Health, Fitness & Food

In this article PM Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Juul brand vape cartridges are pictured for sale at a shop in Atlanta, Georgia. Elijah Nouvelage | Reuters Juul will pay $462 million to settle claims by six states and Washington D.C. that the vaping company marketed its addictive e-cigarettes to underage teens, five Democratic

Abortion rights advocates gather in front of the J Marvin Jones Federal Building and Courthouse in Amarillo, Texas, on March 15, 2023. Moises Avila | AFP | Getty Images Democrats on the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce on Wednesday requested an immediate hearing on a federal judge’s order suspending the Food and Drug

Pills of Misoprostol, used to terminate early pregnancies, are displayed in a pharmacy in Provo, Utah, May 12, 2022. George Frey | Reuters New York and California are stockpiling massive quantities of an alternative abortion medication in case a federal judge’s order suspending the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the main drug mifepristone goes

Misoprostol, used to terminate early pregnancies, are displayed in a pharmacy in Provo, Utah, May 12, 2022. George Frey | Reuters A federal judge’s ruling could take the abortion pill mifepristone off the market — but there is another medication that could provide an alternative for people seeking to terminate their pregnancies.  Two states in

In this 2018 photo, mifepristone and misoprostol pills are provided at a Carafem clinic for medication abortions in Skokie, Illinois. Erin Hooley | Tribune News Service | Getty Images The Biden administration on Monday asked a federal judge to clarify how it should respond to his order to keep the abortion pill mifepristone on the

Boxes of mifepristone, the first pill given in a medical abortion, are prepared for patients at Women’s Reproductive Clinic of New Mexico in Santa Teresa, U.S., January 13, 2023.  Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters The U.S. Justice Department on Monday asked a federal appeals court to keep the abortion pill mifepristone on the U.S. market as

In this article LLY Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Medical bottles and syringe are seen with Eli Lilly and Company logo displayed on a screen in the background in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on November 10, 2022. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Eli Lilly‘s experimental Alzheimer’s drug lowered levels

In this article JNJ MS Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT In this photo illustration a bottle of Johnson & Johnson baby powder is displayed on a table on November 12, 2021 in San Anselmo, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Johnson & Johnson shares on Wednesday climbed after the company proposed paying $8.9 billion

Abortion rights advocates gather in front of the J Marvin Jones Federal Building and Courthouse in Amarillo, Texas, on March 15, 2023. Moises Avila | AFP | Getty Images A federal judge in Texas on Friday suspended the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the abortion pill mifepristone nationwide, but delayed the ruling from taking

A health worker prepares a flu vaccine shot before administering it to a local resident in Los Angeles, the United States, on Dec. 17, 2022. Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images People who receive Pfizer‘s RSV vaccine for older adults should be monitored for Guillain-Barre syndrome, after two people developed the nervous system disorder after

In this article BIIB 4523.T-JP Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Research at Biogen Source: Biogen Alzheimer’s patients who take Leqembi retain the benefits of the treatment even when they stop taking it, new research by Eisai shows.  The Japanese drugmaker and its partner Biogen last week released an additional analysis of clinical trials of the monoclonal antibody drug, which is also known

Brad Little, Governor of Idaho speaks on the 2nd day of the CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference) Washington, DC conference at Gaylord National Harbor Resort & Convention. Lev Radin | Lightrocket | Getty Images Republican Idaho Gov. Brad Little has signed a bill into law that bans adults from helping minors cross state lines to

In this article ILMN IEP Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Carl Icahn, chairman of Icahn Enterprises Holdings Scott Eelis | Bloomberg | Getty Images Carl Icahn on Wednesday said Illumina‘s efforts to appeal a Federal Trade Commission order to divest the highly contested Grail acquisition “is an almost impossible battle.”  Illumina on Monday told

Michael Regan, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), speaks during an event at the EPA headquarters in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Dec. 20, 2021. Samuel Corum | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday said it will strengthen limits on several toxic air pollutants emitted by power plants, including mercury, a

In this article JNJ Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Containers of Johnson’s baby powder made by Johnson and Johnson are displayed on a shelf on July 13, 2018 in San Francisco, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday said it will pay $8.9 billion over the next 25 years to

In this article ILMN Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Francis deSouza, chief executive officer of Illumina Inc., during a panel session on day three of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023. Stefan Wermuth | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Federal Trade Commission on Monday ordered Illumina to

In this article EBS Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Fentanyl forum attendees could visit a table where Narcan kits were being offered free at Northwood High School in Silver Spring, Maryland on February 25, 2023. Michael S. Williamson | The Washington Post | Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved sales

In this article ILMN IEP Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Carl Icahn speaking at Delivering Alpha in New York on Sept. 13, 2016. David A. Grogan | CNBC Carl Icahn on Wednesday said Illumina should bring back its former CEO “immediately,” his latest move in a brewing proxy fight with the biotech company.   Icahn

A Johnson & Johnson building is shown in Irvine, California. Mike Blake | Reuters Johnson & Johnson on Wednesday said it’s ducking out of the RSV vaccine race, weeks after competitors Pfizer and GSK inched closer to launching the world’s first shot against the deadly virus.  J&J will stop working on its investigational RSV adult

In this article IEP ILMN Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Carl Icahn speaking at Delivering Alpha in New York on Sept. 13, 2016. David A. Grogan | CNBC Carl Icahn blasted Illumina for nearly doubling its CEO’s pay last year despite a dramatic drop in the biotech company’s market value since closing a controversial