Health, Fitness & Food

Candida auris is a yeast responsible for many infections. Resistant to most anti-fungal drugs, this fungus causes several deaths worldwide. BSIP | Universal Images Group | Getty Images A fungus that is often resistant to drugs has spread at an “alarming rate” through health-care facilities in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks during a reception celebrating Nowruz in the East Room at the White House in Washington, March 20, 2023. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters President Joe Biden on Monday signed legislation requiring the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to declassify information on any possible links between a lab in

In this article BIIB Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A Biogen facility in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Brian Snyder | Reuters U.S. Food and Drug Administration staff on Monday said Biogen’s investigational ALS drug may have a “clinical benefit” on a rare and aggressive form of the disease, despite failing a broader late-stage clinical trial last

In this article NOVO.B-DK LLY Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Novo Nordisk Inc. NovoLog brand insulin pens are arranged for a photograph in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., on Friday, April 5, 2019. Alex Flynn | Bloomberg | Getty Images Novo Nordisk on Tuesday announced plans to slash the price of several

In this article PFE Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) treatment pill Paxlovid is seen in boxes, at Misericordia hospital in Grosseto, Italy, February 8, 2022. Jennifer Lorenzini | Reuters The Food and Drug Administration’s independent panel of advisors recommended full approval of Pfizer’s Covid-19 antiviral pill Paxlovid for high-risk adults on

The Alliance For Hippocratic Medicine wants Judge Kacsmaryk to nullify the FDA’s medical approval of mifepristone, which would effectively ban the abortion pill across the US. Senate Judiciary Committee | YouTube A Texas judge will soon issue a pivotal ruling in a closely watched case challenging the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the abortion

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 heard arguments for the first time this week in a closely watched case challenging the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of

Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes (C) arrives at federal court with her mother Noel Holmes (L) and father Christian Holmes on September 01, 2022 in San Jose, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Elizabeth Holmes hasn’t paid back over $25 million to creditors of her former Theranos company as she tries to delay her 11-year

A man wearing a face mask as a preventive measure against Covid-19 walks past a Communist Party flag in Wuhan, China, on March 31, 2020. Noel Celis | AFP | Getty Images The World Health Organization on Friday called on China to release new data linking the Covid pandemic’s origins to animal samples at Wuhan

A pharmacist holds a box of the drug Lantus SoloStar, made by Sanofi Pharmaceutical, at a pharmacy in Provo, Utah, January 9, 2020. George Frey | Reuters Sanofi on Thursday said it’s planning to cut the U.S. price of its most popular insulin drug by 78% and cap monthly out-of-pocket costs at $35 for people

A customs officer takes a sample from part of the cocaine seized for the largest single seizure of cocaine in Bavaria to date, which is examined using a test tube. Picture Alliance | Getty Images Cocaine production is at its highest level on record, with demand rebounding post-pandemic and new trafficking hubs emerging, a report

In this article PFE Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT President Joe Biden delivers remarks about the Build Back Better legislation’s new rules around prescription drug prices in the East Room of the White House on December 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images Five of Pfizer’s drugs will cost less for

In this article MMM Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Nathan Frei, a former active-duty infantry officer, who served from 2011 to 2015 and Judge Advocate General in the U.S. Army, first noticed issues with his hearing in 2013, shortly after returning from coaching with the U.S. Navy. Nate was identified with tinnitus and now

In this article PFE Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A staff member draws up a syringe with the Comirnaty vaccine from Biontech and Pfizer adapted to the Omicron-BA.1 variant at the Mainz vaccination center. Sebastian Christoph Gollnow | dpa | Picture Alliance | Getty Images The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday authorized

The Alliance For Hippocratic Medicine wants Judge Kacsmaryk to nullify the FDA’s medical approval of mifepristone, which would effectively ban the abortion pill across the US. Senate Judiciary Committee | YouTube Citing death threats and harassing phone calls, the federal judge who is presiding over a pivotal case that could decide the future of the

Mifepristone (Mifeprex) and Misoprostol, the two drugs used in a medication abortion, are seen at the Women’s Reproductive Clinic, which provides legal medication abortion services, in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, on June 17, 2022. Robyn Beck | AFP | Getty Images A federal judge in Texas publicly disclosed Monday afternoon that he scheduled a hearing

A Science employee at work in the lab. Courtesy: Science Corporation Biotechnology startup and Neuralink competitor Science on Monday launched a new platform that aims to make it easier for other companies to quickly develop and produce medical devices.  The platform, called Science Foundry, allows companies to utilize and build upon Science’s internal infrastructure by

We’re buying 25 shares of Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) at roughly $153.55 each. Following Tuesday’s trade, Jim Cramer’s Charitable Trust will own 625 shares of J & J, increasing its weighting in the portfolio to about 3.7% from 3.55%. After keeping our powder dry since the end of February, we’re making one small buy into

Boxes of the medication Mifepristone used to induce a medical abortion are prepared for patients at Planned Parenthood health center in Birmingham, Alabama, March 14, 2022. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters The Food and Drug Administration’s power to approve drugs does not override state bans on the abortion pill, a coalition of Republican attorneys general told

In this article WBA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A Walgreens store in San Francisco, California, US, on Tuesday, March 7, 2023. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images California will not renew a $54 million contract with Walgreens over the drugstore chain’s decision not to sell the abortion pill mifepristone in some