Health, Fitness & Food

Jackyenjoyphotography | Moment | Getty Images LONDON — Danish biotech company Bavarian Nordic said Friday that it had submitted data to the European Union’s drug regulator to extend the use of its mpox vaccine for teenagers. CEO Paul Chaplin told CNBC that the expanded approval for 12 to 17 year-olds would be crucial in tackling

Nomadsoul1 | Istock | Getty Images The question “What is a thought?” is no longer strictly a philosophical one. Like anything else measurable, our thoughts are subject to increasingly technical answers, with data captured by tracking brainwaves. That breakthrough also means the data is commodifiable, and captured brain data is already being bought and sold

The eponymous sign outside Epic headquarters in Verona, Wisconsin. Source: Yiem via Wikipedia CC Epic Systems, the health-care software giant whose technology is used in thousands of hospitals and clinics across the country, said on Friday that it’s planning on moving all of its customers to a new government-backed medical records exchange by the end

In this article GILD Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Gilead HIV prescription bottles seized at Best Scripts pharmacy. Courtesy: Gilead Sciences Gilead Sciences says it uncovered a dangerous drug-counterfeiting operation in which its HIV medications were tampered with and improperly resold before reaching patients. The scheme, allegedly run out of two New York City

U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris walk out together, at an event on Medicare drug price negotiations, in Prince George’s County, Maryland, U.S., August 15, 2024.  Ken Cedeno | Reuters The Biden administration on Thursday reached a milestone in Democrats’ decades-long quest to use Medicare to drive down prescription drug costs, releasing

Colorized transmission electron micrograph of monkeypox virus particles (red) found within an infected cell (blue), cultured in the laboratory. Bsip | Universal Images Group | Getty Images LONDON — Shares of Danish vaccine maker Bavarian Nordic jumped as much as 17% Thursday amid a wider rally for associated healthcare stocks after the World Health Organization

In this article LLY NOVO.B-DK Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT An Eli Lilly & Co. Zepbound injection pen, March 28, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Healthy Returns newsletter, which brings the latest health-care news straight to your inbox. Subscribe here to receive future

Zoom In IconArrows pointing outwards Source: Ro The direct-to-consumer health-care startup Ro launched a new free tool Tuesday to help patients determine whether their insurance covers a buzzy class of weight loss and diabetes drugs called GLP-1s.  Most insurance plans cover GLP-1s when they are used to treat diabetes, so those patients can usually avoid

In this article LLY Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The Eli Lilly logo is shown on one of the company’s offices in San Diego, California, on Sept. 17, 2020. Mike Blake | Reuters Eli Lilly on Thursday reported second-quarter earnings and revenue that blew past expectations and hiked its full-year revenue outlook by $3

Novo Nordisk Wegovy manufactured by Novo Nordisk packaging is seen in this illustration photo taken in a pharmacy in Krakow, Poland on April 8, 2024. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Novo Nordisk on Wednesday posted weaker-than-expected net profit in the second quarter and trimmed its operating

In this article CVS Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The CVS pharmacy logo is displayed on a sign above a CVS Health Corp. store in Las Vegas, Nevada on Feb. 7, 2024. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images CVS Health on Wednesday reported second-quarter earnings that topped expectations, but slashed its full-year

In this article JNJ BMY Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT President Joe Biden speaks during an event at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, Dec. 14, 2023. Chris Kleponis | Bloomberg | Getty Images Think a friend or colleague should be getting this newsletter? Share this link with them to sign up.

GE Healthcare on Wednesday morning reported a mixed second quarter and shares initially moved sharply lower. The stock then reversed higher as the post-earnings call got underway. Management made it clear that they think that weakness in China is temporary and see many other levers available to grow earnings. Revenue advanced less than 1% year over

In this article LLY NOVO.B-DK AUGX Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Weight loss syringes of the brands “Wegovy”, “Ozempic” and “Mounjaro” are sold at In der Achat Apotheke in Mitte, Germany. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Think a friend or colleague should be getting this newsletter? Share this link with them

The Moderna Inc. headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US, on Tuesday, March 26, 2024.  Adam Glanzman | Bloomberg | Getty Images Moderna on Thursday reported second-quarter revenue that beat expectations but slashed its full-year sales guidance, citing lower expected sales in Europe, a “competitive environment” for respiratory vaccines in the U.S. and the potential for deferred

In this article LLY Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT An injection pen of Zepbound, Eli Lilly’s weight loss drug, is displayed in New York City on Dec. 11, 2023. Brendan McDermid | Reuters All doses of Eli Lilly’s highly popular weight loss injection Zepbound and diabetes drug Mounjaro are now available in the U.S.,

A test tube is seen in front of displayed Biogen logo in this illustration taken on, December 1, 2021. Dado Ruvic | Reuters Biogen on Thursday reported second-quarter earnings and revenue that topped estimates and hiked its full-year guidance, as the company’s cost cuts showed progress and sales of its breakthrough Alzheimer’s drug, Leqembi, and

In this article LLY Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT An Eli Lilly & Co. Zepbound injection pen arranged in the Brooklyn borough of New York, US, on Thursday, March 28, 2024.  Shelby Knowles | Bloomberg | Getty Images Eli Lilly‘s weight loss drug Zepbound showed benefits in patients with a common type of heart

The eponymous sign outside Epic headquarters in Verona, Wisconsin. Source: Yiem via Wikipedia CC It’s about to get a lot easier for patients in the U.S. to access their own medical records.  Health-care software vendor Epic Systems on Thursday announced that individuals will be able to securely release their health data to different apps they

In this article ME Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A sign is posted in front of the 23andMe headquarters in Sunnyvale, California, on Feb. 1, 2024. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Anne Wojcicki, CEO of 23andMe, has submitted a proposal to take the genetic testing company private as its stock price continues to hover