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The GLP-1 world
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The GLP-1 world

Roughly 11% of American adults now say they are taking GLP-1s for weight loss, up from just 3% in 2024.

The Ripple Effect: Investing in Life Sciences | Episode 2: How life sciences investment drives economic growth | GZERO Blue Circle x Novartis
The Ripple Effect: Investing in Life Sciences

How life sciences investment drives economic growth

In this episode of The Ripple Effect: Investing in Life Sciences, host Dan Riskin speaks with Patrick Horber, President of Novartis International, and David Gluckman, Vice Chairman of Investment Banking and Global Head of Healthcare at Lazard. Together, they break down the outsized economic impact of life science innovation, from trillions in US bioscience output to China’s meteoric rise as a global R&D hub.

How AI will revolutionize medicine, and cancer research
GZERO World with Ian Bremmer Podcast

How AI will revolutionize medicine with Siddhartha Mukherjee

Ian Bremmer sits down with physician and author Siddhartha Mukherjee to explore how AI is revolutionizing cancer treatment and drug discovery.

Next Giant Leap: Could the future of industry lie among the stars? | GZERO Blue Circle x MDA Space | Image of the moon
Next Giant Leap

Could the future of industry lie among the stars?

Creating artificial human retinas in zero gravity. Mining rare minerals on the moon. There seems to be no limit to what could be possible if we continue to take our more important industries to space. Join Mike Massimino and Mike Greenley on this episode of Next Giant Leap as they explore the industrialization of space. Dr. Joan Saary sheds light on the potential of designing medical treatments in microgravity and treating astronauts in orbit, and Dr. Gordon Osinski explains the exciting future of resource extraction on other planetary objects.

Using AI to diagnose patients with a smartphone but no healthcare access
UN STI Forum

Using AI to diagnose patients with a smartphone but no healthcare access

Artificial intelligence is often seen as a futuristic tool—but for some global health challenges, it’s already the only solution. Dr. Juan Lavista Ferres, Microsoft's Chief Data Scientist, Corporate Vice President, and Lab Director for the AI for Good Lab, points to a powerful example: diagnosing a leading cause of childhood blindness in newborns.

​Tulsi Gabbard hugs President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 12, 2025.
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Gabbard and RFK Jr. confirmed by US Senate

Despite opposition from Democrats and skepticism from some Republicans, the US Senate voted Monday to confirm Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence in a 52-48 vote. On Thursday, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confirmed as Health and Human Services Secretary.

Should we worry about bird flu in the US?
GZERO World Clips

Should we worry about bird flu in the US?

How worried should we be about bird flu spreading to humans in the US? Are rising bird flu numbers the beginning of the next pandemic? On GZERO World with Ian Bremmer, New York Times science and global health reporter, Apoorva Mandavalli says that now is the time to start taking bird flu more seriously.

Why cutting USAID will hurt American foreign policy
Quick Take

Why cutting USAID will hurt American foreign policy

Ian's Quick Take: The US Agency for International Development is in the process of being shut down. Nearly all Washington staff have been put on leave, they're closing missions abroad, the State Department moving to evacuate all staff around the world. Why should we care? Does this matter?

​Lisa Pauli, 47, who says she wants to apply for medical assistance in dying (MAiD) when she is eligible because of her severe anorexia, looks on, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada June 9, 2023.
What We're Watching

Canada: A great place to die?

Canada’s medical assistance in dying (MAiD) regime is garnering criticism, as its rapid growth threatens to make the country the world capital of assisted suicide - if it’s not already.

​Luigi Mangione, 26, a suspect in the New York City killing of UnitedHealth executive Brian Thompson, arrives for an extradition hearing at Blair County Court House in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. December 10, 2024.
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Accused killer hailed a folk hero

Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old alleged assassin of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, was captured while eating hashbrowns in a Pennsylvania McDonald’s on Monday after a customer recognized him, ending a six-day manhunt.