Health, Fitness & Food

In this article CI HUM Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The Cigna Group headquarters in Bloomfield, Connecticut, on Oct. 27, 2023. BlooJoe Buglewicz | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of Cigna slid Wednesday after a report that the company is in talks with Humana about a merger between the two health-care giants. Spokespeople for

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 Monday’s key moments. 1. Wall Street was mixed Monday after the Dow , the S & P 500 and the Nasdaq finished higher for the fourth straight week. With the last trading day

A pharmacist displays a box of Mounjaro, a tirzepatide injection drug used for treating type 2 diabetes and made by Lilly at Rock Canyon Pharmacy in Provo, Utah, May 29, 2023. George Frey | Reuters The blockbuster diabetes drug Mounjaro is more effective for weight loss than another highly popular treatment, Ozempic, in overweight or

The American Red Cross has long been recognized as the universal symbol of humanitarian services —and it’s an expensive operation. In 2022, the American Red Cross generated more than $3.2 billion in operating revenue and spent just over $3 billion in expenses the same year, according to its financial statements. Contributions only make up about

Crowd gathers during China’s Lunar New Year celebrations. Nurphoto | Getty Images Chinese authorities reportedly called for vigilance Friday as a spike in respiratory illness continues to pile pressure on health care facilities in the north of the country, despite assurances that no “unusual or novel pathogens” have been detected. The World Health Organization said

COVID-19 home test kits are pictured in a store window during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., January 19, 2022. Carlo Allegri | Reuters The Biden administration on Monday said it is offering another round of free at-home Covid tests to U.S. households ahead of

A microbiologist at the Max-Planck-Institute for Infection Biology prepares a bacterial colony of the strain Streptococcus pyogenes on a blood agar plate. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Already recognized as one of the leading public health threats facing humanity today, it is feared that a warming world is making it harder to stop

In this article SAN-FR AZN-GB Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A RSV-infected child receives treatment, as RS-Virus infections spread among children at Missio children’s clinic Moenchberg, in Wuerzburg, Germany, December 2, 2022.  Heiko Becker | Reuters The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expedited the release of more than 77,000 additional doses of a

In this article PFE Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT CFOTO | Future Publishing | Getty Images As its Covid gains evaporate, Pfizer wants a chunk of the budding weight loss drug market.  Analysts say upcoming data on Pfizer’s experimental obesity pill, danuglipron, will be crucial in determining how competitive the company can be against

Andrew Hitz with the Zeus hand. Courtesy of Aether Biomedical In 2011, Jeremy Schroeder was driving a four-wheeler near Sherwood, Ohio, when he crashed into a stop sign he hadn’t seen as the stone path suddenly turned to asphalt. The sign left a deep gash in Schroeder’s arm; he was rapidly losing blood.  Shroeder, who

In this article NOVO.B-DK Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Still life of Wegovy an injectable prescription weight loss medicine that has helped people with obesity. It should be used with a weight loss plan and physical activity.  Michael Siluk | UCG | Getty Images Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy cut the risk of serious cardiovascular complications

Prenuvo MRI machine Courtesy of Prenuvo While celebrating the July Fourth holiday last year on a boat in Tyler, Texas, Dr. Julianne Santarosa received the results from her full-body MRI scan. What she saw put a damper on the festivities. Radiologists at Prenuvo, which performed the scan, had identified a nodule in her lungs. Santarosa,

Sheryl Sandberg, former COO of Facebook, at Vanity Fair’s 6th Annual New Establishment Summit. Matt Winkelmeyer | Getty Images A new health tech startup called Cercle launched Wednesday and announced major global partners and investors, including Meta‘s former COO Sheryl Sandberg. Cercle uses artificial intelligence to try and advance women’s health, particularly within fertility care.

In this article WBA CVS Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A small number of employees and supporters picket outside the headquarters of drugstore chain Walgreens during a three-day walkout by pharmacists in Deerfield, Illinois, November 1, 2023. Vincent Alban | Reuters The organizers of a recent retail pharmacy staff walkout are helping to launch

In this article LLY Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A pharmacist displays boxes of Ozempic, a semaglutide injection drug used for treating type 2 diabetes made by Novo Nordisk, at Rock Canyon Pharmacy in Provo, Utah, on March 29, 2023. George Frey | Reuters The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved Eli Lilly‘s

Amazon (AMZN) said on Wednesday that it’s offering Prime members a discount on its new health-care service — another perk that should help bring more people into the online retailer’s ecosystem. The One Medical service, which typically costs $199 annually, will be available to Prime subscribers for $9 a month or $99 per year. It

In this article PLNT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A person works out at Planet Fitness as they re-open at 25 percent capacity in Boston’s Dorchester on Feb. 1, 2021. Jessica Rinaldi | Boston Globe | Getty Images Planet Fitness shares surged double digits after beating expectations on both lines for the third quarter

A worker organizes cans of PepsiCo Inc. soda on a shelf inside a grocery store in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., on Thursday, July 6, 2017. PepsiCo Inc. is scheduled to release earnings figures on July 11. Photographer: Caitlin O’Hara/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images If you listen to third-quarter corporate earnings calls,

In this article CVS Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A woman walks past a CVS Pharmacy in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 2, 2022. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images CVS on Wednesday reported third-quarter adjusted earnings and revenue that topped Wall Street’s expectations, lifted in part by strong revenue from the company’s health

In this article MRNA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Moderna on Thursday posted a steep loss for the third quarter as it recorded a large write-down due to unused doses of its Covid vaccine, its only marketable product, and unveiled plans to scale back production of the shot.  Moderna’s total revenue for the period