Health, Fitness & Food

In this article AMZN ROG-CH Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Roche Diabetes Care Inc. Accu-Chek brand glucose test strips are arranged for a photograph in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., on Thursday, April 4, 2019.  Alex Flynn | Bloomberg | Getty Images Roche, one of the world’s largest biotech companies, said “dangerous

In this article LLY Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Eli Lilly headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana, US, on Wednesday, May 3, 2023. Eli Lilly & Co.’s shares climbed in early US trading after its experimental drug for Alzheimer’s slowed the progress of the disease in a final-stage trial, paving the way for the company to

In this article MRNA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Empty bottles of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine. Fred Tanneau | AFP | Getty Images Moderna on Monday said its combination vaccine that targets both Covid-19 and the flu was more effective than existing standalone shots for those viruses in a late-stage trial.  The biotech company is

Vadym Buinov | Moment | Getty Images The Covid-19 pandemic brought to the surface both cracks and resilience in the American economy, with child care taking center stage as day cares shuttered, schools went remote and parents attempted to juggle their children with their jobs. While employment in the child care sector has made a

In this article WBA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT People wait in in a queue to enter CityMD, a health clinic that offers coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing, on the Upper West Side as the Omicron coronavirus variant continues to spread in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., December 19, 2021. Andrew Kelly | Reuters Walgreens-backed

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump 2024. Kevin Lamarque | Jay Paul | Reuters Former President Donald Trump on Saturday recognized that the price of insulin is lower under President Joe Biden, but he still wants voters to credit his own administration. “Low INSULIN PRICING was gotten for millions of Americans by me, and

In this article GSK-GB GSK Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A view shows GlaxoSmithKline headquarters in London, Britain, January 17, 2022. Hannah Mckay | Reuters The Food and Drug Administration on Friday expanded the approval of GSK‘s respiratory syncytial virus vaccine to adults ages 50 to 59 who are at increased risk of getting

Waystar celebrates its IPO at the Nasdaq, June 7, 2024. CNBC Waystar shares slid about 3% in their Nasdaq debut on Friday, after the health-care payment software vendor priced its IPO in the middle of the expected range. The stock opened at $21 per share, below the IPO price of $21.50 late Thursday. Waystar said

Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy weight loss drug has seen a meteoric rise in popularity.  Nurphoto | Getty Images LONDON — The rapid rise of weight loss drugs like Wegovy and Mounjaro is generating a host of new product lines as companies hope to land on the right side of the health care disruptor. Industries spanning food

Scientist Lee Seok Woo said a scene from a “Mission Impossible” movie inspired his latest invention: batteries for smart contact lenses. In the fourth film of the series, an agent wears contact lenses capable of facial recognition and eye tracking. Lee wanted to make that lens a reality. “I was thinking, ‘How can I work

Woman sleeping on a plane. Rudi_suardi | E+ | Getty Images A popular pastime on long-haul flights — drinking alcohol before dozing off to sleep — may present health risks even to young and healthy passengers, according to a new study. The combination of alcohol consumption, sleep and the low oxygen concentration at high altitudes

Patient using Sword Health. Courtesy: Sword Health Pain management startup Sword Health on Tuesday announced a new artificial intelligence solution named Phoenix that patients can speak with for guidance through virtual physical therapy sessions.  Sword, founded in 2015, offers digital tools to help patients manage pain from home and avoid other treatments like opioids and

Company logo of pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline is seen at their Stevenage facility, Britain October 26, 2020.  Matthew Childs | Reuters LONDON — Shares of British pharmaceuticals giant GSK plunged 9% Monday, after a U.S. court ruled that scientific evidence could be presented as a stack of lawsuits relating to the discontinued heartburn drug Zantac move forward.

In this article MRK MRNA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Artur Widak | Nurphoto | Getty Images Moderna and Merck released more positive three-year data Monday on their experimental vaccine, given to patients with the most deadly form of skin cancer in combination with the therapy Keytruda. The vaccine together with Merck’s Keytruda improved

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In this article OR-FR Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT L’Oreal says it is working with start-ups and research institutions to bioprint skin that can actually “feel.” L’Oreal PARIS, France — French beauty and cosmetics giant L’Oreal is working on a form of synthetically produced skin that it says will one day be able to

Artificial intelligence for cancer screening has taken off. Yet most of those new programs aren’t covered by Medicare or private insurers, which creates headwinds for companies looking to boost adoption and for patients who could benefit from the new technology.   “Traditionally, for medical devices it takes up to seven years after a product that’s

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In this article PFE Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT CFOTO | Future Publishing | Getty Images CHICAGO — Pfizer on Friday said its drug for an advanced form of lung cancer showed promising long-term results in a late-stage trial, which may help establish it as the new standard treatment for the condition. The company’s

In this article MRNA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The FDA has approved Moderna’s RSV vaccine for older adults. Courtesy: Moderna The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved Moderna’s vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus for adults ages 60 and above, the company’s second-ever product to enter the U.S. market.  The decision is a