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In this article PFE Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A staff member draws up a syringe with the Comirnaty vaccine from Biontech and Pfizer adapted to the Omicron-BA.1 variant at the Mainz vaccination center. Sebastian Christoph Gollnow | dpa | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Pfizer said its omicron booster triggers a stronger immune

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. Bullish on JNJ Upgrades for AMD Cost cuts at Disney 1. Bullish on JNJ Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) is a high-quality and recession-resistant name we’ve urged investors to own in

In this article AMZN Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon, speaks at the ceremonial ribbon cutting prior to tomorrow’s opening night for the NHL’s newest hockey franchise the Seattle Kraken at the Climate Pledge Arena on October 22, 2021, in Seattle. Bruce Bennett | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images

Indian passengers stand and hang onto a train as it departs from a station on the outskirts of New Delhi. Money Sharma | AFP | Getty Images The world population reached 8 billion people on Tuesday, and India is expected to surpass China as the most populous country in the next year, according to projections

Attendees march during a rally encouraging voters to vote yes on Amendment 2, which would add a permanent abortion ban to Kentuckys state constitution, on the steps of the Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort, Kentucky, on October 1, 2022. Stefani Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images Several Kentucky supreme court justices on Tuesday sounded skeptical

Egg shortages could be on the cards as avian flu sweeps through Europe. Sam Mellish / Contributor / Getty Images LONDON — The classic English fry-up and traditional Christmas turkey dinner could be under threat as Britain deals with the impact of rising cases of avian flu. Fried, poached, scrambled and boiled eggs may well

Naloxone, packaged with instructions, is one of the items given out by the Baltimore Harm Reduction Coalition outreach workers. Amy Davis | Baltimore Sun | Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday indicated it might approve over-the-counter nasal sprays and autoinjectors that prevent opioid overdoses, part of its efforts to expand access to

Enbal Sabag, a Nurse Practitioner, prepares a flu vaccination for a patient at the CVS Pharmacy and MinuteClinic on September 03, 2020 in Key Biscayne, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Flu hospitalizations have surged to a decade high in the U.S. with the Southeast the hardest region right now. Five out every 100,000 people

Founder and CEO of Maven Clinic Kate Ryder, the first female health tech unicorn, valued at $1 billion. Daniel Zuchnik | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Maven, the women and family health startup, has raised $90 million in a new fundraising round, and in a tough environment for venture funding. The round, led by

Respiratory Therapist Adel Al Joaid treats Melissa Wartman, a COVID-19 patient, in the ICU at Rush University Medial Center on January 31, 2022 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images Infants too young for vaccination were hospitalized with Covid-19 more often than any age group other than the elderly during the omicron BA.5 wave

ronnachaipark | iStock | Getty Images Health-care expenses can often be unpredictable and unwelcome. However, depending on your situation, there may be strategies you can employ that make those outlays a bit less financially painful. Because some of them involve taxes, experts say they shouldn’t be viewed in a vacuum. In other words, you may

Diane Macdonald | Stockbyte | Getty Images Even healthy infants face a considerable risk of hospitalization from respiratory syncytial virus, according to a large European study published Thursday. Dutch and British scientists, in a study published in Lancet Respiratory Medicine, found that 1.8% of healthy infants are hospitalized with RSV before their first birthday. This

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 Friday’s key moments. Buying health stocks DHR as a China reopening play Tech cutting costs 1. Buying health stocks on the dip Health-care stocks were down on Friday, along with other defensive names,

Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra answers questions during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing to discuss reopening schools during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., September 30, 2021. Greg Nash | Pool | Reuters The U.S. Covid public health emergency will remain in place past

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BEIJING — China reduced the quarantine time for international travelers by two days, state media said Friday. Instead of making travelers stay at a centralized quarantine facility for seven days upon arrival in the country, the new rules stipulate a five day quarantine, according to state media. That’s followed by three days of home observation,

If it seems like everyone around you is getting sick, you’re not imagining it. The flu season is hitting the United States unusually early and much harder than it usually does. “I’m scared about what’s going to happen this flu season because I don’t think we’ve ever seen a coalition of multiple viruses kind of

Guangzhou city in the southern province of Guangdong is the hardest hit in the latest Covid outbreak. Pictured here are closed stores in part of the city on Oct. 31, 2022. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images BEIJING — Covid infections are surging in the capital of China’s export-heavy Guangdong province, raising concerns

Counter-protestors hold signs in front of a rally encouraging voters to vote yes on Amendment 2, which would add a permanent abortion ban to Kentuckys state constitution, on the steps of the Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort, Kentucky, on October 1, 2022. Stefani Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images In a surprise victory for reproductive

Strange, but true: The S & P 500 has been solidly higher 12 months after the midterm elections in every cycle since 1954, according to Yardeni Research, regardless of which party won or lost. The broad market index’s average one-year gain in 17 post-elections windows has been about 15%. Those facts are on our minds