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Jim Cramer’s Investing Club meeting Tuesday: Inflation cools, stock trim, Eli Lilly
Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Tuesday’s key moments. Exercise restraint on CPI data Trim P & G Wait to buy LLY 1. Exercise restraint on CPI data Stocks soared on Tuesday after the U.S. Labor Department’s consumer price […]
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Antibiotics prices surge in UK amid Strep A outbreak, leaving drugstores ‘footing the bill’
Drugstores are warning of major shortages of key antibiotics used to treat Strep A, as cases rise in the U.K. Marko Geber | Digitalvision | Getty Images LONDON — Drugstores in Britain are warning of shortages of key antibiotics used to treat Strep A, as cases rise and the number of child fatalities reaches 15. […]
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Covid and flu hospitalizations are increasing as holidays approach, while RSV is retreating in some states
Healthcare workers treat a Covid-19 patient on the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) floor at Hartford Hospital in Hartford, Connecticut, U.S., on Monday, Jan. 31, 2022. Allison Dinner | Bloomberg | Getty Images Covid and flu hospitalizations are increasing after the Thanksgiving holiday, while respiratory syncytial virus appears to be retreating in some states. Hospitals this […]
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Children as young as 6 months old are now eligible for omicron Covid vaccines
Luca Moore, 11 months, receives a vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) while his mother Dr. Danielle Smith holds him at Northwell Health’s Cohen Children’s Medical Center in New Hyde Park, New York, U.S., June 22, 2022. Shannon Stapleton | Reuters The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday signed off on omicron vaccines […]
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Omicron subvariants that more easily dodge immunity are causing more than 70% of U.S. infections
People wait to take coronavirus disease (COVID-19) tests at a pop-up testing site in New York City, July 11, 2022. Brendan McDermid | Reuters The most immune evasive omicron subvariants yet are now causing more than 70% of new infections in the U.S., as millions of Americans prepare to travel and gather with family for […]
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China’s reopening from Covid won’t be a straight path forward
Passengers wait to board a train at Hongqiao railway station in Shanghai on December 6, 2022. Hector Retamal | Afp | Getty Images BEIJING — As mainland China relaxes many of its stringent Covid controls, analysts point out the country is far from a quick return to a pre-pandemic situation. National authorities announced sweeping changes […]
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Long Covid is distorting the labor market — and that’s bad for the U.S. economy
Charlotte Hultquist Charlotte Hultquist Weeks after Charlotte Hultquist got Covid-19 in November 2020, she developed a severe pain in her right ear. “It felt like someone was sticking a knife in [it],” said Hultquist, a single mother of five who lives in Hartford, Vermont. The 41-year-old is one of millions of Americans who have long […]
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Long Covid’s financial devastation: $8,000 in credit card debt, ruined retirement plans
Teresa Harding Source: Teresa Harding It took three months for Teresa Harding to open her termination letter. “I couldn’t look at it,” Harding, 47, said. For seven years, she’d worked at a pain management center in Lexington, Kentucky. “I enjoyed my co-workers and our patients. “It was a fun, exciting job,” she added. But after […]
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As China eases Covid restrictions, Club stocks stand to gain
The Chinese government’s move Wednesday to further roll back strict Covid-19 measures should boost the prospects for a host of Club holdings with substantial operations in China, including Estee Lauder (EL), Wynn Resorts (WYNN) and Starbucks ( SBUX), all of which have been weighed down by nearly three years of lockdowns. The news China’s National […]
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Jim Cramer’s Investing Club meeting Wednesday: China reopening, Danaher, Apple
Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Wednesday’s key moments. Buy and hold EL Possible DHR trade Still like AAPL 1. Buy and hold Estee Lauder China on Wednesday announced significant rollbacks of its stringent zero-Covid policy. And we’re reiterating […]
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