Marijuana Use Could Increase Chances For Heart Disease, Study Suggests

Topline People who use marijuana daily could be more susceptible to heart disease than people who have never used the drug, according to a study released Friday, as marijuana becomes legal in more sta...

What Is Marburg? What You Need To Know About The Deadly Virus Detected In Equatorial Guinea

Topline Equatorial Guinea confirmed the country’s first outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus on Monday, placing it on high alert months after another outbreak was reported in Ghana as experts scramble...

Investors obsessing over AI is latest symptom of the ‘Amazon disease’

This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Wednesday, February 8, 2023 Today’s newslett...

Moderna says RSV vaccine is 84% effective at preventing disease in older adults

Moderna on Tuesday said its vaccine targeting respiratory syncytial virus is effective at preventing disease in older adults. The vaccine was 83.7% effective at preventing lower respiratory tract dise...

Shockwave Medical Seeks To Bolster Its Cardiovascular Disease Portfolio With Neovasc Acquisition

Shockwave Medical Inc (NASDAQ: SWAV) has agreed to acquire Neovasc Inc (NASDAQ: NVCN) for an upfront cash payment of $27.25 per share, corresponding to an enterprise value of approximately $100 millio...

France-Based Ipsen Acquires Albireo Pharma Enriching Its Rare Disease Portfolio, Pipeline

Ipsen (OTC: IPSEY) has agreed to acquire Albireo Pharma Inc (NASDAQ: ALBO) at $42.00 per share in cash for an initial estimated aggregate consideration of $952 million plus one contingent value right ...

Why Pfizer Is Pulling Back on Research Into Rare Disease, Gene Therapy

Pfizer is planning to pull back on early-stage research into treatments for rare diseases, including the development of new viral-based gene therapies, the company told employees on Thursday afternoon...

Madrigal Stock Triples After Liver Disease Drug Succeeds in Trial

(Bloomberg) — Madrigal Pharmaceuticals Inc. shares surged 268%, adding about $2.9 billion to its market value, after a late-stage clinical trial of its drug candidate met the main goals in patie...

RXDX Stock Skyrockets On Promising Results In Irritable Bowel Disease

Prometheus Biosciences (RXDX) reported promising results for one of its drugs in two inflammatory disease studies on Wednesday, and RXDX stock catapulted by triple digits. X The company studied its dr...

What is Strep A, scarlet fever, the disease infecting UK children?

Streptococcus A — or Group A Strep (GAS) — is a bacterial infection of the throat or skin, which typically arises during the winter months. Halfpoint Images | Moment | Getty Images Health officials in...

Analyst Sees This Kidney Disease Company’s Stock Could Rise Sixfold, But Lists Two Issues

Piper Sandler raised its price target on Ardelyx Inc (NASDAQ: ARDX) to $8 from $3 and upgraded to Overweight from a Neutral rating. The upgrade follows a surprisingly positive advisory committee vote ...

This Rare Disease Focused Stock Pipeline Is Underappreciated, Analyst Initiating Coverage Says

Cantor Fitzgerald has initiated coverage on KemPharm Inc (NASDAQ: KMPH) with an Overweight rating and a price target of $20. Per the analyst, KMPH’s products, pipeline, and execution capability ...

Ardelyx stock rockets on heavy volume after positive FDA panel vote on kidney disease treatment

Shares of Ardelyx Inc. ARDX, +35.66% rocketed 75.4% on heavy volume toward a 16-month high in premarket trading Thursday, after an advisory panel of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration voted that be...

Unvaccinated 14 Times More Likely To Contract Disease Than Those Without Shot, CDC Says

Topline People vaccinated against monkeypox were 14 times less likely than those who were not vaccinated to contract the disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky ...

Spaceflight Could Increase Risk Of Cancer And Heart Disease In Astronauts, Study Suggests

Topline Even short spaceflights may be associated with DNA mutations that can increase astronauts’ risk of heart disease and cancer later in life, according to a study published Wednesday in the journ...

This App Could Help Prevent Disease While Earning You Crypto

As people continue to lead busier lives, with jobs to juggle, relationships to navigate, and friendships to sustain, people have less time in the day. With a restricted number of free hours each day, ...

Monkeypox Misinformation Is Spreading, Experts Warn—Here’s What You Need To Know About The Disease

Topline As monkeypox cases rise, public health experts and officials around the world are scrambling to contain the outbreak, but as scientists gather vital data, they also face the challenge of fast-...

This COVID-19 Shot Stock Could Have Eye Disease Gene Therapy As Significant Driver, Mizuho Analyst Says

TipRanks Down More Than 40%: These 2 ‘Strong Buy’ Stocks Are Trading at Steep Discounts Buy cheap? Even in the stock market, buyers like to find a bargain. Defining a bargain, however, can be tricky. ...

California Health Officials Now Referring To Monkeypox As ‘Mpox’ And ‘MPX’ As Calls Mount To Rename Disease

Topline Health officials in California said Friday they will refer to monkeypox as “mpox” or “MPX,” a local TV station reported, amid criticism that the name is stigmatizing and discriminatory. Public...

Covid Increases Risk Of Mental Illness And Brain Disease Up To Two Years After Infection, Study Suggests

Topline People who have had Covid-19 are at an increased risk of mental health and neurological conditions—including seizures, dementia, psychotic disorders and brain fog—two years after infection, ac...

State Fairs Hope To Put Disease And Deficits Behind Them In Their First Full-Throttle Season Since Covid

Corn dogs will fry. Pigs will parade. Butter cows will greet visitors from their climate-controlled enclosures. This month is go-time for Ferris wheels, bacon-wrapped beef on a stick and llamas dresse...

Scientists identify likely cause of mysterious childrens liver disease

More than 1,000 children in 35 countries have developed an unidentified type of severe acute hepatitis — or liver inflammation — since the first case was reported in the January 2022. Yanukit Raiva | ...

Covid-19 Linked To Increased Risk Of Developing Diabetes And Cardiovascular Disease, Study Finds

Topline People are more likely to develop cardiovascular disease and diabetes after falling ill with Covid-19, especially in the three months after being infected, British researchers found in a study...

Roivant, Pfizer unveil Priovant Therapeutics focused on autoimmune disease treatments, Roivant stock surges

Shares of Roivant Sciences Ltd. ROIV, -2.30% shot up 10.0% in premarket trading Tuesday, after the biopharmaceutical company and drug giant Pfizer Inc. PFE, +0.56% unveiled Priovant Therapeutics, a bi...

North Korea Faces Another Infectious Disease Outbreak As It Continues To Fight Covid

Topline North Korea is facing what it says is an unknown intestinal disease outbreak—suspected to be either cholera or typhoid—in the southwestern city of Haeju, according to the country’s state-run m...

New York State Boldly Moves To Reduce Deaths From Kidney Disease

While the nation is convulsed by another gun shooting and activists demand new gun laws to address the epidemic, it’s worth noting that more people will die this year of an affliction that is mu...

CEPI chief outlines the disease differences

Health officer uses a thermal head to detect a monkeypox virus on arriving passengers at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang near Jakarta, Indonesia on May 15, 2019. Jepayona Delita | Fu...

North Korea Reports First Covid Death Amid ‘Explosive’ Disease Outbreak

Topline North Korea confirmed its first Covid-19 death on Friday and said hundreds of thousands of people are sick with a rapidly spreading “fever,” according to state media, a day after the reclusive...

Symptoms of mysterious liver disease affecting children, Covid links

Health experts are investigating the likely cause of a new children’s liver disease, which was first reported in the U.K. in January 2022, and whether it bears any connection to the coronavirus....

Merck’s Keytruda reduced risk of disease recurrence or death in early lung cancer patients by 24%

Stefanie Joho, 27, stands for a portrait at the home of a friend in Penn Valley, PA on Tuesday, May 9, 2017. Joho, who was diagnosed with colon cancer at 22 years old, has been in remission since Febr...

Berkshire Hathaway’s Charlie Munger Says Government Should Ban Bitcoin — Calls Crypto ‘Venereal Disease’ – Featured Bitcoin News

Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chairman Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett’s right-hand man, wishes crypto would be banned immediately. He says the government made “a huge mistake” to allow cryptocurrencies, lik...

Warren Buffet’s number 2 likens crypto to sexually transmissive disease

Charlie Munger is Buffet’s right-hand man, and he shares many views with his long-time friend. Buffet called Bitcoin “rat poison squared” and now Munger has joined in with the insults and recently com...