A new study in the journal Pediatrics warns that giving a child a smartphone too early could have harmful effects. To reach this conclusion, the researchers from Children's Hospital Philadelphia, the University of California at Berkeley, and Columbia University looked at the emotional and physical...
The Office of the United States Trade Representative, the Department of Commerce, and the Department of Health and Human Services have announced that the U.S. Government has reached an agreement in principle on pharmaceutical pricing with the United Kingdom. In the U.S.-U.K. Economic Prosperity Deal,...
To address the growing global health challenge of obesity, the World Health Organization has released its first guideline on the use of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 (GLP-1) therapies for treating obesity as a chronic, relapsing disease. Obesity, which affects more than 1 billion people, was associated...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, in coordination with the U.S. Department of Justice, has announced that the U.S. Marshals Service seized approximately 73,000 units of 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH) products valued at $1 million from three firms in Missouri. FDA said the seizure focused on foods...
On World AIDS Day, the World Health Organization called on governments and partners to rapidly expand access to new WHO-approved tools including lenacapavir to drive down infections and counter disruption to essential health services caused by cuts to foreign aid. Despite dramatic funding setbacks,...
December 19, 2025 15:10 ET U.S. inflation data and interest rate decisions by major central banks were the highlights of this busy week for economics news flow. Employment data and survey results on the housing markets also gained attention in the U.S. In Europe, the European Central Bank and Bank of England announced their policy decisions and macroeconomic projections.