It marks a rightward shift among California voters on crime. California voters passed Proposition 36, a tough-on-crime ballot question, in the November election in response to concerns about ...

In a first, scientists at the World Health Organisation (WHO) have endorsed a new class of medicines known as GLP-1 receptor agonists, which mimic a hormone that regulates appetite and blood sugar ...

The numbers showed that both average body mass index (BMI) and obesity rates across the population fell in 2023, having risen steadily since 2013 before leveling in 2022. While we don't yet have any ...

A new type of obesity drug being developed by Novo Nordisk has fallen ... Investors were anticipating as much as 27% weight loss, according to a survey conducted by Jefferies analyst Peter Welford.

After being approved by voters by a wide margin, Proposition 36 went into effect across California on Wednesday, which toughens penalties for certain theft and drug offenses. San Francisco ...

The vacancy rate — which had risen slightly in the third quarter of 2024 to hit a new record of 36.9% — declined to 36.7% in the fourth quarter, according to early figures released by real ...

Statements by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Elon Musk tap into a dispute over whether lifestyle changes or drugs are a better way to treat obesity. By Gina Kolata For Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the ...

The two obesity giants will be sitting on cash piles of around $80 billion by 2028, according to LSEG data, thanks to the runaway success of their weight-loss drugs. The challenge will be to put ...

For the first time in a decade, adult obesity in the United States dropped ... The Intake Resource Center found in a survey of 1,000 Americans last year that 39% of women asked their medical ...

For the first time in over a decade, obesity rates in the United States may finally be heading in the right direction and new weight loss drugs like semaglutide could be part of the reason why. A ...