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Bayer shares plunge over weedkiller trial

Bayer shares plunged as much as 14 percent on Monday, losing about €12 billion in value, after newly acquired Monsanto was ordered to pay €250 million in damages in the first of possibly thousands of US lawsuits over alleged links between a weedkiller and cancer.

USA

Chemical giant Monsanto ordered to pay 252 million Euro fine

A court in San Francisco ordered chemical giant Monsanto to a man who claims the company's products caused his terminal cancer.

World News

Euroviews. Cancer - a disease in the West, a death sentence in Africa | View

The void created by Western donors’ abandonment of Africa is being filled by a newly invigorated humanitarian bloc, says former Pakistani Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Naaem Khan.

USA

US courts to decide if weedkiller gave groundsman cancer

Dewayne Johnson is one of 5,000 plaintiffs claiming against the company, Monsanto, with his potentially ground-breaking case believed to be the first to reach a trial.

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Denmark

Scientists develop artificial ovary to help women conceive after cancer treatment

Danish scientists have taken early steps towards creating an artificial human ovary designed to help women conceive after cancer treatments that can damage fertility.

USA

Starbucks coffee must have cancer warning, rules California judge

The judge says coffee needs the warning because of a chemical produced in the roasting process.

USA

US lottery winner dies three weeks after scooping $1m jackpot

The New York native planned to spend the money on his retirement and on a visit to the doctor.

World News

New blood test could be game-changer in fight against cancer, say rese

CancerSEEK simultaneously looks for the presence of ovary, liver, stomach, pancreas, oesophagus, bowel, lung and breast cancer.

Israel

Tel Aviv erects Lego tower in memory of young cancer victim

The multi-coloured structure is 36 metres tall

World News

EU glyphosate extension strains German coalition talks

Monday’s decision by EU countries to prolong the weed-killer’s licence for five years has angered its detractors and critics of Germany’s backing for the move.

Chile

Was Chilean poet Pablo Neruda murdered?

International experts are not convinced by the official cause of the Nobel Laureate's death - cancer

Belgium

Sugar feeds cancerous tumours and makes them more aggressive, finds new study

Glucose causes a 'vicious cycle' which stimulates the multiplication of cancer cells

Europe News

Monsanto's Roundup faces European politics

USA

A 'pen' that can diagnose cancer in 10 seconds

This device may help surgeons to operate more efficiently on cancer patients

France

Using viruses to fight cancer

We find out about immuno-oncology, whereby the DNA of specific viruses is modified so they can track down the cancer cells. The viruses then either destroy the cells' structure by replicating themselv

United Kingdom

Euroviews. View: Is vaping safer than smoking cigarettes?

The British Lung Foundation's position on the safety of E-Cigarettes or "vaping".

United Kingdom

Ronnie Wood keeps on rollin' after cancer scare

Rolling Stones gutarist Ronnie Wood has revelaed he is in remission for lung cancer after surgery

USA

Cancer shock for John McCain

US Senator John McCain, who was the 2008 Republican presidential nominee, has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer.

USA

Maryam Mirzakha, the first woman to receive the prestigious Fields Medal for mathematics, has died in the US

Iranian math genius, Maryam Mirzakhani, who became the first woman to receive the "Nobel Prize for Mathematics" in 2014 has died from cancer in the US

United Kingdom

Hundreds attend funeral of cancer victim Bradley Lowery, 6