Health, Fitness & Food

American Indians and Alaska Natives are entitled to federally funded health care under treaties negotiated between tribal nations and the U.S. government.  “Our treaties say that we have a right to health care provided by the federal government,” said Abigail Echo-Hawk, an enrolled member of the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma and the executive Vice President

In this article CMCSA Jeenah Moon | Reuters A slow and steady uptick in box office receipts could be threatened by a new coronavirus variant. Since March, the domestic box office has gained steam, recently tallying as much as $98.7 million in ticket sales over the course of last weekend, a record during the pandemic

In this article REGN NTLA Following a breakthrough trial where gene-editing technology CRISPR completed its first systematic delivery as medicine to a human body, Intellia Therapeutics CEO John Leonard said he hopes the gene therapy could be made available to patients “very, very soon.” “These approaches are subjected to the standard sorts of clinical trials

Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC on Friday that most Americans should feel comfortable safely gathering over Independence Day weekend, citing high Covid vaccination rates and low virus infection levels in many parts of the country. However, the former Food and Drug Administration commissioner said there are certain places where people should be more careful. “There’s very low

Two women in face masks walk along a shopping area on April 19, 2021 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Francois Nel | Getty Images News | Getty Images Vaccination campaigns in several Middle East nations raced ahead of the rest of the world at the beginning of 2021. Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain

Members of FEMA greet the public as they make their way into the high school to be vaccinated at a FEMA run mobile Covid-19 Vaccination clinic at Biddeford High School in Bidderford, Maine on April 26, 2021. clotting. Joseph Prezioso | AFP | Getty Images About 1,000 counties in the United States have vaccination coverage

Australia’s vaccine rollout has been slow and chaotic, with government leaders and health advisors sending out mixed messages. The country’s top professional body for doctors says it’s recommending that people follow guidance from the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation, when deciding which Covid vaccine to take. ATAGI advises the health minister on vaccine issues

In this article REGN NTLA Gene-editing technology CRISPR reached a major milestone this past weekend, completing its first systemic delivery as a medicine to a human body. CRISPR, or clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats, effectively cuts genomes and slices DNA to treat genetic diseases. The latest breakthrough, the result of a trial between biotech

In this article DAL ISS-DK French police walk on street during the French midsummer Festival of Music on June 21, 2021 in Paris, France. Rafael Yaghobzadeh | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images LONDON — The coronavirus delta variant first discovered in India has now spread around the world, prompting further waves of infections in

In this article WMT LLY An Eli Lilly & Co. logo is seen on a box of insulin medication in this arranged photograph at a pharmacy in Princeton, Illinois. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Eli Lilly CEO David Ricks said he welcomes new competition from Walmart, even as the retailer undercuts the drugmaker’s

Indian People queue up at a COVID screening center at Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital,(RML) after a case emerged in Delhi causing a panic situation in Delhi India, 04 March 2020. Imtiyaz Khan | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images India has rolled out a slew of measures amounting to 6.3 trillion rupees ($84.9 billion) aimed at

In this article PFIZER-IN PFE Walgreens healthcare professionals pass to each other the Pfizer-BioNTec vaccine against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Victor Walchirk Apartments in Evanston, Illinois, February 22, 2021. Kamil Krzaczynski | Reuters LONDON — Mixing and matching the coronavirus vaccines made by Pfizer-BioNTech and AstraZeneca-Oxford generates a “robust” immune response against the virus,

Vaccines are working against Covid-19, including the highly contagious delta variant — but the challenge is in getting enough people inoculated, according to a professor of preventive medicine at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. “Leaving it in the refrigerator doesn’t help, that won’t prevent disease. You have got to move that vaccine into arms,” William Schaffner

In this article DOCS Jeff Tangney, CEO, of Doximity at the New York Stock Exchange for their IPO, June 24, 2021. Source: NYSE Jeff Tangney launched his first health-tech start-up, Epocrates, in the middle of the dot-com bubble. While the company survived the crash and eventually went public, the endgame was a disappointing acquisition for

Vials with Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine labels are seen in this illustration picture taken March 19, 2021. Dado Ruvic | Reuters The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday added a warning to patient and provider fact sheets for the Pfizer and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines to indicate a rare risk of heart

New York State Attorney General, Letitia James, speaks during a news conference, to announce criminal justice reform in New York City, U.S., May 21, 2021. Brendan McDermid | Reuters New York Attorney General Letitia James announced on Saturday that Johnson & Johnson has agreed to halt sales of opioids nationwide in a $230 million settlement

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Allyson Black (R), a registered nurse, cares for COVID-19 patients in a makeshift ICU (Intensive Care Unit) at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center on January 21, 2021 in Torrance, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images More than 4,100 people have been hospitalized or died with Covid-19 in the U.S. even though they’ve

People wear face masks in Central Park on April 10, 2021 in New York City. Noam Galai | Getty Images The World Health Organization on Friday urged fully vaccinated people to continue to wear masks, social distance and practice other Covid-19 pandemic safety measures as the highly contagious delta variant spreads rapidly across the globe.

12 years and older New Yorkers are getting vaccinated at the St. Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Church in Bronx of New York City, United States on June 13, 2021. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images LONDON — The U.K. has one of the highest Covid-19 vaccination rates in the world, yet it’s

In this article RAD Rite Aid CEO Heyward Donigan told CNBC on Thursday she’s “cautiously optimistic” the U.S. would avoid another round of strict Covid restrictions despite the presence of the delta variant. “We all hope that enough people get vaccinated that we don’t have the variant become so significant that our markets shut down again,” Donigan