb 23, 2013 07:23 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House has moved to make the results of federally funded research available to the public for free within a year, bowing to public pressure for unfettered access to scholarly articles and other materials produced at taxpayers' expense. "Americans should have easy access to the results of research they help support," John Holdren, the director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, wrote on the White House website. ... Full Story	Top
Governors press for alternative to impending spending cuts  Saturday, Feb 23, 2013 04:56 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Less than a week before billions of dollars of U.S. spending cuts are set to begin, governors meeting in Washington ratcheted up the pressure on Congress and President Barack Obama to find an alternative to the reductions and give states more say in bringing down the federal debt. "I certainly join the chorus of voices that are calling for that administration and members of Congress to come together and find more responsible cuts," said Indiana Governor Mike Pence, a Republican who served in the House of Representatives during the 2011 negotiations that led to the cuts. ... Full Story	Top
Horsemeat with banned drug entered French food chain  Saturday, Feb 23, 2013 11:34 AM PST PARIS (Reuters) - Meat from three horse carcasses contaminated with a banned drug has entered the human food chain in France but there is no danger to the public, the French farm minister said on Saturday. The meat, which came from a lot of six British carcasses exported to France, contained traces of phenylbutazone - known as bute - an anti-inflammatory painkiller for sporting horses, banned for animals intended for eventual human consumption. French Agriculture Minister Stephane Le Foll said there was no danger to public health. ... Full Story	Top
France's Hollande hails quality meat at farm show  Saturday, Feb 23, 2013 11:26 AM PST PARIS (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande sang the praises of local produce at the annual French farm show, where the horse meat scandal added to French cattle breeders' downbeat mood. Hollande, who was long the head of the rural Correze region, spent hours talking to livestock farmers, who worry that the discovery of horse meat in lasagnas and other processed foods labeled as beef-based will cast another cloud over their sector. "We need to promote French quality, French production and French cattle breeding," Hollande told reporters at Europe's largest farm show. ... Full Story	Top
Italy finds no trace of horse DNA in Nestle mince meals  Saturday, Feb 23, 2013 05:34 AM PST ROME/ZURICH (Reuters) - Italy's Health Ministry said on Saturday that tests had found no trace of horse DNA in minced beef meals by Swiss food giant Nestle that were removed from sale on Monday. Nestle removed the ready-made beef ravioli and tortellini sold under its Buitoni brand from shelves in Italy and Spain and halted production of the meals after its own tests had found more than 1 percent horse DNA in the products. ... Full Story	Top
France's Hollande urges compulsory labeling amid horsemeat scandal  Saturday, Feb 23, 2013 01:02 AM PST PARIS (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande called for compulsory labeling and traceability of meat used in processed foods in Europe to prevent a repeat of the horsemeat scandal. French and German agriculture ministers said on Friday they agreed on the need for origin labeling and would try to find a deal on meat traceability at a meeting of European farm ministers in Brussels on Monday. "There needs to be traceability, that is what I want from talks on a European level," Hollande said on Saturday. ... Full Story	Top

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