Tag: Health
A Gene Editing Therapy Cut Cholesterol Levels by Half
In a step toward the wider use of gene editing, a treatment that uses Crispr successfully slashed high cholesterol levels in a small number...
Trump strikes deal to lower cost of weight loss drugs
President Donald Trump said Thursday his administration has reached an agreement with drugmakers Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly to lower the cost of their...
This founder went from designing Happy Meal toys to making prosthetic skulls for a living—and her company now rakes in $20 million a year | Fortune
Happy Meal toys like Transformer figurines and Hot Wheels cars have sparked joy with little kids for decades—and now, one of the designers behind...
Judges could rule on the fate of SNAP food aid as deadline nears for shutdown to end payments
BOSTON – Two judges could rule as soon as Friday on whether President Donald Trump's administration must replenish SNAP food aid benefits for November...
Judge to consider demand to force the government to keep funding SNAP food aid despite the shutdown
BOSTON – A federal judge in Boston on Thursday will consider a motion that would require the Trump administration to continue funding the SNAP...
Founder of $100 million company says she quit her day job to rebuild her father’s Cape Cod chip empire—and there ‘wasn’t time’ to worry about nepotism | Fortune
Serial entrepreneur Nicole Bernard Dawes seemed destined to build million-dollar food brands. As a kid, she grew up working the counter of her mother’s...
Most Americans are concerned about higher health care costs next year, an AP-NORC poll finds
WASHINGTON – Most U.S. adults are worried about health care becoming more expensive, according to a new AP-NORC poll, as they make decisions about...
Senate Republicans head to White House amid stalemate on shutdown
WASHINGTON – As the government shutdown enters its fourth week, Senate Republicans are headed to the White House on Tuesday — not for urgent...
Jona Health’s Mail-Order Kit Helps You Decode Your Microbiome
Look, there’s nothing quite like starting your day by pooping on a little paper hammock affixed to your toilet seat and then poking it...
DeBriefed: Earth’s first ‘tipping point’; Climate adviser interview; How warming affects children’s health – Carbon Brief
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed. An essential guide to...