Health care industry
Embryos can count as dependents on Georgia state tax returns: For many families ‘there is no benefit at all,’ says analyst
Anti-abortion activists demonstrate outside the Supreme Court of the United States in Washington, June 13, 2022. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters Residents of Georgia may now claim embryos as dependents on their state income tax returns. Any “unborn child with a detectable human heartbeat” may qualify for a $3,000 state income tax deduction for 2022, effective […]
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Overwhelming abortion right win in in ‘red’ Kansas gives Democrats boost for fall midterms over ‘MAGA’ GOP, Schumer says
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and other leading Democrats on Wednesday said an unexpectedly strong vote to uphold the right to an abortion in “red” Kansas gives their party a boost over Republicans going into the fall midterm elections. “Last night in the American heartland, the people of Kansas sent an unmistakable message to MAGA […]
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CVS says it plans to get into primary care by year end
A CVS Pharmacy store is seen in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York. Shannon Stapleton | Reuters CVS said Wednesday that it plans to acquire or take a stake in a primary-care company by the end of the year, as competition heats up with Amazon and Walgreens. CEO Karen Lynch said on […]
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Biden to sign executive order to help cover costs for women traveling for abortions
Boxes of the medication Mifepristone used to induce a medical abortion are prepared for patients at Planned Parenthood health center in Birmingham, Alabama, March 14, 2022. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters U.S. President Joe Biden will sign an executive order on Wednesday to help cover costs for women traveling to receive abortions, a senior administration official […]
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Goldman says buy this ground-breaking biotech stock poised to rally 75% from here
Now is the time to buy biotech company Kymera Therapeutics as shares could jump more than 75% from here, Goldman Sachs said. Analyst Chris Shibutani initiated coverage of Kymera with a buy rating and a $40 price target, saying in a note to clients that shares are currently trading at an attractive entry for investors. […]
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Moderna’s 2Q earnings beat expectations, but it writes off $500 million in expiring Covid shots
Illustration of a vial of Moderna vaccine for coronavirus treatment. Marcos Del Mazo | Lightrocket | Getty Images Moderna on Wednesday reported second quarter results that beat earnings and revenue expectations driven $4.5 billion in sales from its Covid -19 vaccine, but it’s still the company’s only commercially available product and it took a big […]
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CVS Health raises full-year forecast after beating second-quarter expectations
People walk by a CVS Pharmacy store in the Manhattan borough of New York City. Shannon Stapleton | Reuters CVS Health on Wednesday lifted its earnings outlook for the year, after beating Wall Street’s expectations for the fiscal second quarter. The health-care company said it now expects adjusted earnings per share for the full year […]
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Covid can rebound even in people who haven’t taken Paxlovid, study finds
This photo taken on July 31, 2022 shows a health worker taking a swab sample from a woman to be tested for the Covid-19 coronavirus at a swab collection site in Guangzhou, in China’s southern Guangdong province. Around a third of people with Covid will experience a rebound of their symptoms, regardless of whether they’ve […]
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Watch live: U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland briefs press on DOJ lawsuit challenging Idaho abortion law
(Attorney General Merrick Garland is scheduled to begin speaking at 1:30 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if the video above doesn’t play at that time.) The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to invalidate Idaho’s new restrictive abortion law on the grounds that it violates federal law requiring most hospitals to give […]
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Biden names team to manage U.S. monkeypox response as outbreak grows
Duane Rinde, 57, an Oakland Park resident, receives the Monkeypox vaccine administered by nurse practitioner Joel Ramos at Latinos Salud in Wilton Manors, Florida on Wednesday, July 20, 2022. Al Diaz | Miami Herald | Tribune News Service | Getty Images President Joe Biden on Tuesday named a team of disaster management and health officials […]
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