Category: breaking-news

Revance Shares Jump 18% After FDA Approves Botox Rival Daxxify

Revance Therapeutics says its new treatment, Daxxify, diminishes facial wrinkles for up to six months.

Decades Of Human Progress Set Back By Covid, Climate Change And Ukraine War, UN Warns

The back-to-back crises erased five years of human progress, the UN said in a new report.

Billionaire-Backed Group Steps Up Hunt For Long Covid Treatment

The Long Covid Research Initiative, made up of top researchers and patient groups, has the backing of billionaire philanthropists and hopes to find treatments to help the millions of people suffering from the condition.

Federal Judge Rules Companies Should Not Have To Cover PrEP HIV Prevention Medicine

The ruling could threaten HIV prevention coverage for more than 150 million Americans.

Annual Covid Booster? Vaccination May Soon Resemble Flu Shot Approach, White House Says

The news comes as the Biden administration is rolling out a fall booster campaign with shots targeting the omicron variant.

‘Pharma Bro’ Shkreli Plots Post-Jail NYC Return—Seeks Home In ‘Dope Building With Sick Views’

The notorious investor is reemerging from his prison sentence and back on social media.

CDC’s Walensky Signs Off On Omicron Booster–Here’s When You Can Get One

Omicron-targeted vaccine booster shots are expected to be available this weekend.

Mystery Respiratory Illness In Argentina Prompts Investigation After 3 People Die

Experts have already ruled out common suspects like Covid-19, the flu and hantavirus after nine people fell sick with the unexplained disease.

Three Covid Vaccine Doses Better Than Two Against Omicron Infections, New Study Reinforces

Two doses of the Covid-19 vaccine only offer limited protection against the highly contagious omicron variant, according to a new Danish study published in PLOS Medicine.

New China Lockdown Hits 21 Million People In Chengdu Amid ‘Zero Covid’ Push

Chengdu, home to factories for multinational giants like Intel and Foxconn, faces the lockdown on top of extreme heat and power shortages this summer, and following tight restrictions in other major cities.