Bayer has agreed to a $7.25 billion deal to settle tens of thousands of lawsuits that its weedkiller Roundup caused cancer.
The big picture: Bayer — which acquired Roundup when it bought Monsanto in 2018 — announced Tuesday that it'll compensate people who allegedly suffered non-Hodgkin lymphoma due to exposure to Roundup.
Employers who are wary of paying for workers' pricey weight-loss drugs are discovering a workaround: Offer coverage through a telehealth vendor and split the cost.
Why it matters: Workers want access to GLP-1s, and employers want to avoid the cost of obesity-related illness. But fewer than 20% of employers covered the medications for weight loss last year, according to KFF — and some laterditched them due to cost pressures.
Bryan Johnson— the famous L.A.-based biohacker — says 1,500+ people applied in the first 30 hours of his Immortals program. Three people will be allowed to pay $1 million for access to elaborate longevity protocols the wealthy entrepreneur has followed for the past five years.
Why it matters: Johnson, 48, contends that conquering death "will be humanity's greatest achievement," and is optimistic that we'll be "the first generation who won't die." The "Age of Immortals is here," he says.
In the era of "Ozempic face," planning ahead might look like saving some fat before losing weight.
What's happening: "GLP-1 patients can have liposuction prior to their weight loss journey, bank their fat, and when they reach their goal weight they can treat their Ozempic butt/breast/face with their own fat," Johnny Franco, a board-certified Austin-based plastic surgeon, told Real Self.
The Trump administration will respond to a citizen petition calling for a regulatory overhaul of ultra-processed foods, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told CBS' "60 Minutes" in an interview broadcast Sunday evening.
The big picture: "We will act on David Kessler's petition," Kennedy told CBS' Bill Whitaker of the petition that the former FDA chief is spearheading, which calls on the agency to no longer classify sweeteners including corn syrup as "Generally Recognized as Safe" (GRAS).
European allies' findings that Putin critic Alexei Navalny was killed with a rare toxin from poison dart frogs is "troubling," said Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday, adding the U.S. is "not disputing" the report.
The big picture: Rubio told reporters in Bratislava during a visit to Slovakia "we don't have any reason to question" the report that the U.K., France, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands issued Saturday, which the Kremlin disputes.
