The end of the Covid health emergency won't slow FDA clearance of shots and treatments January 31, 2023 The FDA has used separate emergency powers to authorize the Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson and Novavax vaccines. from Health and S...
Jim Cramer's Investing Club meeting Tuesday: Caterpillar, J&J, Humana January 31, 2023 The Investing Club holds its "Morning Meeting" every weekday at 10:20 a.m. ET. from Health and Science https://ift.tt/MfDCFVv h...
The Covid pandemic drives Pfizer's 2022 revenue to a record $100 billion January 31, 2023 Sales of Paxlovid surged to $18.9 billion in 2022 which was the first full-year that the antiviral pill was available. from Health and Sci...
Pfizer expects 2023 sales to decline by as much as 33% compared with record-breaking 2022 January 31, 2023 The pharmaceutical company booked $100.3 billion for full-year 2022, an all-time high. from Health and Science https://ift.tt/oJFfSLA htt...
Biden administration plans to end Covid public health emergency on May 11 January 30, 2023 The Trump administration first issued the Covid emergency declarations in 2020. from Health and Science https://ift.tt/QJ6muYl https://if...
Obamacare enrollment to open this spring for people losing Medicaid after pandemic protections end January 30, 2023 Millions of people could lose Medicaid this year as pandemic-era coverage protections come to an end. from Health and Science https://ift....
Long Covid has an ‘underappreciated’ role in labor shortage, study finds January 30, 2023 Long Covid has kept some people out of work for over a year, a new report finds, offering yet more evidence of the illness' labor impact...
WHO says Covid remains a global emergency but pandemic could near its end in 2023 January 30, 2023 The WHO chief has previously said the end of the pandemic is in sight. from Health and Science https://ift.tt/QzKtBVf https://ift.tt/IZsV...
CDC urges people with weak immune systems to take extra precautions after Covid subvariants knock out Evusheld January 27, 2023 Evusheld was a key antibody treatment taken by people with weak immune systems as an added layer of protection. from Health and Science ht...
FDA proposal would allow gay men in monogamous relationships to donate blood January 27, 2023 The FDA said the policy would shift to an individual assessment that evaluates an individual's risk regardless of gender sexual orientat...
FDA withdraws Covid antibody treatment Evusheld because it's not effective against 93% of subvariants January 26, 2023 Many take Evusheld as an additional layer of protection because the vaccines do not trigger a strong immune response for them. from Health...
FDA advisors recommend replacing original Covid vaccine with bivalent omicron shots for all doses January 26, 2023 from Health and Science https://ift.tt/WIE29RZ https://ift.tt/Op0yeqC https://ift.tt/cJjgwVR
Jim Cramer's Investing Club meeting Thursday: Stocks rise, Eli Lilly, Meta January 26, 2023 The Investing Club holds its "Morning Meeting" every weekday at 10:20 a.m. ET. from Health and Science https://ift.tt/1sJ5X9W h...
How AI is detecting heart attack risk and aiming to outsmart America’s No. 1 killer January 26, 2023 The AI-based health startup backed by Peter Thiel and Novartis can diagnose heart attack risk in under two hours. from Health and Science ...
China's Covid wave drives up consumer interest in insurance after health system shortfalls January 25, 2023 More than 60% of non-policyholders now plan to buy health insurance, according to an Oliver Wyman survey of Chinese consumers in December. ...
Precision Neuroscience, co-founded by Neuralink alum, is creating a brain implant thinner than a human hair January 25, 2023 Precision Neuroscience announced a $41 million Series B funding round Wednesday, bringing its total to $53 million in under two years. fro...
Omicron booster shots provide some protection against mild illness from Covid XBB subvariants, CDC says January 25, 2023 from Health and Science https://ift.tt/ixfcDMh https://ift.tt/zCmBY0M https://ift.tt/pYjEV0t
Abortion pill manufacturer GenBioPro sues West Virginia, argues FDA rules pre-empt state ban January 25, 2023 GenBioPro argues that FDA regulations on the abortion pill pre-empt West Virginia's state law that basically bans the medication. from...
FDA proposes new lead limits for baby food to reduce potential risks to children’s health January 24, 2023 Lead exposure can impair brain development and the nervous system, resulting in learning disabilities, lower IQ and behavioral difficulties....
Danaher's stock drop looks like a buying opportunity after it reported a solid quarter January 24, 2023 We attribute Tuesday's 3% decline in DHR to management already preannouncing and shares making a large move into the print. from Healt...
Jim Cramer's Investing Club meeting Tuesday: J&J, Danaher, AMD January 24, 2023 The Investing Club holds its "Morning Meeting" every weekday at 10:20 a.m. ET. from Health and Science https://ift.tt/sbcmU8O h...
The FDA's power to approve drugs faces sweeping challenge in lawsuit seeking to pull abortion pill from U.S. market January 24, 2023 If the lawsuit prevails, women across the U.S. would lose access to the most common abortion method. The FDA's powers to approve drugs w...
Amazon adds generic prescription perk for Prime members January 24, 2023 The add-on, called RxPass, will allow Prime members to get as many drugs as they need from a list of 50 generic medications used to treat co...
FDA says Covid vaccines will probably get an annual update but most people will likely need only one shot January 23, 2023 The agency said the shots will probably get an annual update, but most people will need only one shot moving forward. from Health and Scie...
What diabetes is teaching us about the benefits and risks of personal medicine connected to the internet January 21, 2023 Personal medical devices for conditions such as diabetes and sleep apnea are connecting to the internet, introducing privacy, hacking and he...
Supreme Court justices were questioned in probe of abortion ruling leak, investigator says January 20, 2023 A Supreme Court draft opinion was leaked weeks before the court overturned the federal right to abortion. The source of that leak has not be...
Philip Esformes, whose prison sentence Trump commuted, loses appeal and faces retrial on health-care fraud charges January 20, 2023 Donald Trump, while president, commuted the sentence of Florida nursing home operator Philip Esformes. The DOJ plans to retry him on deadloc...
FTC asks judge to hold 'pharma bro' Martin Shkreli in contempt of court for forming new drug firm January 20, 2023 Martin Shkreli, who was released from prison last year, had been banned "for life" from the drug business as a result of an FTC la...
Trending billionaire and celebrity GLP-1 weight loss drugs are about to enter more American homes January 20, 2023 Online health startup Ro is getting into weight loss medicine, offering patients the trending obesity and diabetes GLP-1 class of drugs and ...
One of the UK's largest unions announces 10 more days of strikes January 20, 2023 One of the U.K.'s largest unions on Friday announced 10 further days of industrial action over the coming weeks, as a standoff between t...
China's reopening 'good news' for growth — but could be inflationary, economists warn at Davos January 19, 2023 China's decision to welcome tourists again as well as to make it easier for those in the country to travel abroad has been one of the mo...
Supreme Court probe fails to find who leaked abortion ruling January 19, 2023 The Supreme Court since last year has tried to identify who leaked a ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, which established a right to abortion. ...
Top pharma CEO says Covid likely to become endemic, urges investment in pandemic preparedness January 19, 2023 Novartis CEO Vas Narasimhan made clear that world leaders must learn from the coronavirus crisis to be in a better place for future pandemic...
Where are the safest places to travel in 2023? It depends on how you define 'safe' January 17, 2023 New reports show the "safest" travel destinations vary by whether crime, terrorism, quality of medical care or people's percep...
Moderna says RSV vaccine is 84% effective at preventing disease in older adults January 17, 2023 RSV infections kill between 6,000 and 10,000 older adults every year and result in 60,000 to 120,000 hospitalizations, according to the CDC....
China should set aside politics and look at Covid jab imports, world's largest vaccine maker says January 16, 2023 Adar Poonawalla, chief executive of the world's largest vaccine manufacturer, said China needs to "open... up to healthcare and vac...
OECD chief says China’s reopening ‘overwhelmingly positive’ to help tackle global inflation crisis January 16, 2023 OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann on Monday said China's reopening is "overwhelmingly positive" in the global fight to ta...
CDC says it’s ‘very unlikely’ Pfizer booster carries stroke risk for seniors after launching review January 13, 2023 The CDC said one of its monitoring systems detected a preliminary safety signal for stroke in people ages 65 and older who received the Pfiz...
U.S. uninsured rate fell during Covid pandemic as Medicaid and Obamacare coverage grew January 13, 2023 In the first quarter of 2022, the uninsured rate dropped to an all-time low of 8%, according to the report. from Health and Science https:...
Why Singapore isn't imposing new travel rules on visitors from China January 12, 2023 Singapore's government cites statistics to show why new rules for Chinese travelers won't necessarily make Singapore safer from Covi...
Nearly 250,000 kindergarteners in U.S. are vulnerable to measles due to slide in vaccination rates, CDC says January 12, 2023 CDC officials said disruptions to schools and health-care during the Covid pandemic is largely responsible for the decline in vaccination ra...
Chinese hospital says half of its staff got Covid January 12, 2023 About half of the nearly 2,000 workers at the Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine got Covid-19, director Liu Qingquan said Wedn...
Alphabet to cut staff of health sciences unit Verily by 15% January 11, 2023 It's the first known layoff to hit the Google parent company in the current tech downturn. from Health and Science https://ift.tt/LvR5...
Omicron XBB.1.5 does not have mutations known to make people sicker, WHO says January 11, 2023 The WHO said omicron XBB.1.5 does not have any mutations known to make people sicker, but added that it needs more data to draw conclusions ...
Biden administration extends Covid public health emergency as highly infectious omicron XBB.1.5 spreads January 11, 2023 The public health emergency extension occurs amid concern that the nation may face another wave of hospitalizations from the disease this wi...
2 of our stocks get nice pops. Here's the news and what we think January 10, 2023 As Wall Street on Tuesday attempted to hold onto recent gains, we received updates on Danaher (DHR) and Constellation Brands (STZ). from H...
Sen. Bernie Sanders urges Moderna not to hike price of Covid-19 vaccines January 10, 2023 Sanders, the incoming chair of the Senate health committee, called the price increase "outrageous" in a letter to Moderna CEO Step...
Jim Cramer's Investing Club meeting Tuesday: Microsoft, health care, Emerson Electric January 10, 2023 The Investing Club holds its "Morning Meeting" every weekday at 10:20 a.m. ET. from Health and Science https://ift.tt/98QNhCu h...
Mainland Chinese citizens are eager to travel — for the West's mRNA Covid vaccines January 09, 2023 Mainland China has reopened its borders, and citizens eager to travel are booking not just flight tickets, but also vaccination appointments...
Most Alzheimer’s patients would pay up to $26,500 per year for new treatment Leqembi January 09, 2023 Most seniors who are eligible for the treatment will have to pay for it out of pocket because Medicare has limited coverage to people partic...
Successfully applying for Social Security disability is difficult. Applying as a long Covid patient is even trickier January 09, 2023 Even as long Covid puts millions of Americans out of work, proving the condition may be a high hurdle for Social Security disability benefit...
UK PM Sunak seeks ‘constructive’ union talks as government readies contentious anti-strike laws January 09, 2023 Tens of thousands of workers have walked out across industries in recent months to demand better working conditions and pay raises in line w...
How health insurance may have made health care more expensive January 08, 2023 from Health and Science https://ift.tt/c6AxbM1 https://ift.tt/B3slEvQ https://ift.tt/P2hAHXU
FDA approves Alzheimer's drug that slowed cognitive decline in clinical trial January 06, 2023 The FDA's decision comes after clinical trial results indicated that lecanemab slows cognitive decline somewhat in people with mild impa...
Omicron XBB.1.5 is rising in U.S. though revised CDC data shows slower increase than previously reported January 06, 2023 XBB.1.5 made up 27.6% of sequenced Covid cases nationally for the week ending Jan. 7 compared to 18.3% for the week end Dec. 31. from Heal...
Biden proposes tougher limits on deadly soot pollution January 06, 2023 The EPA proposal on to limit soot pollution is the latest action by the Biden administration to better address environmental justice and air...
BioNTech says it will start cancer vaccine trials in the UK from September January 06, 2023 The company aims to test 10,000 personalized mRNA therapies, including cancer vaccines, between September 2023 to the end of the decade. f...
China's big cities are starting to look past Covid, while rural areas brace for infections January 05, 2023 China will likely be able to live with Covid-19 by the end of March, based on how quickly people have returned to the streets, according to ...
South Carolina Supreme Court overturns state 6-week abortion ban as unconstitutional January 05, 2023 The ruling by South Carolina's highest court comes more than six months after the U.S. Supreme Court voided the federal right to abortio...
Jim Cramer's Investing Club meeting Thursday: Avoid expensive stocks in this market January 05, 2023 The Investing Club holds its "Morning Meeting" every weekday at 10:20 a.m. ET. from Health and Science https://ift.tt/5EGSLWA h...
CVS and Walgreens plan to sell abortion pill mifepristone at pharmacies after FDA rule change January 05, 2023 Mifepristone has become a central flashpoint in the political battle over abortion at the state level in the wake of the Supreme Court overt...
EU recommends travelers from China to take a Covid test before entering Europe January 05, 2023 European nations agreed to recommend imposing new restrictions on travelers from China amid fears of an increase in Covid cases. from Heal...
XBB.1.5 omicron subvariant is the most transmissible version of Covid yet, WHO says January 04, 2023 The WHO does not have any data yet on the severity of XBB.1.5, but there's no indication it makes people sicker than previous subvariant...
We're buying the dip in a health insurance stock that jumped in 2022 January 03, 2023 Tuesday's buy puts some of our approximately 10% cash position to work. from Health and Science https://ift.tt/lkoYDa2 https://ift.tt...