We’re beating heart disease
He worked at Time magazine for 15 years as a foreign correspondent in Asia, a climate writer, and an international editor, and he wrote a book on existential risk.Last week, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a small pill called enlicitide. It is a tablet you swallow once a day on an empty stomach with a sip of black coffee, water, or tea. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.If that sounds less innovative than some of the medical advances I sometimes cover here — there’s no AI or gene editing involved — you’re missing the story.
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Future PerfectWe’re beating heart diseaseA tiny pill could reshape the fight against the world’s biggest killer.by Bryan WalshJul 25, 2026, 12:30 PM UTCShareGiftGetty Images/Narvo VexarBryan Walsh is a senior editorial director at Vox, covering AI and other subjects for the Future Perfect section and audio/video, and writing the Good News newsletter. He worked at Time magazine for 15 years as a foreign correspondent in Asia, a climate writer, and an international editor, and he wrote a book on existential risk.Last week, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a small pill called enlicitide. It is a tablet you swallow once a day on an empty stomach with a sip of black coffee, water, or tea.
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