Pfizer probably did more than any other company to help the world normalize from the pandemic, and it reaped a financial windfall from its twin Covid-19 franchise—the top-selling vaccine and the leadi...
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Pfizer CEO: Covid Infections Will Rise. So Will Paxlovid and Vaccine Sales.
Pfizer executives say Wall Street analysts haven’t understood just how powerful a hit the company’s Covid-19 products will take this year. That’s the explanation the company’s chief financial officer,...
FDA clearance of Covid shots and treatments won’t slow with end of public health emergency
Vials and a medical syringe seen displayed in front of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the United States logo. FDA finds the COVID-19 vaccine. Pavlo Gonchar | LightRocket | Getty Images The ...
Chinese PMIs spark to life after covid restrictions lifted, but investors stay wary
In the week running up to the new year, China dismantled the last of its major zero-covid policy restrictions, with the decision to scrap quarantine for all inbound travellers. However, tourists and b...
WHO says Covid remains a global emergency but pandemic could near its end in 2023
Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends an ACANU briefing on global health issues, including COVID-19 pandemic and war in Ukraine in Geneva, Swit...
Long Covid has ‘underappreciated’ role in labor gap: study
Simpleimages | Moment | Getty Images Long Covid is keeping people out of work and may reduce on-the-job productivity for others, contributing to a labor shortage and weighing on the U.S. economy at la...
Amazon’s Bold $5 Prescription Drug Program Is The Future Of Pharmacy
Amazon is taking yet another bold step into the world of healthcare, further solidifying its powerful footprint in the business-to-consumer “B2C” space. Earlier this week, the tech giant announced its...
Pfizer Facing Profit Drop After Record Year as COVID Vaccine Demand Fades
Drugmaker Pfizer (PFE) will see out the most lucrative year in its history with fourth-quarter results due early Tuesday and hope its 2023 guidance isn’t too much of a letdown amid diminished de...
NVAX Stock Outperforms Vaccine Stock Rivals On Pledge To Update Covid Vaccine
Novavax (NVAX) plans to update its Covid shot for new variants, and NVAX stock outperformed its vaccine rivals on Friday. X The decision follows an advisory committee meeting at the Food and Drug Admi...
China looks past Covid as tourist bookings surge for the Lunar New Year
BEIJING — People in China are moving past the pandemic and going out to travel, preliminary data for the Lunar New Year holiday show. “Pent-up demand is being released as many people rush to sce...
FDA advisors recommend using Covid omicron shots for all doses
The Food and Drug Administration’s independent advisory committee on Thursday recommended replacing Pfizer and Moderna’s original Covid vaccine used in the U.S. for everyone’s first ...
The Story Of How The Grand Ole Opry Helped Save A Brand New TV Network During Covid
(Original Caption) 10/25/1970- Nashville, TN- Since 1925, Ryman Auditorium has been the “home” of … [+] the Grand Ole Opry and the national headquarters of foot-stomping, tear-jerkin...
A Covid Test Targeting The Fast-Spreading XBB.1.5 ‘Kraken’ Variant Is Being Developed By Scientists
Topline Swiss pharma giant Roche on Thursday launched a new Covid test designed to help researchers find the highly contagious omicron offshoot XBB.1.5—unofficially nicknamed “Kraken”—a mutant that is...
China’s Covid wave drives up consumer interest in health insurance
Chuiyangliu hospital, pictured in January 2023 in Beijing, in the last few years finished renovations that allowed for a six-fold increase in daily patents to 5,000 a day, according to official estima...
Intuitive Surgical stock drops 10%, COVID resurgence hobbles sales
Shares of Intuitive Surgical Inc. ISRG dropped more than 10% in the extended session Tuesday after the maker of surgical robotic systems reported fourth-quarter results slightly below Wall Street expe...
ISRG Stock Skids 10% On Light Profit As Covid Disruptions Continue
Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) reported lighter-than-expected fourth-quarter profit on Tuesday, leading ISRG stock to skid despite in-line sales. X During the December quarter, the robotic surgery giant ea...
mRNA Covid Shots Safe And Effective In Children Ages 5-11, Large Study Finds—Though Vaccine Uptake Remains Low
Topline mRNA Covid vaccines, such as Pfizer and Moderna shots, are effective at preventing infection and severe illness and have low rates of serious side effects in young children, according to a stu...
Microsoft Is Aggressively Investing In Healthcare AI
Earlier this month, healthcare artificial intelligence (AI) company Paige announced a new partnership with renowned technology giant, Microsoft. Paige describes itself as a company at the forefront of...
Global Trade More Fizzle Than Sizzle Until 2031
The World Economic Forum, held in Davos Switzerland, brings together the world’s global elite and … [+] its most prominent globalists. AFP via Getty Images Nikolaus Lang says there are thr...
Former Covid Czar Jeff Zients Will Serve As Biden’s New Chief Of Staff—Replacing Ron Klain
Topline President Joe Biden will name his former Covid-19 response coordinator Jeff Zients as White House chief of staff when Ron Klain departs the role in the coming weeks, according to multiple repo...
David Crosby Dies At 81, Covid-19 Rumors Abound
On January 19, it was announced that David Crosby, pictured here with his wife Jan Dance, died after … [+] a “long illness.” (Photo by David Crotty/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images) Patrick McM...
Novartis CEO says Covid to become endemic, calls for better pandemic preparedness
Novartis said in August that it plans to spin off its generics unit Sandoz to sharpen its focus on its patented prescription medicines. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The chief executive of Swis...
Marvel movies set to return to China, but Covid could hurt ticket sales
Marvel Studios’ “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.” Disney Marvel films are returning to China in February, marking the first time in nearly four years that Disney’s comic boo...
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell tests positive for Covid
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell holds a news conference following the announcement that the Federal Reserve raised interest rates by half a percentage point, at the Federal Reserve Buildi...
Pfizer Stock Needs A ‘Covid Reset,’ According To One Analyst; Shares Dive
Pfizer stock fell Tuesday after a Wells Fargo analyst downgraded shares and said the drug giant needs a “Covid reset.” X Wells Fargo analyst Mohit Bansal downgraded Pfizer (PFE) shares to ...
MIT & Mass General Hospital Have Developed An AI System That Can Detect Lung Cancer
Lung cancer is a devastating disease. According to the World Health Organization, lung cancer is one of the most common causes of death worldwide, accounting for nearly 2.21 million cases in 2020 alon...
World Economy’s Schizophrenic Year Begins In China
Will global growth roar higher in 2023? It’ll depend whether China’s post-zero-Covid reopening boom actually materializes. getty Depending on who you speak with, 2023 will either be a year...
Royal Caribbean Makes a Major Behind-the-Scenes Move (That Impacts Passengers)
The covid pandemic forced all the major cruise lines including Royal Caribbean Group (RCL) – Get Free Report and Carnival Cruise Lines (CCL) – Get Free Report to take on debt in order to s...
RFK Jr. Sues BBC And Other Media Outlets Over Covid ‘Censorship’
Topline Robert F. Kennedy Jr and a band of anti-vaccine activists have filed an antitrust lawsuit against some of the world’s top news media organizations alleging the companies worked with social med...
‘Shot In The Arm’ Shows How Disinformation Can Be Deadly
A doctor examines a child’s leg, weakened by polio. Nearly eradicated by global vaccination, … [+] poliomyelitis cases are on the rise due to a decline in vaccination rates. Bettmann Archi...