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Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. (We’re no longer recording the audio, so we can get this new written feature to members as quickly as possible.) Fed foils stocks : The market

Woman wearing face masksto protect against Covid-19 on 7th April 2024 in London, United Kingdom. Mike Kemp | In Pictures | Getty Images LONDON — New strains of Covid-19 are spreading globally, raising concerns among health professionals about a possible summer spike in cases, four-and-a-half years since the onset of the pandemic. The FLiRT variants

Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. (We’re no longer recording the audio, so we can get this new written feature to members as quickly as possible.) No big swings : The market

In this article NOVO.B-DK AZN-GB LLY Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The Astrazeneca logo is pictured at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference 2021 in Shanghai, China, July 7, 2021. Costfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images LONDON — Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca on Tuesday said it planned to increase its total revenue to $80 billion

In this article HIMS NVO Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Products of Hims & Hers displayed. Hims & Hers Digital pharmacy startup Hims & Hers Health is introducing access to compounded GLP-1 weight loss injections, the company announced Monday. The company, which offers a range of direct-to-consumer treatments for conditions like erectile dysfunction and

In this article NOVO.B-DK Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Boxes of Wegovy made by Novo Nordisk are seen at a pharmacy in London, Britain March 8, 2024.  Hollie Adams | Reuters Patients taking Novo Nordisk‘s obesity drug Wegovy maintained an average of 10% weight loss for up to four years, according to a new

In this article ROG-CH Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A logo at the Roche Holding AG headquarters in Basel, Switzerland, on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. Bloomberg | Getty Images Roche on Thursday said its experimental weight loss drug showed promising results in an early-stage trial, boosting the company’s bid to compete in the booming market

In this article AMGN Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The Amgen headquarters in Thousand Oaks, California. Eric Thayer | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved Amgen‘s therapy for patients with the most deadly form of lung cancer.  The agency cleared the drug, which will be marketed under the

Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Tuesday’s key moments. U.S. stocks were little changed Tuesday as the market digested hotter-than-expected inflation data. April’s producer price index print came in above estimates , further complicating the timeline for Federal Reserve

Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. (We’re no longer recording the audio, so we can get this new written feature to members as quickly as possible.) Market talk : The S &

In this article WBA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A person rides past a Walgreens truck, owned by the Walgreens Boots Alliance, in Manhattan, New York City, on Nov. 26, 2021. Andrew Kelly | Reuters Walgreens on Wednesday said it will offer its own cheaper version of the over-the-counter opioid overdose reversal spray naloxone.

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In this article SAN-FR NVAX Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A vial labelled “Novavax V COVID-19 Vaccine” is seen in this illustration taken January 16, 2022.  Dado Ruvic | Reuters Shares of Novavax jumped as much as 50% on Monday as Wall Street cheered the company’s new multibillion-dollar deal with French drugmaker Sanofi that

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Ariel Skelley | The Image Bank | Getty Images Paid leave for prenatal care is poised to become a national women’s health initiative. That’s now that New York has become the first state to mandate a standalone entitlement to paid prenatal leave. In April, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed an amendment to New York

In this article SAN-FR NVAX Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A health worker prepares a dose of the Novavax vaccine as the Dutch Health Service Organization starts with the Novavax vaccination program on March 21, 2022 in The Hague, Netherlands. Patrick Van Katwijk | Getty Images Novavax on Friday said it has signed a

Vadym Buinov | Moment | Getty Images Working parents, guardians or caretakers know the challenge of striking the delicate balance between work and care responsibilities. From paid parental leave to quality health-care coverage and equal pay that cover child care costs, it’s become a priority for workers to find an employer that recognizes parents have

In this article MRNA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Nikos Pekiaridis | Lightrocket | Getty Images Moderna on Friday said the Food and Drug Administration has delayed the approval of its vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus to the end of May due to “administrative constraints” at the agency. The FDA was expected to make

In this article MGM BALY CZR BYD Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A new strategy has emerged in the battle to ban smoking in casinos: the shareholder vote. Shareholders at Boyd Gaming, Bally’s Entertainment and Caesars Entertainment will put on the ballot at the respective casino companies proposals to force them to study the

Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images Elon Musk‘s startup Neuralink on Wednesday said part of its brain implant malfunctioned after it put the system in a human patient for the first time. Neuralink has built a brain-computer interface, or a BCI, that could eventually help patients with paralysis control external technology using only their