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CDC drops universal COVID vaccine recommendations, suggests separate MMRV shots

(NEW YORK) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its immunization schedule on Monday, dropping the universal COVID-19 vaccine recommendation and recommending that toddlers receive the chickenpox shot separately from the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) shot.Acting Director and Deputy Secretary ...
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Cold-water immersion may offer health benefits — and also presents risks

Dr. Mark Harper recalls his first cold-water swim in the south of England 20 years ago. It was August, but the initial jolt from the plunge took his breath away. The shock to his system lasted a minute or two until he was “recombobulated ...
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US CDC pulls broad support for COVID shot

(Reuters) -The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday recommended COVID-19 vaccines should be administered only through a shared decision of a healthcare provider and the individual, moving away from a broader backing for the shot. The new recommendation, which aligns with that ...
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Measles-free status in jeopardy in the Americas as outbreaks continue

By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) -The Americas region is at risk of losing its measles-free status as the highly infectious disease continues to spread in Canada, Mexico and the United States, the head of the Pan American Health Organization told Reuters in an interview. To be ...
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WHO estimates at least 15 million teenagers use e-cigarettes worldwide

By Emma Rumney -At least 15 million people aged 13 to 15 use e-cigarettes globally, with young people on average nine times more likely to vape than adults in countries with data, the World Health Organization said on Monday. In its first global estimate of e-cigarette use, ...
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Amgen to sell cholesterol drug at 60% discount direct to US consumers

By Deena Beasley LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Amgen on Monday launched direct-to-consumer U.S. sales of its cholesterol medication Repatha at a discounted cash price, becoming the latest pharmaceutical company responding to U.S. political pressure to lower drug prices. The injected drug, with sales of $2.2 billion last ...
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Skye Bioscience’s obesity drug fails to meet main goal of mid-stage study

(Reuters) -Skye Bioscience said on Monday its experimental drug did not help overweight adults achieve significant weight loss compared to placebo, failing to meet the main goal of a mid-stage study and sending its shares slumping 66% before the bell. The company said patients receiving ...
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AstraZeneca signs up to $555 million deal with US-based Algen to develop gene therapies

(Reuters) -Algen Biotechnologies said on Monday it has agreed to grant AstraZeneca a license to develop gene therapies the U.S.-based biotech discovers using its artificial intelligence-driven platform, in a deal worth up to $555 million. Under the deal, AstraZeneca will get exclusive rights to develop ...
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Brunkow, Ramsdell and Sakaguchi win Nobel medicine prize for immune discoveries

By Johan Ahlander, Niklas Pollard and Ludwig Burger STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -American scientists Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi from Japan won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Monday for their discoveries in peripheral immune tolerance, creating openings for possible new autoimmune ...
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Qualtrics to buy healthcare tech firm Press Ganey in $6.75 billion deal, FT reports

(Reuters) -Customer survey software maker Qualtrics, owned by private equity firm Silver Lake, has agreed to buy healthcare market research company Press Ganey Forsta for $6.75 billion, including debt, the Financial Times reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter. The companies are betting ...
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AstraZeneca inks $555 million gene-editing technology deal with Algen, FT reports

(Reuters) -AstraZeneca has signed a $555 million deal with a San Francisco-based biotech business Algen Biotechnologies, The Financial Times reported on Monday. The agreement with Algen gives AstraZeneca exclusive rights to develop and commercialise therapies from the Crispr gene-editing technology, the report said. Reuters could not ...
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Eli Lilly to invest over $1 billion in India to expand manufacturing capacity

By Rishika Sadam (Reuters) -Eli Lilly will invest more than $1 billion in India in the coming years to boost manufacturing and supply through local drugmakers, the company said on Monday, as it seeks to tap into skilled workforce to bolster its global manufacturing expansion. The ...
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