A person walks by a CVS Pharmacy store in Manhattan, New York, on Nov. 15, 2021. Andrew Kelly | reuters CVS Health on Wednesday reported mixed third-quarter results as higher medical costs squeezed its bottom line. The earnings report is CEO David Joyner’s first at the helm of the troubled retail drugstore chain. The company…
McDonald’s Chris Kempczinski speaks about fresh beef expansion at a McDonald’s event in Oak Brook, Illinois. Richa Naidu reuters A week after health authorities publicly linked a deadly E. coli outbreak to McDonald’s Quarter Pounder burgers, the company’s CEO, Chris Kempczinski, told investors that the situation is now behind them. “How we’ve handled the issue,…
A deadly E. coli outbreak linked to mcdonald‘s Quarter Pounders has led to 75 cases in 13 states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday, as it investigates the source of the spread. The outbreak has led to 22 hospitalizations and one previously reported death of an older adult in Colorado. Out of…
CONCORD, NH — One of the nation’s most competitive gubernatorial races has also become intensely personal. None of the nation’s 12 female governors are up for reelection, but five women are running as major party gubernatorial nominees in four states. Two of them are in New Hampshire, where Republican Kelly Ayotte and Democrat Joyce Craig…
The logo for Merck is displayed on a screen at the New York Stock Exchange on Nov. 17, 2021. Andrew Kelly | reuters merck on Thursday said its experimental treatment designed to protect infants from respiratory syncytial virus showed positive results in a mid- to late-stage trial, bringing the company one step closer to filing…
FTC Chairwoman Lina Khan testifies during the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government hearing titled “Fiscal Year 2025 Request for the Federal Trade Commission,” in Rayburn Building on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. , Getty Images CVS Health, UnitedHealth Group and Cigna are demanding Federal Trade Commission…
Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen, CEO of Novo Nordisk, speaks during an interview in New York on Aug. 10, 2022. Christopher Goodney Bloomberg | Getty Images novo nordisk‘s top executive is slated to face a Senate grilling on Tuesday over the high prices of the company’s weight loss drug Wegovy and diabetes treatment Ozempic, as demand for…
The Federal Trade Commission on Friday sued three large US health companies that negotiate insulin prices, arguing the drug middlemen use practices that boost their profits while “artificially” inflating costs for patients. The suit targets the three biggest so-called pharmacy benefit managers, UnitedHealth Group’s Optum Rx, CVS Health’s Caremark and Cigna’s Express Scripts. All are…
A vial labeled “Novavax V COVID-19 Vaccine” is seen in this illustration taken January 16, 2022. Dado Ruvic | Reuters The Food and Drug Administration authorized Novavax‘s updated protein-based Covid vaccine for emergency use in people ages 12 and up on Friday, paving the way for the shot to compete with Pfizer and Modern‘s jabs…
Images By Tang Ming Tung | DigitalVision | Getty Images The Biden administration on Friday said it will resume offering free at-home Covid-19 tests to American households in late September as the virus has gained a stronger foothold in the US this summer. Americans will soon be able to use COVIDtests.gov to request four free…
