Drugs Health Pharma

CIA paid analysts to change sides on COVID-19 origins: Whistleblower

The Central Intelligence Agency offered bribes to six analysts to change their position on COVID-19’s origins from a lab leak theory in China.

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Drugs Health Pharma

Britain reports 34 cases of Covid-19 virus variant BA.2.86

HQ Team September 11, 2023: A total of 34 confirmed cases of the COVID-19 virus variant, BA.2.86, have been identified in the UK,.

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Drugs Health Pharma

Novo Nordisk’s weight-loss drug Wegovy enters the UK market 

HQ Team September 4, 2023: Novo Nordisk, a Danish drugmaker, announced its weight-loss medicine, Wegovy, will be available in the UK in a.

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Drugs Health Pharma

US starts talks on drug prices with 10 companies for the first time 

HQ Team August 30, 2023: The US government, for the first time, has started negotiating prices of prescription drugs directly with companies in.

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Drugs Health Pharma

Use of marijuana, hallucinogens rise among young adults in the US

HQ Team August 17, 2023: The use of marijuana and hallucinogens rose to a five-year high in younger adults between 19 and 30.

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Drugs Health Pharma

Biomedical engineers create ML model to turn genes on and off

HQ Team August 14, 2023: Biomedical engineers at Johns Hopkins have developed a machine-learning model, which can turn on genes —an innovation which.

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Climate Health Pharma

Hawaii orders new rehabilitation policies, wildfire death toll at 96

HQ Team August 14, 2023: An intense blaze that roared through Hawaii, the largest wildfire tragedy in the US since 1918, has killed.

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Climate Health Pharma

Wildfire death toll in Hawaii climbs to 80, AG orders probe

HQ Team August 13, 2023: Firefighters were putting out flares and desperately trying to contain wildfires in the worst-affected regions of Hawaii as.

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Climate Health Pharma

Hawaii wildfire death toll rises to 67, fires still burning

HQ Team August 12, 2023: A wildfire sweeping across Hawaii’s Maui town of Lahaina has killed at least 67 people, with 12 more.

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Drugs Health Pharma

WHO labels Covid-19 variant EG.5 as ‘variant of interest’; cases rise

HQ Team August 10, 2023: The WHO has updated the EG.5 variability of the COVID-19 virus to a ‘variant of interest’ — with.

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