U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media during the annual White House Easter Egg Roll, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 21, 2025. Leah Millis | Reuters A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Healthy Returns newsletter, which brings the latest health-care news straight to … Read more
The logo of UnitedHealth appears on the side of one of its office buildings in Santa Ana, California, on April 13, 2020. Mike Blake | Reuters UnitedHealth Group‘s stock sank 20% on Thursday after the company slashed its annual profit forecast, citing higher-than-expected medical costs in its privately run Medicare plans. Those bleak results from … Read more
A worker is working on a drug production line at the production workshop of a pharmaceutical company in Meishan, China, on January 30, 2024. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Healthy Returns newsletter, which brings the latest health-care news straight to your inbox. Subscribe here to … Read more
Measles cases are most likely being underreported in the United States as public health officials scramble to find resources to address a ballooning outbreak in the Southwest, according to a senior scientist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. So far this year, 747 cases have been recorded in the United States, according to … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks, on the day he signs energy-related executive orders at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 8, 2025. Leah Millis | Reuters A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Healthy Returns newsletter, which brings the latest health-care news straight to your inbox. Subscribe here to receive future … Read more
The Food and Drug Administration has gutted a division responsible for training agency staff and outside health-care professionals on an array of key public health, regulation and safety practices and supporting professional development for employees, CNBC has learned. In an email viewed by CNBC, workers were notified that the Division of Learning and Organizational Development, … Read more
A combination image shows an injection pen of Zepbound, Eli Lilly’s weight loss drug, and boxes of Wegovy, made by Novo Nordisk. Reuters President Donald Trump on Friday dropped a Biden administration proposal to have Medicare cover obesity drugs, including popular but costly GLP-1 treatments such as Novo Nordisk‘s Wegovy and Eli Lilly‘s Zepbound. But the Centers … Read more
An aerial of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services building on March 19, 2025 in Woodlawn, Maryland. Kayla Bartkowski | Getty Images The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has slashed jobs from its minority health office and other divisions, CNBC has learned, as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. upends the U.S. health department. During … Read more
A person uses a vape pen near Bryant Park on December 02, 2024 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images The Supreme Court on Wednesday handed a win to the Food and Drug Administration over its refusal to approve flavored e-cigarettes. The court threw out an appeals court ruling that found the … Read more
The Eli Lilly logo is shown on one of the company’s offices in San Diego, California, on Sept. 17, 2020. Mike Blake | Reuters Eli Lilly is suing two pharmacies for compounding Zepbound and Mounjaro, claiming the companies are skirting the Food and Drug Administration’s ban on the practice and luring people away from Lilly’s … Read more