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Drugs such as Ozempic and Mounjaro act on GLP-1 receptors in the brain to regulate appetite. Credit: Oliver Berg/dpa via AlamyThe obesity drug tirzepatide, sold as…

The tiny, drug-filled robots are guided through blood vessels using magnets.Credit: Luca Donati/lad.studio ZürichA remote-controlled robot the size of a grain of sand can swim through…

Former Oprah Winfrey Show celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz is now the Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in the US, because we’re living…

Future antibody therapies could target H5N1 avian influenza virus (green).Credit: Steve Gschmeissner/Science Photo LibraryResearchers are increasingly developing antibody therapies to treat infectious diseases. Therapies are being…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Sales of Eli Lilly’s weight-loss drugs more than…

At least 60 people, including four police officers, have been killed in a law enforcement operation in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, according to local media reports.On…

The White House seems to be going through a real “saying the quiet part out loud” phase. Steve Bannon is out there openly campaigning for Trump’s…

Ol’ Donnie Dementia is at it again. (Legal note: there is no quantifiable proof that the President of the United States has dementia… but you might…

Standing next to Pfizer CEO Albert Borla in the Oval Office last week, President Donald Trump announced that the pharma giant had made a startling concession:…

THE family of a mother found dead in a scalding hot bathtub fear their loved one had been forced to take drugs.Ana Carolina de Silva was…