Health
JPMorgan’s top biotech and pharma picks for the second half
Biopharmaceutical stocks’ underperformance versus the broader market for a third-straight year is an opportunity for investors, according to JPMorgan. Analyst Chris Schott said in the firm’s June outlook for biopharma that the sector’s poor performance can be traced back to concerns over President Donald Trump’s tariffs and his ” most favored nation ” executive order. […]
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How twin sister triathletes doubled down on sports success to raise health-startup millions from investors
During their last year of completing work for doctoral degrees in physiology, twin sisters Michal Mor and Merav Mor started to compete in Ironman triathlon races. The demand for peak fitness led them to the realize the importance of understanding personal metabolism, and the lack of data being collected on it through devices accessible to […]
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It’s not just AI — China’s quickly gaining an edge over the U.S. in biotech
Two graduate students research chemical products in a laboratory in Xiwangzhuang Town, Zaozhuang City, Shandong province of China, on Dec. 26, 2023. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images BEIJING — For all the attention on U.S.-China competition in artificial intelligence, new studies point to China’s rapid rise in biotechnology, especially for drug and agricultural development. […]
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Healthy Returns: AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Gilead and other drugmakers release promising cancer drug data at ASCO
Attendees walk through the lobby at the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting in Chicago. Tim Boyle | Bloomberg | Getty Images A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Healthy Returns newsletter, which brings the latest health-care news straight to your inbox. Subscribe here to receive future editions. I’m back in New […]
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Hims & Hers to acquire European telehealth platform in global expansion
The Hims logo arranged on a smartphone in New York, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Hims & Hers Health announced Tuesday it will acquire European telehealth platform Zava in its push to expand globally. “We’re excited to take this moment to really accelerate both the European expansion, but […]
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Speaker Mike Johnson says some Medicaid recipients will ‘choose’ whether to lose healthcare under House spending bill
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Sunday defended cuts to Medicaid in the budget bill House Republicans passed last month from allegations that millions of Americans could lose their access to the program, saying that “4.8 million people will not lose their Medicaid unless they choose to do so.” Johnson told NBC News’ “Meet the Press” that the […]
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Healthy Returns: RFK Jr.’s Covid vaccine recommendation change could threaten health, access
A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Healthy Returns newsletter, which brings the latest health-care news straight to your inbox. Subscribe here to receive future editions. A wave of outrage is sweeping the scientific and medical world after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decision to stop recommending routine Covid-19 […]
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CDC ends Covid vaccine recommendation for healthy kids and pregnant women
U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Secretary of Education Linda McMahon attend a Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission event, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 22, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will no longer […]
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Ambience announces OpenAI-powered medical coding model that outperforms physicians
Dr. Priti Patel, CMIO at John Muir Health, uses Ambience before starting a patient encounter. Courtesy of Ambience Healthcare Artificial intelligence startup Ambience Healthcare on Tuesday announced a new medical coding model that outperforms doctors by 27%. Ambience uses AI to draft clinical notes in real-time as doctors consensually record their visits with patients. The […]
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Hinge Health opens at $39.25 per share after pricing IPO at top end of range
Hinge Health signage outside the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) during the company’s initial public offering (IPO) in New York, US, on Thursday, May 21, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of Hinge Health popped in their debut on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday after the digital physical therapy company raised […]
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