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Growing numbers of people are injecting unregulated peptides for health reasons - but one expert says they are "lab rats".

Novo Nordisk today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved three new indications for ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved Ascendis Pharma's once-weekly therapy for children with a rare genetic disorder that causes dwarfism, the company said.

With 19 executions last year, Florida more than doubled its own record, and put more people to death than Texas, Alabama, and South Carolina combined. This execution spree came even as Florida’s ...

Samson Mutua, a community health promoter, during the interview at Riruta Health Center on February 26, 2026. Mutua became ...

The combination injectable cabotegravir-rilpivirine (CAB-RPV; Cabenuva) safely maintained long-term viral suppression among adolescents with HIV who switched from daily oral medications, according to ...

ViiV Healthcare has reported several successful HIV trials at CROI 2026, including its investigational candidates lotivibart, VH184 and VH499.

Novo Nordisk is suing a Shrewsbury doctor who sells a cheaper compounded medicine version of its popular Ozempic and Wegovy ...

A man convicted of killing a 70-year-old grocery store owner has been put to death in Florida, becoming the second person ...

Zydus Lifesciences will launch generic versions of semaglutide injections for obesity and diabetes in India after patent expiry of the Ozempic active ingredient in late March, it said on Wednesday.

Losing weight with the help of a prescription weight loss drug continues to increase in popularity. According to recent KFF polls, about one in eight U.S. adults takes a GLP-1 medication for ...