Health, Fitness & Food

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 PRGO Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Opill Oral Contraception Source: Perrigo The Food and Drug Administration could approve the sale of birth control medication without a prescription for the first time by this summer. A committee of independent experts who advise the FDA is set to meet Tuesday and Wednesday to

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

People walk by a Covid-19 testing site at Times Square on May 12, 2022 in New York City. Liao Pan | China News Service | Getty Images The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will have less data to track the spread of Covid-19 and new variants in the U.S. after the public health emergency

Director of the Centers for Disease Control Rochelle Walensky departs after testifying before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on the All-Hazards Preparedness Act at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Thursday, May 4, 2023 in Washington, DC. Kent Nishimura | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), speaks during a news conference in Geneva, Switzerland, December 20, 2021. Denis Balibouse | Reuters The spread of Covid-19 is no longer a global public health emergency, the World Health Organization declared Friday. “For more than a year, the pandemic has been on a downward

Thibaut Mongon, CEO of Kenvue Inc. a Johnson & Johnson consumer-health business, speaks during an interview with CNBC during his company’s IPO at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), May 4, 2023. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Kenvue CEO Thibaut Mongon is betting on brand and product innovation to drive growth at the newly spun-out company

In this article Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Thibaut Mongon, CEO and Paul Ruh CFO of Kenvue Inc. a Johnson & Johnson’s consumer-health business, pose together during the company’s IPO at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., May 4, 2023. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Johnson & Johnson‘s consumer health

In this article MRNA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Moderna’s sign is seen outside of their headquarters in Cambridge, MA on March 11, 2021. Boston Globe | Getty Images Moderna on Thursday blew past estimates for first-quarter earnings and revenue, posting a surprise quarterly profit, despite lower demand for Covid vaccines, its only marketable

In this article LLY Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf speaks at an event celebrating hearing aids being available over the counter at a Walgreens in Washington, D.C., Oct. 19, 2022. Nathan Posner | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Food and Drug Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf praised results Eli Lilly

In this article JNJ Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Johnson & Johnson products on a shelf in a store in New York. Lucas Jackson | Reuters Johnson & Johnson‘s consumer health business, Kenvue, is expected to go public this week in the largest U.S. IPO in more than a year.  That business is chock

In this article GILD Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Gilead Sciences logo displayed on a laptop screen and medical pills are seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on October 18, 2021. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Gilead Sciences and the U.S. government faced

In this article PFE Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Pharmaceutical Pfizer Inc. said that an oral drug for treating COVID-19 could be available by end of 2021. Soumyabrata Roy | NurPhoto | Getty Images Pfizer on Tuesday reported first-quarter revenue and adjusted earnings that topped Wall Street’s expectations, despite a decline in sales driven

Travelers wearing protective masks receive nasal swabs from nurses at a COVID-19 test site inside Terminal B at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), on Sunday, Nov. 22, 2020. Bing Guan | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Biden administration will end its Covid-19 vaccine mandates for federal employees, contractors and international air travelers next week. The

The Alzheimer’s drug LEQEMBI is seen in this undated handout image obtained by Reuters on January 20, 2023. Eisai | via Reuters Democratic and Republican attorneys general in nearly half of U.S. states are calling on Medicare to provide unrestricted coverage of antibody treatments for Alzheimer’s disease, according to a letter released Monday. The push

Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes on November 18, 2022 in San Jose, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes will not go to prison this week, despite a judge’s order that she begin serving her 11-year sentence on Thursday. Late Tuesday, Holmes’ attorneys appealed that ruling to the U.S. 9th Circuit

In this article DGX LLY BIIB 4523.T-JP Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Juanmonino | E+ | Getty Images Seniors with early Alzheimer’s disease will face major hurdles to get treated even if promising new drugs roll out more broadly in the coming years, putting them at risk of developing more severe disease as they

In this article MRK Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Medicine pill is seen with Merck logo displayed on a screen in the background in this illustration photo taken in Poland on October 4, 2021. NurPhoto | NurPhoto | Getty Images Merck on Thursday reported first-quarter revenue and adjusted earnings that topped Wall Street’s expectations, despite

In this article LLY Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A pharmacist displays a box of Mounjaro, a tirzepatide injection drug used for treating type 2 diabetes and made by Lilly at Rock Canyon Pharmacy in Provo, Utah, May 29, 2023. George Frey | Reuters Patients who took Eli Lilly‘s weight loss drug tirzepatide lost