Health care industry
Beijing to allow indoor dining, further easing Covid curbs
Women eat and drink together outside a closed convenience store on May 31, 2022 in Beijing. Inside dining and drinking was banned due to Covid-19 outbreaks. Kevin Frayer | Getty Images News | Getty Images Beijing will further relax Covid-19 curbs by allowing indoor dining, as China’s capital steadily returns to normal with inflections falling, […]
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Monkeypox may have been spreading ‘under the radar’ for months or years
An employee of the vaccine company Bavarian Nordic shows a container with fibroblast cells from chicken embryos for the propagation of vaccine viruses in a laboratory of the company in Martinsried near Munich, Germany, May 24, 2022. The company, headquartered in Denmark, is the only one in the world to have approval for a smallpox […]
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Abbott Nutrition restarts baby formula production in reopened Michigan plant
Shelves normally meant for baby formula sit nearly empty at a store in downtown Washington, DC, on May 22, 2022. Samuel Corum | AFP | Getty Images Abbott Nutrition on Saturday resumed baby formula production at its Sturgis, Michigan, plant, a move toward addressing a nationwide shortage. The company has been given the green light […]
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The CDC is sending monkeypox vaccines to people at high risk in a race to prevent the spread
Test tubes labelled “Monkeypox virus positive and negative” are seen in this illustration taken May 23, 2022. Dado Ruvic | Reuters The Biden administration has distributed 1,200 monkeypox vaccine doses for people who have had high-risk exposures to the virus, part of a nationwide public health response to stamp out the disease before it causes […]
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Searching for value in the battered biotech sector, which may not have hit bottom yet
Investors have been laser-focused on profit-producing companies, which has left companies in their pre-revenue stage on the sidelines. As a result, a growing number of biotech stocks are now trading below the value of the cash on their balance sheets. Over the past year, the SPDR S & P Biotech ETF is down nearly 44%, […]
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U.S. monkeypox cases have more than doubled over the last week to 20, CDC says
The World Health Organization has said that there is a “window” of opportunity to contain a recent monkeypox outbreak which has seen cases spread across Europe, the U.S. and Australia. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images The U.S. has identified 20 confirmed or suspected monkeypox cases across 11 states as public health authorities increase testing […]
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White House expects Covid vaccinations for children under age 5 to begin as early as June 21
A nurse administers a pediatric dose of the Covid-19 vaccine to a girl at a L.A. Care Health Plan vaccination clinic at Los Angeles Mission College in the Sylmar neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, January 19, 2022. Robyn Beck | AFP | Getty Images Covid vaccinations for children under age 5 are expected to begin […]
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More than half of Americans say they are ‘pro-choice,’ the most since 1995, Gallup finds
Activists hold Pro-Choice posters. Local pro-Choice activists gathered at the Alberta Legislature in solidarity with US women to protest in defense of abortion rights. On Sunday, May 8, 2022, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Artur Widak/ | Nurphoto | Getty Images The percentage of Americans who identify themselves as “pro-choice” hit 55% — its highest level […]
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5 things to know before the stock market opens Thursday
Here are the most important news, trends and analysis that investors need to start their trading day: 1. Stock futures rise as Wall Street tries to rebound from Wednesday’s losses A trader works on the trading floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in Manhattan, New York, April 11, 2022. Andrew Kelly | Reuters […]
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WHO says Covid in North Korea is likely ‘getting worse, not better’
A poster depicts a disinfection worker in North Korea in this undated image released May 23, 2022 by the country’s Korean Central News Agency. KCNA | Reuters The World Health Organization has cast doubts on North Korea’s claims of progress in the fight against a Covid-19 outbreak, saying it believes the situation is getting worse, […]
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