Health, Fitness & Food

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

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

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

In this article LLY NOVO.B-DK 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

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

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

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

Security personnel keep watch outside the Wuhan Institute of Virology during the visit by the World Health Organization (WHO) team tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Wuhan, Hubei province, China February 3, 2021. Thomas Peter | Reuters The House of Representatives on Friday unanimously voted to declassify information on possible

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 A federal judge on Friday allowed North Carolina lawmakers to defend restrictions on the abortion pill mifepristone, after the state attorney general declined to do

A nondescript suite of offices in a bland building tucked in a quiet Miami suburb seemed as good a place as any for a medical supply company to rent some office space. But this company rented space two floors above a regional office of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ criminal investigative unit.

A woman who had type 1 diabetes since she was a teenager, displays her insulin for injection, on March 02, 2023 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images President Joe Biden’s federal budget proposal would cap insulin prices at $35 per month for people with private insurance plans. The Inflation Reduction Act capped

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, September 17, 2020. Mike Blake | Reuters Eli Lilly on Wednesday said it will halt development of its Alzheimer’s treatment candidate solanezumab after the antibody failed to slow disease

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 WW Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Shares of WW International, also known as WeightWatchers, skyrocketed Tuesday after the company said it planned to buy Sequence, a telehealth platform that provides treatment for obesity. The stock closed 79% higher on Tuesday. Its market value stood at more than $488 million. related investing

A woman, who chose to remain anonymous, talks to Doctor Audrey (R) before recieving an abortion at a Planned Parenthood Abortion Clinic in West Palm Beach, Florida, on July 14, 2022. Chandan Khanna | AFP | Getty Images Florida state lawmakers on Tuesday introduced legislation that would ban abortion after six weeks, when many women

In this article BBY Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Best Buy’s Geek Squad will install health-care devices that power a hospital at home program for Atrium Health, a North Carolina-based nonprofit. Best Buy Best Buy is best known for installing TVs and home theater systems. Now, its Geek Squad is helping to set up

California Gov. Gavin Newsom successfully quashed a recall attempt last year in California. Asked if he’s getting ready for a presidential run, Newsom insisted that was not the case. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday said the state would no longer do business with Walgreens, after the drugstore chain told

Kristen Fortney is CEO and co-founder of BioAge, a clinical stage biotech developing a pipeline of treatments to extend healthy lifespan by targeting molecular causes of aging. As a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford University, she used bioinformatics to study the genetics of supercentenarians — people who live to the age of 110 and beyond. BioAge

U.S. President Joe Biden will deliver a blistering criticism of Republican policies at a speech in Virginia Beach on Tuesday afternoon where he will warn of GOP plans to cut access to federal health-care programs. Speaking at the Kempsville Recreation Center, Biden will point to GOP proposals to repeal the Affordable Care Act and cut