Health
Change Healthcare sets up new electronic prescription service, funding program as cyberattack drags
In this photo illustration, UnitedHealth Group Inc logo seen displayed on a tablet. Igor Golovniov | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Change Healthcare on Friday said it’s finished setting up a new electronic prescription service, which could help provide some relief to pharmacies and physicians that have been struggling to contend with the […]
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Judge rejects AstraZeneca’s challenge to Medicare drug price negotiations
Activists protest the price of prescription drug costs in front of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services building in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 6, 2022. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images A federal judge on Friday rejected AstraZeneca‘s legal challenge to Medicare’s new power to negotiate the prices of certain costly prescription drugs with […]
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CDC updates Covid isolation guidelines for people who test positive
Using COVID 19 rapid self-test at home. wayra | E+ | Getty Images People who test positive for Covid no longer need to isolate for five days, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday. The CDC’s new guidance now matches public health advice for flu and other respiratory illnesses: Stay home when you’re sick, but return […]
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CVS and Walgreens to start selling abortion pill mifepristone this month
A container holding boxes of mifepristone, the first medication in a medical abortion, are prepared for patients at Alamo Women’s Clinic in Carbondale, Illinois, on April 20, 2023. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters CVS and Walgreens will start selling the abortion pill mifepristone this month at certain pharmacy locations in states where it is legal to […]
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Medicaid challenges leave many Black Americans uninsured
Recent changes to Medicaid programs, aimed at closing a health coverage gap in the U.S., have left behind some Americans — particularly people of color. Among the non-elderly population in the U.S. — those under age 65 — insured rates rose during the Covid pandemic, with 3.4 million Americans enrolling in health coverage between 2019 […]
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Here is Eli Lilly's competitive edge in GLP-1 obesity drugs and Abbott's secondary play
Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. (We’re no longer recording the audio, so we can get this new written feature to members as quickly as possible.) Inflation relief: The stock market was […]
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Ransomware group Blackcat is behind cyberattack on UnitedHealth division, company says
Change Healthcare on Thursday confirmed that ransomware group Blackcat is behind the ongoing cybersecurity attack that’s caused widespread disruptions to pharmacies and health systems across the U.S. “Our experts are working to address the matter and we are working closely with law enforcement and leading third-party consultants,” Change Healthcare told CNBC in a statement Thursday. […]
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Pfizer RSV vaccine maintains protection in older adults over two seasons in trial
Respiratory syncytial virus vial. Manjurul | Istock | Getty Images Pfizer‘s vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus maintained protection for older adults across two full seasons of the disease in an ongoing late-stage clinical trial, the company announced Thursday. The shot’s efficacy declined slightly compared with the levels of protection after one RSV season, but the […]
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CDC advisers recommend spring Covid boosters for older adults
A pharmacist delivers a COVID-19 booster dose at a Chicago CVS store. Antonio Perez | Tribune News Service | Getty Images People at higher risk for the most severe complications of Covid — primarily those ages 65 and older — should receive a booster shot this spring, advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]
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One down one to go — what we learned from TJX's great quarter and hope to hear from Salesforce
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. 1. U.S. stocks were trending lower as investors awaited important inflation data and mulled over more quarterly earnings. January’s PCE price index – the Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of inflation […]
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