Health, Fitness & Food

Digitally generated image of 3D molecular model of polio virus Calysta Images | Tetra Images | Getty Images Hundreds of other people could have polio after an adult in the New York City metro area caught the virus and suffered paralysis last month, the state’s top health official said this week. New York state Health

Following Friday’s much stronger-than-anticipated nonfarm payrolls report for July, the 10-Year Treasury yield jumped to more than 2.8% and the stock market began pricing in a higher probability that the Federal Reserve will increase interest rates by 75 basis points at its September meeting. The Fed started its most recent rate hiking cycle to try

People protest during a rally calling for more government action to combat the spread of monkeypox at Foley Square on July 21, 2022 in New York City. Jeenah Moon | Getty Images The Biden administration is declaring monkeypox a public health emergency as the U.S. outbreak has grown into the largest in the world, the

Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH, Director, United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; speaks during the COVID Federal Response Hearing on Capitol Hill on June 16, 2022 in Washington, DC. Joe Raedle | Getty Images The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates about 1.7 million men who have sex with men face the biggest

In this article CVS A CVS Pharmacy store is seen in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York. Shannon Stapleton | Reuters CVS said Wednesday that it plans to acquire or take a stake in a primary-care company by the end of the year, as competition heats up with Amazon and Walgreens. CEO

Erin Woods for the Vote No on the Constitutional Amendment on Abortion canvases a neighborhood on August 01, 2022 in Lenexa, Kansas. Kyle Rivas | Getty Images Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and other leading Democrats on Wednesday said an unexpectedly strong vote to uphold the right to an abortion in “red” Kansas gives their

President Joe Biden on Tuesday named a team of disaster management and health officials to lead the U.S. response to the monkeypox outbreak as infections continue to rise. Biden appointed Robert Fenton, an administrator with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, as the head of U.S. efforts to quash the outbreak. Fenton currently leads the FEMA

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announces enforcement actions against Russia, during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, U.S., April 6, 2022. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters The U.S. Justice Department filed a civil complaint Tuesday seeking to block Idaho’s new highly restrictive abortion law on the grounds that it violates the federal act

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) talks with reporters after a meeting with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., in the U.S. Capitol, on Friday, July 15, 2022. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency over the rapidly spreading monkeypox outbreak on Monday, the

In this article OGN CMLT-SG ULTA MRK BMY ADSK BBWI shironosov | Getty Images If you want to take a good guess at a company’s gender diversity record, you might want to first look at who its CEO or board chair is, according to the findings of a new study. Having a female CEO at

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) treatment pill Paxlovid is seen in boxes, at Misericordia hospital in Grosseto, Italy, February 8, 2022. Jennifer Lorenzini | Reuters Pfizer’s second-quarter revenue and profit beat Wall Street expectations, driven by sales of its Covid-19 vaccine and its antiviral treatment Paxlovid. Pfizer booked $27.7 billion in revenue, a 47% increase over the

A healthcare worker administers a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at a vaccination clinic in the Peabody Institute Library in Peabody, Massachusetts, U.S., on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Vanessa Leroy | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Health and Human Services Department has secured 171 million doses of new Covid vaccines that target the omicron

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to the media as he arrives at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S. July 20, 2022.  Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Joe Biden on Saturday tested positive for Covid-19 once again after consecutive days of testing negative for the virus, his physician said. Biden, 79, is experiencing no new symptoms and

We’re selling 50 shares of Salesforce (CRM) at roughly $181.49 each, 65 shares of Danaher (DHR) at roughly $291.05 each, and 50 shares of Eli Lilly (LLY) at roughly $329.07 each. Following Friday’s trades, Jim Cramer’s Charitable Trust will own 355 shares CRM, decreasing its weighting in the portfolio to 2.20% from 2.51%, 485 shares

Club holding AbbVie (ABBV) reported a mixed second quarter Friday morning. On the top line, net revenue increased 6.1% on an operational basis to $14.58 billion, but that missed the consensus estimate on FactSet of $14.67 billion. Adjusted earnings per share increased 11.2% to $3.37, beating estimates of $3.32. Included in earnings was a 14-cent

It appears that one of the worst-case scenarios has happened to Bausch Health (BHC) and its patent for Xifaxan, a Salix Pharmaceuticals product used to treat IBS-D (irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea.) Salix is a subsidiary of Bausch. It was reported Thursday morning that in an oral order, a district court judged said, Norwich, which

People wait in line for the monkeypox vaccine at the Balboa Sports Center in the Encino neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, on July 27, 2022. Robyn Beck | AFP | Getty Images The U.S. health secretary on Thursday said the federal government needs Congress to help end the growing monkeypox outbreak and that states, cities

A person holds doses of Imvanex vaccine used to protect against Monkeypox virus at the Edison municipal vaccination centre in Paris, France July 27, 2022. Alain Jocard | Pool | Reuters The U.S. will make 786,000 additional monkeypox vaccine doses available to local health departments “as soon as possible” after the Food and Drug Administration

People line up outside the Test Positive Aware Network nonprofit clinic to receive the monkeypox vaccine in Chicago, Illinois, July 25, 2022 Eric Cox | Reuters The World Health Organization on Wednesday recommended that gay and bisexual men limit their number of sexual partners to protect themselves from monkeypox and help slow transmission of the

In this article MMM 3M announced Tuesday it will spin off its health-care business into a separate publicly traded company. The new business will focus on wound and oral care, health-care IT and biopharma filtration, the material science company said in a release. That includes products like its bandages, skin adhesives, oral aligners, air purifiers