The Microbiome’s Forgotten Cousin Could Be Key to Solving America’s Gut Issues

— OLEKSANDRA TROIAN/Moment/Getty Images You’ve probably heard of the microbiome — the hordes of bacteria and other tiny life forms that live in our guts. Well, it turns out those bacteria have viruses that exist in and around them — with important consequences for...

How Many More Ozempic-like Drugs Are In the Pipeline — Here’s What Researchers Are Working On

— Bloomberg/Bloomberg/Getty Images Few drugs have achieved the stardom that semaglutide, marketed in the United States as Ozempic or Wegovy, has today. A synthetic, injectable version of an intestinal hormone, it is the flagship of a new category of drugs initially...