Social issues
Trump’s DHS offers $1,000 stipends, travel assistance to immigrants who ‘self-deport’
The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) headquarters in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, May 10, 2023. Mayorkas provided an update on planning and operations ahead of the lifting of the Title 42 public health order. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Department of Homeland Security announced Monday […]
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Eli Lilly CEO says company can help ‘respond’ to national security concerns around essential drugs as tariffs loom
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 Images Eli Lilly CEO Dave Ricks on Thursday said the drugmaker can help “respond” to national security concerns around cheaper essential medicines as pharmaceutical-specific tariffs loom. The […]
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Healthy Returns: Here are the drugmakers with new U.S. investments as Trump’s pharma tariffs loom
Jgi/jamie Grill | Tetra Images | 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 receive future editions. Tariff threats — and efforts to get into President Donald Trump’s good graces — are fueling a new wave […]
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GLP-1s can help employers lower medical costs in 2 years, new study finds
Packages of weight loss drugs Wegovy, Ozempic and Mounjaro. Picture Alliance | Getty Images The growing demand for diabetes and weight loss drugs like Mounjaro, Ozempic and Wegovy has helped fuel higher health costs for large employers. For many, the big question is whether the pricy medications known as GLP-1s will pay off by improving […]
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The outdated health idea that’s holding women back in life and careers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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