Health

Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Johnson & Johnson Listerine brand cool mint mouthwash bottles move through the production line on a conveyor at the J&J consumer healthcare products plant in Lititz, Pennsylvania. Johnson & Johnson shares slipped Tuesday after the company clarified its forecast for the year might …

Mel Evans | AP A cheaper version of J&J’s top-selling drug, the rheumatoid arthritis treatment Remicade, could be available in the U.S. two years early after a federal judge ruled a key patent on the drug invalid. A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday upheld a ruling that invalidated a crucial …

Getty Images A television broadcast of the North Korean missile launch at the Seoul Railway Station on September 15, 2017, in Seoul, South Korea. Disaster preparedness is not a new business niche, and people known as “preppers” stock up regardless of the latest geopolitical tweets. But the escalation of hostilities …

Tackling the flu is tricky. Influenza is widespread across the U.S. right now, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The main culprit this season is the H3N2 flu, though others are also circulating. H3N2 viruses are often linked to more severe illness and hospitalizations and …

Getty Images People protest in front of the U.S. Capitol to urge Congress to save the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, on Dec. 6, 2017, in Washington, D.C. The remarks sparked a political uproar, with condemnation pouring in from Capitol Hill and around the globe even as Trump …

Peter Foley | Bloomberg | Getty Images Martin Shkreli, former chief executive officer of Turing Pharmaceuticals AG, arrives at federal court in the Brooklyn borough of New York, on Monday, July 31, 2017. New York state tax officials have already seized and auctioned off a rare Nazi encryption machine and …

Chris Goodney | Bloomberg | Getty Images Mark Trudeau, chief executive officer of Mallinckrodt Plc Drugmaker Mallinckrodt said on Tuesday it would buy Sucampo Pharmaceuticals for about $840 million, excluding debt, to gain access to its constipation drug, Amitiza. Mallinckrodt said it offered $18 per Sucampo share held, representing a …

Sam DeLeo | Gates Foundation Sue Desmond-Hellmann in Tanzania with Bill Gates. Desmond-Hellmann is an Advisory Board member for Healthy Returns. When you are lucky enough to work in global health and development, you get to witness some of humankind’s greatest achievements. Yet often, the most inspiring success stories are …

Paula Bronstein | Getty Images A Rohingya girl cries as refugees fleeing from Myanmar cross a stream in the hot sun on a muddy rice field on October 16, 2017 near Palang Khali, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. At least half the world’s population is unable to access essential health services and …

Getty Images Isabel Diaz Tinoco (L) and Jose Luis Tinoco speak with Otto Hernandez, an insurance agent from Sunshine Life and Health Advisors, as they shop for insurance under the Affordable Care Act at a store setup in the Mall of Americas on November 1, 2017 in Miami, Florida. About …