Tag: Social issues
Cigna reaches new deal on Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk weight loss drugs
Wegovy injection pens arranged in Waterbury, Vermont, US, on Monday, April 28, 2025. Shelby Knowles | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesOnly half of health insu [...]
FDA outlines stricter Covid vaccine approval standards
Brandon Guerrero, of Compton, California, is given both a flu and Covid vaccine at CVS in Huntington Park, California, Aug. 28, 2024.Christina House | [...]
Trump most favored nations drug price executive order: What to know
President Donald Trump, joined by National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Jay Bhattacharya, speaks during a press conference in the Roosevelt Ro [...]
Trump to sign most favored nation drug pricing order
President Donald Trump on Monday revived a controversial policy that aims to slash drug costs by tying the prices of some medicine in the U.S. to the [...]
Teal Health at-home cervical cancer screening test wins FDA approval
The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the first-ever at-home test for cervical cancer screening, developed by San Francisco-based startu [...]
Soccer fandom to improve maternal health
Mother's Day on Sunday marks the launch of an innovative program to improve maternal health by harnessing the power of soccer fandom.The World Health [...]
Hispanic shoppers are spending less on groceries, pressuring companies
Miami, Hialeah Gardens, Florida, Walmart Supercenter, checkout line cashier, customers paying. Jeff Greenberg | Universal Images Group | Getty ImagesH [...]
Eli Lilly CEO David Ricks discusses Trump pharmaceutical tariffs
CEO of Eli Lilly and Company David Ricks speaks at the Economic Club of New York on March 12, 2024 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty ImagesEli L [...]
GLP-1s can help employers lower medical costs in 2 years: study
Packages of weight loss drugs Wegovy, Ozempic and Mounjaro.Picture Alliance | Getty ImagesThe growing demand for diabetes and weight loss drugs like M [...]
Novo Nordisk legal win bars many compounded Wegovy, Ozempic drugs
Flags with the logos of Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk, maker of the blockbuster diabetes and weight-loss treatments Ozempic and Wegovy are pictures wh [...]
FDA announces food dye ban
Candy is displayed for sale, as U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., along with FDA Commissioner Marty Makary, annou [...]
FDA guts education, training division as part of RFK Jr.’s cuts
The Food and Drug Administration has gutted a division responsible for training agency staff and outside health-care professionals on an array of key [...]
CMS makes job cuts as RKF Jr. guts HHS
An aerial of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services building on March 19, 2025 in Woodlawn, Maryland. Kayla Bartkowski | Getty ImagesThe Cen [...]
Eli Lilly sues Strive and Empower over compounded tirzepatide
The Eli Lilly logo is shown on one of the company's offices in San Diego, California, on Sept. 17, 2020.Mike Blake | ReutersEli Lilly is suing two pha [...]
Vaccine stocks fall after FDA’s Peter Marks resigns over RFK Jr.
Rafael Henrique | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesShares of major vaccine makers dropped on Monday after a key U.S. health official resigned in protest of H [...]