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Covid-19 Cases Are Rising Again, Just in Time for the Holidays

WebDec. 6, 2023 5:30 am ET. The CDC’s November forecast for Covid-19 predicts levels similar to last winter. Photo: UCG/Universal Images Group/Getty Images. In what is becoming a …

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Health-Insurance Costs Are Taking Biggest Jumps in Years

WebHealth-insurance costs are climbing at the steepest rate in years, with some projecting the biggest increase in more than a decade will wallop businesses and their …

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Health Care Roundup: Market Talk

WebThe latest Market Talks covering the Health Care sector. Published exclusively on Dow Jones Newswires at 4:20 ET, 12:20 ET and 16:50 ET. 1334 ET – …

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The Medicare Gold Rush Is Slowing Down

WebDec. 6, 2023 7:00 am ET. Listen. (2 min) UnitedHealth expects slower growth in its Medicare Advantage enrollment next year. Photo: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg News. The …

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CVS Plans to Overhaul How Much Drugs Cost

WebRetail pharmacies aiming to reshape healthcare have recently made high-profile deals and launched new services. Sree Chaguturu, CVS Health chief medical …

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U.S. Suicides Reached a Record High Last Year

WebAmerica’s mental-health crisis drove suicides to a record-high number last year. Nearly 50,000 people in the U.S. lost their lives to suicide in 2022, according to a …

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FDA Looking Into All Approved CAR T Therapies on Risk of Cancer …

WebThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration is investigating certain CAR T cancer therapies based on reports that they might cause a type of white blood cell to …

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Merck Scraps Phase 3 Keytruda-Lynparza Lung Cancer Study

WebMerck & Co.is ending a late-stage study of the combination of Keytruda and Lynparza in certain lung cancer patients due to an expected failure of the trial. The …

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Is That Food Ultra-Processed

WebHow to Tell. - WSJ. WSJ. Barron's. MarketWatch. IBD. A large chunk of the packaged foods you find in the grocery store is ultra-processed, nutrition researchers …

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A Guide to Flu Season: Shots, Symptoms and Some Good News

WebThere, cases picked up a little earlier than usual in some countries but didn’t result in an especially large number of hospitalizations and deaths, say public health …

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Merck MS Drug Fails to Meet Target of Late-Stage Trials

WebDec. 6, 2023 3:30 am ET. Photo: Ralph Orlowski/REUTERS. Merck ’s multiple sclerosis drug evobrutinib didn’t meet a key goal in late-stage trials. The German pharmaceutical …

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Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Cantaloupe Prompts CDC Warning

WebDec. 1, 2023 11:57 am ET. At least 117 people have become sick after eating contaminated cantaloupe since mid-October, the CDC said. Photo: J. Scott Applewhite/Associated …

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Health Care Roundup: Market Talk

WebThe latest Market Talks covering the Health Care sector. Published exclusively on Dow Jones Newswires at 4:20 ET, 12:20 ET and 16:50 ET. 1250 ET – …

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Men’s Body-Image Issues Got Worse During the Pandemic—Even …

WebAug. 14, 2022 10:00 am ET. Listen. (3 min) Body-image disorders among men are common but often unacknowledged—and disrupted diet and fitness routines during the pandemic …

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U.K. vs. U.S. on Healthcare

WebThe most important fact. Mark Rienzi ’s op-ed “ Britain’s NHS Left Indi Gregory to Die ” (Nov. 21) omits the most important fact: Britain’s healthcare costs are …

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Cigna, Humana in Talks for Blockbuster Merger

WebCigna and Humana are in talks for a combination that would create a new powerhouse in the health-insurance industry. The companies are discussing a stock-and …

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‘If Anything Happens to Me’ Inside One of America's Worst-Hit

WebThe agency overseeing one of the nation’s worst-hit nursing homes failed to warn families of its Covid-19 outbreak. It discouraged workers from wearing masks and …

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Stock Market Today: S&P 500 Rises, Powered by Tech

WebDec. 7, 2023 at 3:07 AM EST. Index futures were subdued early Thursday, while the dollar weakened. Benchmark 10-year Treasury yields crept up. U.S. oil prices nudged up to …

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Stock Market Today: Futures Rise; Bitcoin Holds Above $43,000

WebDec. 6, 2023 at 3:34 AM EST. Stock futures inched up early Wednesday. Major indexes had been subdued in the previous session, even as benchmark borrowing costs dropped to …

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WSJ.com -- A Look at Former Tenants of the World Trade Center

WebFour employees, passengers on flights that crashed into the World Trade Center and Pentagon, died. All employees evacuated safely. Company is managing business out of …

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