Health
Cowen upgrades Walgreens, says stock can rally more than 30% as company grows health care business
Shares of Walgreens Boots Alliance offer an attractive risk-reward to investors as the company transforms into a health care services-focused business, according to Cowen. Analyst Charles Rhyee upgraded the stock to outperform from market perform, saying in a note to clients Tuesday that the market is largely focusing on Walgreens’ struggling retail business, which he […]
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Flu variant that hits kids and seniors harder than other strains is dominant in U.S. right now
A sign advertising flu shots is displayed at a Walgreens pharmacy on January 22, 2018 in San Francisco, California. A strong strain of H3N2 influenza has claimed the lives of 74 Californians under the age of 65 since the flu season began in October of last year. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images A variant of […]
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Pfizer says omicron booster is better against new subvariants like BQ.1.1 than old shots
A staff member draws up a syringe with the Comirnaty vaccine from Biontech and Pfizer adapted to the Omicron-BA.1 variant at the Mainz vaccination center. Sebastian Christoph Gollnow | dpa | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Pfizer said its omicron booster triggers a stronger immune response against a number of emerging Covid subvariants circulating in […]
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Sell this medical testing stock poised to fall more than 15% from here, Citi says in downgrade
It’s time for investors to sell shares of Quest Diagnostics , according to Citi. Analyst Patrick Donnelly downgraded shares of the medical testing company to sell from neutral, citing risks ahead to the company earnings per share guidance and 4% to 5% long-term growth guide for its base business. “While management has continued to reiterate […]
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These biotech stocks look cheap — and analysts give 2 more than 100% upside
U.S. biotech stocks have been on the up recently. The S & P Biotechnology Select Industry Index is up more than 6% in the past week. The Nasdaq Biotechnology Index , meanwhile, is up almost 4% over the same period and 8.5% over the past month. “Biotech looks to be strengthening materially in recent days, […]
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Several Kentucky supreme court justices sound skeptical of state’s near-total abortion ban
Several Kentucky supreme court justices on Tuesday sounded skeptical of the state’s abortion ban, one of the most restrictive in the U.S., during oral arguments in a case that will decide whether women have any access to the procedure in the foreseeable future. EMW’s Women’s Surgical Center, an abortion clinic based in Louisville, has called […]
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World population reaches 8 billion people, with India expected to surpass China as most populous nation
Indian passengers stand and hang onto a train as it departs from a station on the outskirts of New Delhi. Money Sharma | AFP | Getty Images The world population reached 8 billion people on Tuesday, and India is expected to surpass China as the most populous country in the next year, according to projections […]
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As flu hospitalizations surge in the U.S., the Southeast is the hardest hit
Flu hospitalizations have surged to a decade high in the U.S. with the Southeast the hardest region right now. Five out every 100,000 people in the U.S. were hospitalized with the flu during the week ending Nov. 5, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s the highest hospitalization rate this […]
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Women and family health startup Maven raises $90 million for post-Roe v. Wade world
Founder and CEO of Maven Clinic Kate Ryder, the first female health tech unicorn, valued at $1 billion. Daniel Zuchnik | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Maven, the women and family health startup, has raised $90 million in a new fundraising round, and in a tough environment for venture funding. The round, led by […]
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Moderna says new Covid booster better against omicron BA.5, triggers immune response against BQ.1.1
Moderna’s new Covid booster triggered a stronger immune response against omicron BA.5 and also appears to work against the emerging BQ.1.1 subvariant, according to the company. Moderna, in clinical trial data published Monday, found that the new booster triggered five times more antibodies against omicron BA.5 than the old vaccines in people with prior Covid […]
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