Masimo activist Politan reveals proxy fight plan, letter
Founder and CEO of Masimo, Joe Kiani addresses a press conference in Bangalore on January 2, 2017. Manjunath Kiran | AFP | Getty Images Despite voting for change at last …
Health care industry
Plant-based meat substitutes may be more heart-healthy than real meat
Plant-based meat alternatives, despite being ultraprocessed, may be healthier for the heart than meat, a new report suggests. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images Plant-based meat alternatives, despite being …
CDC issues dengue fever alert in the U.S.
Close-up of a yellow-fever mosquito biting human skin, it’s a culicidae vector of malaria, yellow fever, chikungunya, dengue and zika virus in Brazil, known locally as mosquito da dengue. Joao …
Starbucks debuts fruity energy drink less than two months after Panera discontinues highly caffeinated Charged Lemonade
Starbucks on Tuesday launched a drink at stores nationwide called Iced Energy, which has up to 205 milligrams of caffeine in it — about the same amount as six cans …
Novo Nordisk to boost output of Wegovy, Ozempic with new NC facility
Novo Nordisk’s new manufacturing facility in Clayton, North Carolina. Courtesy: Novo Nordisk Novo Nordisk on Monday said it will spend $4.1 billion to build a new manufacturing plant in Clayton, …
Supreme Court rejects appeals brought by RFK Jr-founded anti-vaccine group over Covid shots
Independent Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a campaign rally at Legends Event Center on December 20, 2023 in Phoenix, Arizona. Rebecca Noble | Getty Images The Supreme Court on …
FDA OKs first menthol e-cigarettes, citing potential for adult smokers
The Food and Drug Administration on Friday authorized the first menthol-flavored electronic cigarettes for adult smokers, acknowledging that vaping flavors can reduce the harms of traditional tobacco smoking. The FDA said …
Eli Lilly expects FDA decision on Zepbound for sleep apnea as early as end of year
Eli Lilly on Friday said it applied for U.S. approval of its weight loss drug Zepbound for the treatment of the most common sleep-related breathing disorder and expects regulators to make a …
Paradromics gears up to test its brain implant on humans
Neurotech startup Paradromics will be putting its brain implant on trial next year, as the race to be the leader in the nascent brain-computer interface space heats up. “The brain …
Gilead PrEP lenacapavir succeeds in Phase 3 trial
Gilead‘s experimental twice-yearly medicine to prevent HIV was 100% effective in a late-stage trial, the company said Thursday. None of the roughly 2,000 women in the trial who received the …