Drug

President Biden is leaning into lowering health care costs and picking fights with the drug industry to show what he could bring to a second term and contrast with likely GOP nominee former President Trump.  Biden is embracing…

Pfizer said Friday it is halting the testing of a twice-daily obesity drug, citing side effects. The company said in a press release it will now focus its future efforts for the drug, danuglipron, on a “once-daily formulation.” It…

A group of Senate Democrats are demanding answers about a shortage of a new drug that prevents respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in infants. In a letter led by Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) sent Friday, the lawmakers asked…

A new version of the popular diabetes treatment Mounjaro can be sold as a weight-loss drug, U.S. regulators announced Wednesday. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Eli Lilly's drug, named Zepbound. The…

Australians are hoovering up cocaine and methylamphetamine at alarming levels, a new report has found, with consumption of the illicit drug classes now at their highest levels since 2020.An analysis of wastewater run by the Australian…

When you’re experiencing menopause, hot flashes can wreak havoc on your body. During a hot flash, blood vessels near the surface of a person’s skin get bigger, their blood flow is increased, they can appear flushed, and their body can…

Kelly Cornick, 39, had suffered from severe acne since her teenage years, claiming "nothing seemed to work", until she tried the blood pressure medication spironolactone.The mother-of-three said "nothing seemed to work" for her acne,…

Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text sizeIt is a sad truth that if you pinned me to a wall and offered me a magic pill to change my life – and you narrowed the choices to entirely selfish and superficial ones, rather than…

Drug overdoses killed the equivalent of a large plane full of Americans every other day last year, figures show.Early data showed that more than 105,000 died, but due to reporting delays, officials expect the final count to be more than…

Vibe Bio Co-founder and CEO, Alok TayiVibe Bio Although he didn’t know it then, the hospitalization of Alok Tayi’s newborn daughter presented him with a way out of a chicken-and-egg problem. Tayi is a scientist with a background in…