Pharmaceuticals

Semaglutide, the same compound in obesity drug Wegovy, slashes risk of kidney failure and death for people with type 2 diabetes

People may someday have a surprisingly familiar tool to prevent viral infections: one of the antibiotics found in a common ointment

As climate change brings more intense heat waves, scientists are trying to understand how certain medications interact with the body’s thermoregulation system

Many researchers think that Wegovy and Ozempic should be taken for life, but myriad factors can force people off the drugs

A recent study suggests that Paxlovid is ineffective at treating symptoms in people with mild illness or those who have been fully vaccinated. It is still a lifesaving medication in vulnerable groups

Benadryl, which contains diphenhydramine, is a drugstore mainstay and just one medication out of many that could possibly damage brain health

The FDA recently approved semaglutide (Wegovy) for preventing serious heart conditions in some people, but questions remain about how it works

New research demonstrates that Xolair, an injectable asthma medication, can reduce severe reactions to peanuts, milk and eggs by dulling an overactive immune response

New drugs called antibody-drug conjugates help patients with cancers that used to be beyond treatment

A plethora of new weight-loss drugs are now available in the U.S., but they aren’t necessarily the same. Here’s a guide to the latest GLP-1 receptor agonists

Researchers have doubted how useful AI protein-structure tool AlphaFold will be in discovering medicines—now they are learning how to deploy it effectively

It’s a longstanding government failure to never use federal “march-in” licensing rights to lower drug prices. It’s also a mistake to limit them to only a few cases