Ingrid Halvorsen

Health Correspondent, The Continental Times

Ingrid covers health for The Continental Times and has reported from more than a dozen countries.

A Daily Pill Cut a Stubborn Inherited Heart Risk Factor by 86 Percent in a Large Trial

The experimental drug oxavaprim lowered lipoprotein(a), a cholesterol-like particle that no approved medicine can touch, in a 9,800-patient study. Whether that prevents heart attacks will take two more years to know.

Oct. 11, 2026 6 MIN READ

Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen, where investigators coordinated the international trial.

Nine Months Into Britain’s Junk Food Ad Ban, Sugary Cereal Sales Have Slipped. Chocolate Hasn’t.

The first sales data since the 9 p.m. television watershed and online ban took effect show a modest shift in what families buy, a result that both supporters and critics claim as vindication.

Oct. 9, 2026 5 MIN READ

The breakfast cereal aisle of a supermarket in London.