The vaccine and public health debate explained

The exterior of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) main campus in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., Aug. 27, 2025. Alyssa Pointer | Reuters The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is facing a leadership upheaval — and at the center of the shakeup is concern about the agency’s approach to vaccines and U.S. public…

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CDC director Susan Monarez, four other leaders leave agency

Susan Monarez, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), testifies during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on June 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. Kayla Bartkowski | Getty Images Centers for Disease…

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How GLP-1s, Wegovy, Zepbound are reshaping the economy

Eternalcreative | Istock | Getty Images Miracle drugs, obesity treatments and skinny jabs. Call them what you will, few drugs have had a more transformative effect on Wall Street and waistlines over recent decades than GLP-1s. Familiarly known under the brand names Wegovy and Zepbound, Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists are a class of medication used to…

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Eli Lilly (LLY) Q2 2025 earnings report

Eli Lilly on Thursday hiked its 2025 guidance and posted second-quarter earnings that topped estimates on strong demand for its blockbuster weight loss and diabetes drugs. The company raised its fiscal 2025 sales guidance to $60 billion to $62 billion, from a previous outlook of $58 billion to $61 billion on underlying strength across its business….

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Novo Nordisk (NVO) earnings Q2 2025

Boxes of Ozempic and Wegovy made by Novo Nordisk at a pharmacy in London on March 8, 2024. Hollie Adams | Reuters Novo Nordisk on Wednesday posted second-quarter sales broadly in line with expectations, after last week cutting its full-year guidance and announcing its new CEO. Overall revenues rose 13% year-on-year at constant exchange rates…

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