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The logo of UnitedHealth appears on the side of one of its office buildings in Santa Ana, California, on April 13, 2020. Mike Blake | Reuters UnitedHealth Group‘s stock sank 20% on Thursday after the company slashed its annual profit forecast, citing higher-than-expected medical costs in its privately run Medicare plans. Those bleak results from…
Measles cases are most likely being underreported in the United States as public health officials scramble to find resources to address a ballooning outbreak in the Southwest, according to a senior scientist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. So far this year, 747 cases have been recorded in the United States, according to…
Kena Betancur | Corbis News | Getty Images Pfizer on Monday said it would end development of its experimental daily weight loss pill after a patient experienced a liver injury that was potentially caused by the drug in a trial. The patient did not experience any liver-related symptoms or side effects, a Pfizer spokesperson said…
A sign for US drugstore chain Walgreens is displayed outside its store in New York City on March 7, 2025. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images Walgreens on Tuesday reported fiscal second-quarter earnings and revenue that topped expectations, as the retail drugstore giant benefits from cost cuts and prepares to go private. The company…
An aerial of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services building on March 19, 2025 in Woodlawn, Maryland. Kayla Bartkowski | Getty Images The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has slashed jobs from its minority health office and other divisions, CNBC has learned, as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. upends the U.S. health department. During…
Rafael Henrique | Lightrocket | Getty Images Shares of major vaccine makers dropped on Monday after a key U.S. health official resigned in protest of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s views on immunization. The departure of Peter Marks, the Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine regulator, has raised fresh fears about…
Moderna on Friday posted fourth-quarter revenue that beat estimates, but lost more than expected for the period, as the biotech company continues to slash costs and demand for its Covid vaccine falls. It marks another quarter of growing pains for the company, which is racing to launch new products and recover from the rapid decline…
A test tube is seen in front of displayed Biogen logo in this illustration taken on, December 1, 2021. Dado Ruvic | Reuters Biogen on Wednesday posted fourth-quarter revenue and profit that topped expectations as its cost cuts showed progress and new products, including its breakthrough Alzheimer’s treatment Leqembi, saw growth. But the biotech company’s…
An exterior view of a CVS pharmacy in Danville, Pennsylvania. Paul Weaver | Lightrocket | Getty Images CVS Health on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter revenue and profit that topped estimates, even as its troubled insurance business continued to see higher medical costs. The company also issued a full-year 2025 adjusted earnings outlook of $5.75 to $6…
Eli Lilly on Thursday reported mixed results for the fourth quarter, even as sales of its blockbuster weight loss drug Zepbound and diabetes treatment Mounjaro soared. The company’s quarterly earnings topped Wall Street estimates, but sales fell just short as Mounjaro saw lower realized prices. Zepbound and Mounjaro have now underperformed expectations for two straight…