Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, a democratic presidential candidate, attends the U.S Conference of Mayors 88th Winter Meeting in Washington, D.C, January 22, 2020. Yasin Ozturk | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Billionaire and public health advocate Mike Bloomberg on Tuesday excoriated Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump‘s pick for U.S. health […]
In this photo illustration, a McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburger meal is seen at a McDonald’s on October 23, 2024 in the Flatbush neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday said the deadly E. coli outbreak linked to slivered […]
President-elect Donald Trump at a viewing of a test-flight launch of the SpaceX Starship rocket in Brownsville, Texas, Nov. 19, 2024. Brandon Bell | Getty Images News | Getty Images As Inauguration Day nears, investors are trying to unravel what booms or busts lay ahead under President-elect Donald Trump. Trump’s campaign promises â from tariffs […]
Dr. Marty Makary on December 12, 2018 in New York City. Noam Galai | Getty Images A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Healthy Returns newsletter, which brings the latest health-care news straight to your inbox. Subscribe here to receive future editions. Happy Tuesday! President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Food and […]
The Amgen logo is displayed outside Amgen headquarters in Thousand Oaks, California, on May 17, 2023. Mario Tama | Getty Images Amgen on Tuesday said its experimental weight loss injection helped patients with obesity lose up to 20% of their weight on average after a year in a critical mid-stage trial, as the company races […]
More than 2 million babies died in the first 20 days of their lives in 2022, equating to around 6,500 deaths a day, according to the World Health Organization. On top of that, almost 800 women a day died from “preventable causes” in pregnancy or childbirth in 2020, an “unacceptably high” figure, the WHO says. […]
CVS Pharmacy logo is seen in Washington DC, United States on July 9, 2024. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images CVS Health, UnitedHealth Group and Cigna sued the Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday, claiming that the agency’s case against drug supply chain middlemen over high insulin prices in the U.S. is unconstitutional. The complaint, […]
A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Healthy Returns newsletter, which brings the latest health-care news straight to your inbox. Subscribe here to receive future editions. A sign with the company logo sits outside of the headquarters of Eli Lilly in Indianapolis, Indiana, on March 17, 2024. Scott Olson | Getty Images Analysts say […]
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. makes an announcement on the future of his campaign in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. August 23, 2024. Thomas Machowicz | Reuters President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services â a selection that is raising fears in the public […]
We are buying 25 shares of Danaher at roughly $229 each. Following Monday’s trade, Jim Cramer’s Charitable Trust will own 550 shares of DHR, increasing its weighting to roughly 3.6% from 3.4%. The health care sector has been the big loser in the market since the election. If the SPDR Health Care Sector Fund , […]