Pfizer is planning to pull back on early-stage research into treatments for rare diseases, including the development of new viral-based gene therapies, the company told employees on Thursday afternoon...
Tag: Health
Alibaba Stock Is Soaring. What’s Driving Its Big Move.
Alibaba stock was on a tear Wednesday amid signs that the tough regulatory landscape for Chinese tech stocks—one of two key headwinds facing the sector—is improving. Progress has put investors on a bu...
Assessing MakerDAO’s [MKR] health following its displacement by Lido
MakerDAO had a system surplus at press time, indicating that the total debt owed was not more than the value of the collateral in the system Its displacement by Lido might be temporary due to its slip...
Al Roker Returning To ‘Today’ After Health Scare
Topline Al Roker will return to the set of NBC’s Today Friday for the first time in nearly two months after serious health issues and multiple hospitalizations late last year forced the long-time weat...
How Following A Dream Helped Tattooed Chef Founder Sarah Galletti Create A Thriving Plant-Based Food Line
After spending time in Italy connecting with her family’s roots working in pasticceria, in a gelateria, and making pizza and cornetti (croissants), Sarah Galletti wanted to find a way to blend those e...
Business Disruptions Wane as Some Industries See a Return to Normal
After more than two years of pandemic-related upheaval, businesses in many corners of the economy are seeing their Covid disruptions recede. Supply-chain disruptions have eased. A lack of semiconducto...
People Are Eagerly Consulting Generative AI ChatGPT For Mental Health Advice, Stressing Out AI Ethics And AI Law
Should we be using generative AI such as ChatGPT to get mental health advice? Some say this is a … [+] slippery slope and an endangerment. getty Mental health has become a widespread topic nowad...
These 3 Sectors Have Had a Good Run. They Still Look Strong for 2023.
Yes, the stock market can always get worse—and that means three of this year’s best-performing sectors could continue to outperform in 2023. After a punishing 2022, Wall Street isn’t expecting the sit...
Loan Data Shows Exceptional Economic Health, Though HELOCs May Be Cracking
GIBBSTOWN, NJ – JANUARY 23: A truck driven by Rob Sparks of Metropolitan Asset Recovery Solutions … [+] tows a vehicle during reposession January 23, 2003 in Gibbstown, New Jersey. Statist...
Risk of a dangerous new Covid variant in China is ‘quite low,’ U.S. health expert says
Pictured here on Dec. 28, 2022, is gymnasium-turned-fever clinic in Fuzhou, Fujian province. Wang Dongming | China News Service | Getty Images BEIJING — It’s unlikely that a dangerous new Covid-...
U.S., global health officials worry about China transparency on virus spread
U.S. and global health leaders say Beijing is not sharing enough information about the spread of Covid-19 in China, leaving the international community in the dark about the scale and severity of the ...
Health Of Dog Who Inspired Dogecoin Is Improving With Community Support
– Advertisement – Kabosu the Doge is sick with liver disease and leukemia, and the Dogecoin community provides as much support as possible. The Dogecoin community has rallied behind Kabosu...
Warren Buffett jumps into local politics to fight Omaha streetcar project
OMAHA, Neb. — Billionaire investor Warren Buffett broke with his practice of staying out of local politics to urge his hometown of Omaha to abandon its planned streetcar project because he says it’s t...
Here’s What We Know About Ex-Pope Benedict’s Health
Topline Former Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI remains “stable,” the Vatican said Thursday, after Pope Francis asked for prayers for his 95-year-old predecessor over ill health. Pope Benedict XVI gives Chr...
How Jessica Biel Is Making Medicine Kinder To Your Children’s Health
KinderFarms was co-founded by parents Jessica Biel and Jeremy Adams when they couldn’t find … [+] children’s health products that were both effective and aligned with their values. KinderFarms W...
Kala Pharmaceuticals stock rockets nearly 300% after FDA OKs IND application for PCED treatment
Shares of Kala Pharmaceuticals Inc. KALA, +219.90% quadrupled in very volatile trading Wednesday, after the biopharmaceutical company said the Food and Drug Administration accepted its investigational...
Southwest, Tesla, Alibaba, NIO, and More Stock Market Movers Tuesday
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Here’s What a $1 Million Retirement Looks Like in America
Once a symbol of extravagant wealth, $1 million is now the retirement-savings goal for millions of Americans. For retirees able to accumulate $1 million in savings, the funds translate into inflation-...
Kabosu, The Real-Life Pooch Behind Dogecoin, In ‘Dangerous’ Health Condition
In 2013, two programmers named Billy Markus and Jackson Palmer created Dogecoin that was based on the underlying code of an existing cryptocurrency. Their objective was to make a parody on the thrivin...
Chinese provinces hit hard by Covid are seeing a strain on critical care, health officials say
People wait outside a fever clinic at Tongren Hospital in Shanghai on Dec. 23, 2022, amid a local outbreak of Covid-19 infections. Hector Retamal | Afp | Getty Images BEIJING — Some Chinese provinces&...
Are high-deductible health plans worth it? Here’s who can benefit the most.
Hello and welcome to Financial Face-off, a MarketWatch column where we help you weigh financial decisions. Our columnist will give her verdict. Tell us whether you think she’s right in the comments. A...
Pack these snacks, says nutritionist
Travelers have a host of pathogens to dodge this winter, including the “tripledemic” of infections caused by Covid-19, flu and RSV (respiratory syncytial virus). But there are steps people...
If You’re Ready to Retire, Consider These Cities
When you enter retirement, the first question is where will you live? To help you answer it, Storage Café, an online storage-unit listing service, has put together a ranking of the largest 100 metropo...
Fate Therapeutics stocks heads for record selloff after Janssen collaboration terminated and job cuts
Shares of Fate Therapeutics Inc. FATE, -61.18% plunged 56.8% in premarket trading, putting them on track for a record one-day selloff, after the biopharmaceutical company announced the termination of ...