Health Care

Construction workers are sounding the alarm over a serious crisis that has proliferated the industry: the suicide rate. They are fighting for the industry to talk about mental health.

Novo Nordisk is ramping up the manufacturing capacity of its obesity-related drugs as demand for Wegovy and Ozempic continues to surge. It's pouring $4.1 billion to expand its facility.

Scams targeting weight loss-related drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy have proliferated, putting consumers who are seeking to purchase the medication at serious risk.

The Biden administration will propose a new rule to ban credit score companies from considering medical debt when they compile Americans' credit reports.

A Florida-based company issued a voluntary recall for some of its arugula after a sample tested positive for salmonella. The products were sold at select Publix stores.

The Charles Boggini Company issued a voluntary recall for some of its products after the labels failed to disclose certain dyes and a perservative, according to separate enforcement reports.

Whole cucumbers that were shipped to 14 states from May 17 through May 21 are being recalled after it was discovered that a sample tested positive for salmonella.

Infant formula is being recalled after the Food and Drug Administration realized it wasn't properly evaluated to see if they meet the agency's standards.

EU regulators approved both a $1.52 billion joint hydrogen project funded by seven EU countries and a $1.1 billion joint health care project funded by six EU countries.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating multistate outbreaks of several salmonella infections that have affected people in at least 29 states.

Nestlé's new food line, Vital Pursuit, is specifically targeted toward patients using weight-loss medications, which continues to surge in popularity.

Over 54,000 packs of East West Tea Company's Organic Yogi Echinacea Immune Support tea are being recalled after "pesticide residues were detected above action levels."

Neuralink, Elon Musk's startup aimed at helping quadriplegics gain independence, is accepting applications for a second participant to get a cybernetic brain implant.

Discount grocer Aldi issued a recall for four different types of cream cheese shortly after Hy-Vee announced it was recalling some of its cream cheese products as well.

Neuralink said that the first human implant had a problem in the weeks following the historic surgery. Since then, the company made improvements to the algorithm.

Novo Nordisk has been slowly increasing production capacity of its highly coveted weight loss drugs. As a result, thousands of people have began treatment per week.

Federal health officials are in the midst of looking into a multistate outbreak of E. coli infections that have been tied to walnuts distributed nationwide.