Health
Danaher returns a key business to growth, and we’re raising our stock rating back to buy
Danaher shares declined Tuesday despite the life sciences company returning its key bioprocessing business to growth in the third quarter. Danaher’s revenue for the three months ended Sept. 27 advanced 3% year over year on a reported basis, to $5.8 billion, outpacing the LSEG consensus estimate of $5.59 billion. On an organic basis, sales were […]
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GE HealthCare announces time-saving AI tool for doctors who treat cancer
GE Healthcare booth is seen ahead of the 2022 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) at China National Convention Center on August 28, 2022 in Beijing, China. Yi Haifei | China News Service | Getty Images GE HealthCare on Monday announced a new artificial intelligence application it said will save time for doctors […]
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Apple’s AirPods Pro 2 will soon work as a hearing aid. Here’s what it’s like
Apple CEO Tim Cook delivers remarks before the start of an Apple event at the Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California, on Sept. 9, 2024. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images I tested the new hearing health features coming to Apple‘s AirPods Pro 2 headphones, and they saved me a long-overdue trip to the audiologist. Apple unveiled […]
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Nvidia, Google, Microsoft and more head to Las Vegas to tout health-care AI tools
Visitors check out Nvidia’s AI technology at the 2024 Apsara Conference in Hangzhou, China, on September 19, 2024. Costfoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Nvidia, Google, Microsoft and dozens of other tech companies are descending on Las Vegas next week to showcase artificial intelligence tools they say will save doctors and nurses valuable time. Sunday […]
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Drug costs, abortion, Obamacare: How Trump and Harris could change U.S. health care
President Donald Trump talks to the press outside the White House, July 19, 2019, left, and Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to mark the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel, at the vice president’s residence at the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, Oct. 7, 2024. Getty […]
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Op-ed: The financial toxicity of cancer is growing. Here’s what can be done to reduce it
Medical personnel use a mammogram to examine a woman’s breast for breast cancer. Hannibal Hanschke | dpa | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Cancer drains individuals of their physical, emotional, and financial health. Given the impact on both patients and the people in their lives — including their employer — it’s time that CEOs take […]
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Merck says experimental RSV treatment protected infants in trial, paving way for potential approval
The logo for Merck is displayed on a screen at the New York Stock Exchange on Nov. 17, 2021. Andrew Kelly | Reuters Merck on Thursday said its experimental treatment designed to protect infants from respiratory syncytial virus showed positive results in a mid- to late-stage trial, bringing the company one step closer to filing […]
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Teen tobacco use falls to 25-year low as fewer pick up e-cigarettes
In this photo illustration, ZYN nicotine cases and pouches are seen on a table on January 29, 2024 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Tobacco product use among middle and high school students has dropped to a 25-year low, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Food and […]
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Embattled Abbott Labs comes through with a strong quarter, buyback announcement
Medical device maker Abbott Laboratories on Wednesday delivered better-than-expected quarterly results and upped its earnings guidance for the third straight quarter. Shares rose more than 1%, shaking off an initially subdued reaction. Revenue in the three months ended Sept. 30 rose 4.9% to $10.64 billion, topping estimates of $10.55 billion, according to data provider LSEG. […]
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Novavax says FDA put hold on combination Covid-flu shot and influenza vaccine; shares plunge
A health worker prepares a dose of the Novavax vaccine as the Dutch Health Service Organization starts with the Novavax vaccination program on March 21, 2022 in The Hague, Netherlands. Patrick Van Katwijk | Getty Images Novavax on Wednesday said the Food and Drug Administration has put a hold on its application for a combination […]
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