Health care industry
When the market was tanking, these stocks were hitting all-time highs and could go even higher
While market losses were racking up, this group of stocks was breaking out to all-time highs and looks set for even more gains. The group is Big Pharma. It’s been long viewed as stodgy by investors looking for quicker price gains. Recently, however, as other stocks slid, these companies have become more attractive because of […]
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5 things to know before the stock market opens Tuesday
Here are the most important news, trends and analysis that investors need to start their trading day: 1. Dow set to gave back some of Monday’s snapback rally A screen displays the Fed rate announcement as a trader works inside a post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York […]
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Monkeypox outbreak is ‘containable,’ WHO says as it confirms more cases
Monkeypox cases are being investigated in Europe, the U.S., Canada and Australia following a recent spike in infections. Jepayona Delita | Future Publishing | Getty Images The World Health Organization said Tuesday that a recent outbreak of monkeypox cases in non-endemic countries is “containable,” even as it continues to confound health experts. As of Tuesday, […]
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CDC officials sound alarm for gay and bisexual men as monkeypox spreads in community
A section of skin tissue, harvested from a lesion on the skin of a monkey, that had been infected with monkeypox virus, is seen at 50X magnification on day four of rash development in 1968. CDC | Reuters The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday alerted gay and bisexual men that monkeypox appears […]
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Monkeypox outbreak is primarily spreading through sex, WHO officials say
An outbreak of the monkeypox virus in North America and Europe is primarily spreading through sex among men with about 200 confirmed and suspected cases across at least a dozen countries, World Health Organization officials said Monday. The outbreak has quickly advanced across Europe and North America over the last week and is expected to […]
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FDA panel sets June 15 meeting on Pfizer, Moderna Covid vaccines for infants and toddlers
Bridgette Melo, 5, prepares for her inoculation of one of two reduced 10 ug doses of the Pfizer BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine during a trial at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina September 28, 2021 in a still image from video. Shawn Rocco | Duke University | via Reuters The Food and Drug Administration’s expert committee […]
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Belgium becomes first country to introduce mandatory monkeypox quarantine as global cases rise
In this 1971 Center For Disease Control handout photo, monkeypox-like lesions are shown on the arm and leg of a female child in Bondua, Liberia. CDC | Getty Images Belgium has become the first country to introduce a mandatory 21-day quarantine for monkeypox patients as cases of the disease — typically endemic to Africa — […]
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Pfizer says third Covid vaccine shot for kids under 5 is 80% effective against omicron
A healthcare worker administers a Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine to a child at vaccination site in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Monday, Jan. 10, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Pfizer and BioNTech’s three-dose Covid vaccine for children six months to 5-years-old was 80% effective at preventing illness during the omicron wave, according […]
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Another baby formula shipment from Europe to arrive in the U.S. on Wednesday
Empty shelves show a shortage of baby formula at a Target store in San Antonio, Texas, May 10, 2022. Kaylee Greenlee Beal | Reuters FedEx Express has secured a government contract to bring another shipment of infant formula to the U.S. on Wednesday, NBC News reported. The Express plane will fly Nestlé baby formula from Ramstein […]
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Shanghai reopens some public transport, still on high Covid alert
Since March, mainland China has struggled to contain its worst Covid outbreak in two years. Notably, the metropolis of Shanghai, pictured here on May 18, only started this week to begin discussing resumption of normal activity — with a goal of mid-June. Hector Retamal | Afp | Getty Images Shanghai reopened a small part of […]
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