Health, Fitness & Food

Mifepristone, the first medication in a medical abortion, is prepared for a patient at Alamo Women’s Clinic in Carbondale, Illinois, April 20, 2023. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters A federal appeals court will hear arguments Wednesday afternoon in a closely watched lawsuit that seeks to pull the abortion pill mifepristone from the U.S. market. The hearing

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy Scott Mlyn | CNBC New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on Wednesday said he would consider defying the Supreme Court and continue to provide mifepristone if the court rules in favor of a ban on the abortion pill.  When asked if the state would prescribe mifepristone after such a ruling, Murphy

In this article PFE Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Blood sample for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) test Jarun011 | Istock | Getty Images U.S. Food and Drug Administration staff on Tuesday said Pfizer’s vaccine that protects infants from respiratory syncytial virus has “generally favorable” safety data. The FDA staff made the conclusion in briefing

Former U.S. President Donald Trump and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speak at midterm election rallies, in Dayton, Ohio, November 7, 2022 and Tampa, Florida, November 8, 2022 in a combination of file photos. Gaelen Morse | Reuters; Marco Bello | Reuters As former President Donald Trump blinks on the abortion debate, his likely top rival, Florida

Dr. Monica Bertagnolli speaks during a visit from first lady Jill Biden to the University of California San Francisco Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center in San Francisco, Oct. 7, 2022. Jeff Chiu | AP President Joe Biden will nominate Dr. Monica Bertagnolli, a cancer surgeon, to lead the National Institutes of Health, the White

A woman receives a booster dose of the Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at a vaccination centre in Antwerp, Belgium, February 1, 2022. Johanna Geron | Reuters Patients are now enrolling in an early stage clinical trial to test a universal flu vaccine based on messenger RNA technology, the National Institutes of Health announced Monday. 

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