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Andrew Brookes | Image Source | Getty Images Scientists have been using the same human genome sequence to study genomics for more than 20 years, but on Wednesday it got a major makeover. Researchers published a new, more inclusive collection of reference human genome sequences in a landmark development that greatly expands on that original

Pharmacist Uchita Parikh prepares a dose of the Jynneos monkeypox vaccine at a pop-up vaccination clinic opened today by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health at the West Hollywood Library on August 3, 2022 in West Hollywood, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images The World Health Organization on Thursday declared an end to

A sign outside of a hospital advertises COVID-19 testing on November 19, 2021 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images The U.S. public health emergency declared in response to Covid-19 comes to an end Thursday more than three years after the pandemic began. The Biden administration‘s decision to end the emergency comes as

A healthcare worker prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at a vaccination clinic in the Peabody Institute Library in Peabody, Massachusetts, on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Vanessa Leroy | Bloomberg | Getty Images Uninsured Americans can still access Covid-19 vaccines at no cost, for now, even though the U.S. public health emergency has

In this article AAPL GOOGL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A sign reminding riders to wear a face mask to prevent the spread of Covid-19 appears on a bus on First Street outside the U.S. Capitol on Monday, January 10, 2022. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Americans in most states

In this article 4523.T-JP BIIB Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi is seen in this undated handout image obtained by Reuters on Jan. 20, 2023. Eisai | Reuters The new Alzheimer‘s antibody treatment Leqembi could cost Medicare up to $5 billion per year, according to research published in a leading medical

In this article PFE Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla talks during a press conference with European Commission President after a visit to oversee the production of the Pfizer-BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine at the factory of US pharmaceutical company Pfizer, in Puurs, on April 23, 2021. John Thys | AFP | Getty

(L-R) Richard A. Gonzalez, chairman and CEO of AbbVie Inc., Pascal Soriot, executive director and CEO of AstraZeneca, Giovanni Caforio, chairman of the board and CEO of Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Jennifer Taubert, executive vice president and worldwide chairman of Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Johnson & Johnson, Kenneth C. Frazier, chairman and CEO of Merck & Co. Inc.,

In this article NOVO.B-DK SAN-FR LLY Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT An Eli Lilly & Co. logo is seen on a box of insulin medication in this arranged photograph at a pharmacy in Princeton, Illinois. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Eli Lilly CEO Dave Ricks on Wednesday promised not to raise prices

Opill Oral Contraception Source: Perrigo A panel of experts who advise the Food and Drug Administration unanimously recommended Wednesday that the agency for the first time allow women to obtain a birth control pill without a prescription. The panel had been asked whether the benefits of selling HRA Pharma‘s birth control pill Opill outweighed the

In this article GILD Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The logo of Gilead Sciences pharmaceutical company is seen in Oceanside, California, April 29, 2020. Mike Blake | Reuters A Delaware federal court jury on Tuesday cleared Gilead Sciences of civil claims by the U.S. government that the company violated patents held by the Centers

Medical personnel use a mammogram to examine a woman’s breast for breast cancer. Hannibal Hanschke | dpa | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Most women should get screened for breast cancer every other year starting at age 40, a decade earlier than previously recommended, according to draft guidelines issued Tuesday by a government-backed panel of

In this article GSK-GB GSK Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A GSK lab in London. Oli Scarff | Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved an RSV vaccine produced by GlaxoSmithKline for use on adults ages 60 and older. The approval, the first ever globally by a regulatory body for an

Johnson & Johnson ‘s (JNJ) consumer-health unit Kenvue (KVUE) soared more than 22% on its first day of trading Thursday, bringing the Club holding one step closer to completing its business separation. The planned split, which is set for later this year, is in the best interest of shareholders of both the soon-to-be-solo Kenvue operations

Thibaut Mongon, CEO of Kenvue Inc. a Johnson & Johnson consumer-health business, speaks during an interview with CNBC during his company’s IPO at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), May 4, 2023. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Kenvue CEO Thibaut Mongon is betting on brand and product innovation to drive growth at the newly spun-out company

People walk by a Covid-19 testing site at Times Square on May 12, 2022 in New York City. Liao Pan | China News Service | Getty Images The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will have less data to track the spread of Covid-19 and new variants in the U.S. after the public health emergency

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), speaks during a news conference in Geneva, Switzerland, December 20, 2021. Denis Balibouse | Reuters The spread of Covid-19 is no longer a global public health emergency, the World Health Organization declared Friday. “For more than a year, the pandemic has been on a downward

Director of the Centers for Disease Control Rochelle Walensky departs after testifying before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on the All-Hazards Preparedness Act at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Thursday, May 4, 2023 in Washington, DC. Kent Nishimura | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky

In this article MRNA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Moderna’s sign is seen outside of their headquarters in Cambridge, MA on March 11, 2021. Boston Globe | Getty Images Moderna on Thursday blew past estimates for first-quarter earnings and revenue, posting a surprise quarterly profit, despite lower demand for Covid vaccines, its only marketable

In this article Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Thibaut Mongon, CEO and Paul Ruh CFO of Kenvue Inc. a Johnson & Johnson’s consumer-health business, pose together during the company’s IPO at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., May 4, 2023. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Johnson & Johnson‘s consumer health