Healthcare


A Billionaire Trump Supporter Is Buying These Two Stocks

John Paulson, former hedge-fund manager, bought large blocks of Bausch Health and Perpetua Resources through funds.

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Gene Therapy Was the Biggest Idea in Biotech. Now It Has Lost Support on Wall Street.

Five years ago, scientists and investors were excited about gene therapy offering one-and-done cures for deadly diseases. Today, much of the enthusiasm has dried up.

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Zoetis Stock Is Falling. Why the Animal-Health Company Was Downgraded.

The Merck rival faces intense competition that could limit multiple expansion, Stifel analysts say.

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Social Security, Key Medicare Fund, to Run Out Sooner Than Previously Forecast

The combined retirement and disability fund is projected to run dry in 2034, one year earlier than reported last year, according to the annual Social Security and Medicare Trustees report.

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Sunrun, Enphase, Verve Therapeutics, Palantir, Tesla, T-Mobile, Jabil, and More Stock Market Movers

Solar stocks drop sharply as Senate Republicans detail changes to Trump’s tax-and-spending bill that would phase out solar, wind and energy tax credits by 2028.

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Sage Therapeutics Stock Soars 36% After Sale to Supernus. What We Know.

The deal is worth an initial $561 million, with potential for $234 million in add-ons.

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Kennedy Remakes CDC Committee in His Own Vaccine-Skeptical Image

The health secretary fired all the members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices late on Monday.

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Kennedy Pledges to Immediately Replace Vaccine Advisors, Shortcutting Vetting Process

There are two weeks to go until the panel’s next scheduled meeting. As of Wednesday morning, the committee has no known members.

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Fact Checking RFK Jr.’s Attack on Government Vaccine Experts

The head of the Department of Health and Human Services fired all the members of a committee advising the CDC on vaccine policy.

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Apple Needs More Time for AI. Why It’s Running Out Fast for the Stock.

Apple’s artificial intelligence projects, L.A. protesters target Waymo driverless cars, RFK Jr. fires vaccine advisory board, and more news to start your day.

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RFK Jr. Fires All 17 Members of CDC’s Vaccine Advisory Board

He said the Department of Health and Human Services is “putting the restoration of public trust above any pro- or antivaccine agenda,” in an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal.

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Hospital Stocks Tanked Early Monday. Budget Bill Has Street on Edge.

The selloff, based on the faintest whisps of news about the fate of the budget negotiations, shows just how anxious the bill has left investors.

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Intuitive Surgical Stock Is Falling. The MedTech Got Its First Sell Rating.

Deutsche Bank is the first group on Wall Street to issue a Sell rating on shares of Intuitive Surgical.

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Salmonella Outbreak Leads to Recall of 1.7 Million Eggs. Why It Won’t Lift Prices.

At least 79 people—many from California, Nevada, and Washington—have gotten ill.

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The Market Is Vulnerable. 6 ‘Defensive’ Stocks to Buy Now.

Stocks that aren’t sensitive to economic ups and downs are a smart way to protect your portfolio.

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Eldercare Employment Is Under Stress. Immigration Curbs Are Why. 

In an area where demand for workers is outstripping the supply, hiring is slowing.

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The S&P 500 Finally Hit 6000. Buyer, Beware.

The index is having trouble staying above the 6000 level, indicating that not enough has changed in the economic environment to stoke confidence that stocks could soar from here.

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Biotech Stock Vera Is Slumping After Monster Gain

Vera Therapeutics stock rocketed nearly 70% on Monday on upbeat data for a kidney-disease trial. Shares are tumbling Friday on a rival’s study.

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Despite Trade War, U.S. Drug Companies Turn to China for Key Cancer Treatments

U.S. drug companies are increasingly licensing experimental medicines invented by Chinese firms. The recent deals could be worth up to $25 billion.

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Trump's Megabill Would Cut 8 Million From Medicaid

Some Republican lawmakers have joined Democrats in opposing cuts to Medicaid.

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Trump Signs Order Doubling Steel, Aluminum Tariffs, Citing National Security

He initially announced the move last Friday while visiting a U.S. Steel factory in Pennsylvania.

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Hims & Hers Expands into Europe, Seeking Growth as Weight Loss Business Shifts

Hims agreed to buy private European telehealth firm Zava, which operates in the U.K., Germany, France, and Ireland.

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Trump’s Tax Bill Is Testing the Dollar. This Red Flag Matters More.

The dollar’s worst start to a year on record, Bristol Myers plans to develop new cancer drug, Apple’s WWDC is coming, and more news to start your day.

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Blueprint Medicines Soars 26% on $9.5 Billion Buyout. Why This Drug Is Key to the Deal.

The deal announced Monday is Sanofi's third of the year so far.

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Moderna Stock Is Rising. A New Covid Vaccine Is Coming But Only for Some.

Moderna said mNEXSPIKE was approved by the FDA for use in adults aged 65 and up, as well as some individuals aged 12 to 64.

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