Social issues
The outdated health idea that’s holding women back in life and careers
Twenty-five years ago, Joanna Strober invested in a company called BabyCenter. Twenty-five years later, the company is still serving women, “a lot of women,” Strober says. She was a pregnant venture investor at the time she made the BabyCenter investment, and it helped to spark a bigger idea: for too long, she says, the storyline […]
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Trump administration targets Harvard Law Review with race-based discrimination investigation
People walk through Harvard Yard on the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachussetts, on April 15, 2025. Joseph Prezioso | AFP | Getty Images The Trump administration on Monday announced the opening of two investigations into Harvard University and the Harvard Law Review after reports that the prestigious legal journal was selecting articles for publication […]
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Novo Nordisk scores major legal win that bars many compounded versions of Wegovy, Ozempic
Flags with the logos of Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk, maker of the blockbuster diabetes and weight-loss treatments Ozempic and Wegovy are pictures while the company presents the annual report at Novo Nordisk in Bagsvaerd, Denmark, on February 5, 2025. Mads Claus Rasmussen | Afp | Getty Images Novo Nordisk scored a huge legal victory that […]
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FDA to phase out dyes used in Flamin’ Hot Cheetos, Skittles and other snacks
Candy is displayed for sale, as U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., along with FDA Commissioner Marty Makary, announce the FDA’s intent to remove from the U.S. food supply “petroleum-based synthetic” food dyes, which are present in numerous foods such as breakfast cereals, candy, snacks, and beverages, at a grocery […]
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Healthy Returns: Trump seeks to change Medicare drug price negotiations in a win for pharma
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media during the annual White House Easter Egg Roll, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 21, 2025. Leah Millis | Reuters A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Healthy Returns newsletter, which brings the latest health-care news straight to […]
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Pope Francis, the first pontiff from the Americas, dies at 88
Pope Francis in 2015. Max Rossi | Reuters Pope Francis, the Argentine Jesuit who became the first Roman Catholic pontiff from the Americas, has died, the Vatican said Monday. He was 88. In a video address, Cardinal Kevin Farrell announced the news. “Dearest brothers and sisters, with deep sorrow I must announce the death of […]
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U.S. Supreme Court temporarily halts deportations of Venezuelan migrants under wartime law
Salvadoran prison guards escort alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua and the MS-13 gang recently deported by the U.S. government to be imprisoned in the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) prison, as part of an agreement with the Salvadoran government, in Tecoluca, El Salvador, in this handout image obtained March 31, 2025. Secretaria […]
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UnitedHealth’s stock is plunging on higher medical costs. That may mean trouble for more insurers
The logo of UnitedHealth appears on the side of one of its office buildings in Santa Ana, California, on April 13, 2020. Mike Blake | Reuters UnitedHealth Group‘s stock sank 20% on Thursday after the company slashed its annual profit forecast, citing higher-than-expected medical costs in its privately run Medicare plans. Those bleak results from […]
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Healthy Returns: What drugmakers are saying about Trump’s looming pharmaceutical tariffs
A worker is working on a drug production line at the production workshop of a pharmaceutical company in Meishan, China, on January 30, 2024. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images 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 […]
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CDC says measles cases are most likely underreported as outbreak swells in Texas
Measles cases are most likely being underreported in the United States as public health officials scramble to find resources to address a ballooning outbreak in the Southwest, according to a senior scientist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. So far this year, 747 cases have been recorded in the United States, according to […]
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