Health

H.B. Fuller nears a $628 million deal for UK wound-care maker AMS, over its own investor’s objections

The US adhesives group has agreed a 285 pence-a-share cash offer for Advanced Medical Solutions, even as an activist shareholder demands it abandon the pursuit. H.B. Fuller, the St Paul, Minnesota adhesives maker, is closing in on a…

Algarve tops Portugal for smoking, ranks high for alcohol

The Algarve has the highest proportion of smokers in mainland Portugal and records the country’s third-highest rate of alcohol consumption, according to the 2025 National Health Survey released this week The post Algarve tops Portugal for…

Delhi bureaucracy rejig: Ministers’ aides, senior health officials among 50 transferred

Headed to the ER? Here's why you could now wait more than 48 hours to be admitted

A report released Thursday by the Canadian Institute for Health Information found that limited emergency room capacity, difficulties in accessing standard care and the country's aging population are to blame for patients spending more than…

Europe braced for another day of extreme heat as warnings issued across UK, France and Italy – live

UK June heat record could be broken for the second consecutive day Paris mayor Emmanuel Gregoire said there had been an “increase in mortality” in the capital owing to the heatwave, without giving any figures, AFP reported. He said “pretty…

World expresses solidarity with Venezuela after deadly earthquakes, offers assistance

Venezuelans saw buildings crumbling on Wednesday evening when two powerful earthquakes shook the country, leaving at least 32 dead and hundreds injured. Video footage showed emergency workers scrambling over the pancaked debris of a…

Nepali Army sergeant killed, lieutenant, injured in grenade explosion in Kailali

Image for representation only Dhangadhi, June 25 A Nepali Army sergeant was killed and a lieutenant injured in a grenade explosion during a military firing exercise in Kailali district. According to Kailali Police spokesperson DSP Yogendra…

Watch: Patients Must Be At The Centre’: Ian Borg Visits Gozo Hospital

Health Minister Ian Borg has continued a series of visits to healthcare institutions across Malta and Gozo as part of his first commitments since taking on the health portfolio. Borg visited Mater Dei Hospital, Karen Grech Hospital, the…

Bird flu confirmed in Bhaktapur poultry farms

File: A chicken is being destroyed after the bird flu outbreak in this undated file photo. Bhaktapur, June 25 Authorities in Changunarayan and Suryabinayak municipalities in Bhaktapur district destroyed chickens after the bird flu outbreak…

Iran after the war — fragile peace, shattered economy

As Washington and Tehran negotiate the implementation of an interim peace deal that ended the Iran war, the US has lifted restrictions on Iranian oil trade until August 21. The sanctions relief is a central pillar of the peace framework…

H5N1 bird flu has reached every continent. How worried should you be?

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H.B. Fuller Agrees to Acquire UK-Listed AMS for £659 Million

H.B. Fuller Co. agreed to acquire Advanced Medical Solutions Group Plc, a British maker of tissue-healing medical products, for £659 million ($870 million).