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Startup Teal Health wins FDA approval for at-home test for cervical cancer screening

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The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the first-ever at-home test for cervical cancer screening, developed by San Francisco-based startup Teal Health. The company began developing the prototype for its Teal Wand just over five years ago. The concept was to make cervical cancer screening more accessible via telehealth and a test that could […]

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Candy giant Ferrero adds American twists to Nutella, Ferrero Rocher to fuel U.S. growth

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Containers of Nutella hazelnut spread made by the Ferrero company is displayed on March 27, 2024 in San Anselmo, California.  Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images Ferrero North America is adding peanuts to its Nutella, turning its Ferrero Rocher spheres into squares and adding Dr Pepper flavor to Tic Tacs, all in

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Vaccine teams in Mexico scramble over measles outbreak from Mennonite community

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CUAUHTEMOC, Mexico — In a rickety white Nissan, nurse Sandra Aguirre and her vaccination team drive past apple orchards and cornfields stretching to the desert horizon. Aguirre goes door to door with a cooler of measles vaccines. In one of Latin America’s biggest Mennonite communities, she knows many will decline to be vaccinated or even

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Krispy Kreme stock plunges after doughnut chain pauses McDonald's rollout, pulls outlook

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Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images Krispy Kreme stock plunged 24% on Thursday after the doughnut chain said it is “reassessing” its rollout with McDonald’s and pulled its full-year outlook in part due to economic “softness.” Krispy Kreme is not planning to launch its doughnuts in any additional McDonald’s locations in the

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The AI startup that stood out in an otherwise drab month for family office deals

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Jack Hidary, CEO of SandboxAQ Courtesy of SandboxAQ A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high net worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox. Private investment firms of the ultra-rich, rattled by President Donald Trump’s tariffs, continued

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Bill Gates doubles giving to $200 billion, says philanthropists can't cover government cuts

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Bill Gates arrives for a press conference to launch the Global Polio Eradication Initiative at the European Commission’s Berlaymont headquarters in Brussels on October 11, 2023. Simon Wohlfahrt | Afp | Getty Images Billionaire Bill Gates announced on Thursday that he will double his charitable giving to $200 billion over the next 20 years. In

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US says it will reduce health aid to Zambia because medicines were stolen and sold

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LUSAKA, Zambia — The United States will cut $50 million worth of aid a year to the southern African country of Zambia because of the “systematic” theft of medicines and medical supplies the money paid for, the U.S. ambassador said Thursday. The U.S. had discovered in 2021 that medicines and supplies that were meant to

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Cancer before age 50 is increasing. A new study looks at which types

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Cancer before age 50 is rare, but increasing, in the United States and researchers want to know why. A new government study provides the most complete picture yet of early-onset cancers, finding that the largest increases are in breast, colorectal, kidney and uterine cancers. Scientists from the National Cancer Institute looked at data that included

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Restaurant Brands earnings miss as Burger King, Popeyes and Tim Hortons post same-store sales declines

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Restaurant Brands International on Thursday reported quarterly earnings and revenue that missed analysts’ expectations as same-store sales of Popeyes, Burger King and Tim Hortons declined. But the restaurant company is seeing sales turn around already. “As we come into [the second quarter], that momentum has improved meaningfully, so we’re seeing some better absolute results as we get

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FC Mother wants to leverage global soccer fandom to improve maternal health

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Mother’s Day on Sunday marks the launch of an innovative program to improve maternal health by harnessing the power of soccer fandom. The World Health Organization says maternal mortality is unacceptably high. More than 700 women died every day in 2023 from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth, according to a WHO fact sheet

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