Health, Fitness & Food

A woman walks by a smoke shop in New York City that displays a marijuana leaf in the window, June 16, 2023. Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images Coss Marte’s marijuana dispensary in lower Manhattan has already cost him over $1 million, and it’s not even open yet. He was awarded a

In this photo is the Madison South Health Center that is owned and operated by Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin. Kevin Wang | AP Planned Parenthood will resume abortions in Wisconsin next week, after a state court ruled that a 174-year-old criminal law does not ban the procedure. Abortion services will resume on Monday at Planned

Pharmacist Ani Martirosyan administers an immunization to a patient at a CVS on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023 in Glendale, CA.  Brian Van Der Brug | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images For the first time ever, vaccines for Covid, the flu and respiratory syncytial virus are available in the U.S.  Public health officials are urging

In this article PLNT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Chris Rondeau, CEO of Planet Fitness Adam Jeffery | CNBC In a move that stunned investors and employees alike, Planet Fitness ousted company veteran Chris Rondeau from his post as CEO, the workout chain said Friday in a press release. The stock dropped 15% in

Kaiser Permanente mental health workers and supporters march outside a Kaiser facility in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, Aug. 15, 2022. Rich Pedroncelli | AP More than 60,000 health care workers on Thursday voted to authorize a strike against Kaiser Permanente if an agreement is not reached when their current contract expires on Sept. 30. Members of

In this article PG Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A combination package of Procter & Gamble Co. DayQuil Severe and NyQuil Severe brand cold and flu medicine is arranged for a photograph in Tiskilwa, Illinois. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images The main ingredient used in many popular over-the-counter cold and allergy medications

In this article MRNA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A nurse prepares a flu shot at Huntington Village Pediatrics, in Huntington, New York on December 8, 2021. Steve Pfost | Newsday | Getty Images Moderna on Wednesday said its experimental mRNA-based flu vaccine produced a stronger immune response against four strains of the virus

In this article PFE MRNA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A nurse prepares doses of the Pfizer vaccine during a COVID-19 vaccination event at Josephine’s Southern Cooking in Chatham, Illinois, Dec. 30, 2021. Brian Cassella | Tribune News Service | Getty Images A new round of Covid vaccines is finally here in the U.S.

In this article PFE MRNA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A vial of the Moderna coronavirus booster vaccine targeting BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants is pictured at Skippack Pharmacy in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, Sept. 8, 2022. Hannah Beier | Reuters An independent advisory panel to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday recommended

Doctors working with Paige technology Source: Paige Microsoft announced Thursday it is teaming up with digital pathology provider Paige to build the world’s largest image-based artificial intelligence model for identifying cancer. The AI model is training on an unprecedented amount of data that includes billions of images, according to a release. It can identify both

In this article NVAX MRNA PFE Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A health-care worker prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at a vaccination clinic in the Peabody Institute Library in Peabody, Massachusetts, Jan. 26, 2022. Vanessa Leroy | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved updated Covid

Covid-19 vaccination centre at a Chemist shop on 28th April 2023 in London, United Kingdom. Mike Kemp | In Pictures | Getty Images LONDON — England on Monday began its winter Covid-19 and flu vaccination campaign ahead of schedule as it monitors a new variant and seeks to avoid another “twindemic” straining the health-care system.

In this article BATS-GB Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Dado Ruvic | Reuters British American Tobacco has finalized its exit from Russia about 18 months after it pledged to do so in the wake of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. The multinational cigarette maker said in a statement Thursday it agreed “to sell its Russian and

In this article LLY NOVO.B-DK Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT An Ozempic (semaglutide) injection pen is seen on a kitchen table in Riga, Latvia on 06 August, 2023.  Jaap Arriens | Nurphoto | Getty Images Heather Le Biller shed 9 pounds within the first week of taking Novo Nordisk‘s blockbuster diabetes drug Ozempic –

In this article META Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg demonstrates an Oculus Rift virtual reality (VR) headset and Oculus Touch controllers during the Oculus Connect 3 event in San Jose, California, U.S., on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Just days before assisting in

In this article LLY NOVO.B-DK Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Ozempic drug to treat diabetes. Courtesy: Ozempic In their most recent earnings reports, Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly proved why they are the undisputed heavyweights in the prizefight for control of the rapidly growing weight-loss medications market. Beyond staggering sales figures for Novo’s Ozempic

Mifepristone, also known as RU-486, is a medication typically used in combination with misoprostol to bring about a medical abortion during pregnancy and manage early miscarriage. Soumyabrata Roy | Nurphoto | Getty Images The drug company Danco Laboratories on Friday asked the Supreme Court to review the case challenging the legality of the abortion pill

Medical equipment giant Danaher (DHR) will officially spin off its environmental-and-applied solutions segment later this month, and our plan is to remain invested in the soon-to-be standalone company, known as Veralto, which will trade under the ticker symbol VLTO. That expectation was reinforced Wednesday when Veralto management delivered a presentation for investors and Wall Street

In this article 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 on Thursday expressed his support for Illumina‘s new CEO Jacob Thaysen – a relief for the company as it tries to rebound from a bitter

Weight loss drugs are being assessed for their ability to treat conditions like dementia and addiction after a landmark study showed that Wegovy helped reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — Scientists have begun investigating whether so-called miracle obesity drugs could be used to treat conditions