Social issues
Supreme Court allows Trump’s cuts to health research grants over DEI policies
The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed Trump administration broad cuts to National Institutes of Health grants as part of the federal government’s campaign against diversity, equity and inclusion policies. But in a mixed decision the court left in place a different part of the lower court judge’s ruling that threw out the administration’s guidance document that introduced the policy, […]
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Healthy Returns: New study casts doubts on RFK Jr.’s reasons for gutting key vaccine panel
U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks as he attends a press conference with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz to discuss health insurance reform, at the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 23, 2025. Kevin Mohatt | Reuters A version of […]
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Healthy Returns: FDA launches program to streamline creation of new U.S. drug manufacturing sites
FILE PHOTO: The headquarters of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is seen in Silver Spring, Maryland November 4, 2009. Jason Reed | Reuters A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Healthy Returns newsletter, which brings the latest health-care news straight to your inbox. Subscribe here to receive future editions. A new […]
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FDA may pull authorization of Pfizer’s Covid vaccine for children under 5
A nurse prepares doses of the Pfizer vaccine during a COVID-19 vaccination event at Josephine’s Southern Cooking in Chatham, Illinois, Dec. 30, 2021. Brian Cassella | Tribune News Service | Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration is weighing revoking its authorization of Pfizer‘s Covid-19 vaccine for healthy children under the age of 5, the […]
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The UK government won’t admit it, but tax rises are coming — and there are no good options
People walk near the Elizabeth Tower, commonly referred to as Big Ben, near the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, central London on April 18, 2017. JUSTIN TALLIS | AFP | Getty Images The U.K. government is loathe to admit it, but economists say it’s highly likely that the Treasury will have to hike taxes in […]
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Trump orders ‘new’ census that excludes undocumented immigrants
US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025. Bonnie Cash/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images President Donald Trump on Thursday said he has ordered the U.S. Commerce Department to create a new U.S. census that excludes people who are in the U.S. illegally. The […]
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Singaporeans are avoiding the U.S. more than other Asian travelers. Here’s why
Southeast Asians are skipping trips to the United States this year — for a variety of reasons. Singaporeans, however, are rejecting it at greater levels than others, a survey of 6,000 regional travelers showed. The survey commissioned by CNBC Travel showed 7% of Singaporeans said their interest in visiting the U.S. increased this year, […]
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Healthy Returns: Medicare, Medicaid will reportedly pilot covering obesity drugs – a potential win for drugmakers
A combination image shows an injection pen of Zepbound, Eli Lilly’s weight loss drug, and boxes of Wegovy, made by Novo Nordisk. Hollie Adams | Reuters A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Healthy Returns newsletter, which brings the latest health-care news straight to your inbox. Subscribe here to receive future editions. For […]
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‘What am I falling in love with?’ Human-AI relationships are no longer just science fiction
Nikolai Daskalov lives alone in a small house in rural Virginia. His preferred spot is a brown suede recliner in the middle of his living room facing a vintage wooden armoire and a TV that’s rarely turned on. The front of the white home is covered in shrubs, and inside there are trinkets, stacks of […]
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Hunger in Gaza reaches ‘tipping point’ under Israel’s offensive as children face lifelong impacts of malnutrition
Palestinians gather to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen, before a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel takes effect, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, January 17, 2025. Hatem Khaled | Reuters The hunger crisis in Gaza under Israel’s assault has reached a “tipping point,” experts and advocates tell NBC News, with deaths expected to soar if Palestinians do not […]
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