Weight loss drug Wegovy is now approved for heart health — but that won’t mean broad insurance coverage just yet

Weight loss drug Wegovy is now approved for heart health — but that won’t mean broad insurance coverage just yet

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Victoria Klesty | Reuters In the U.S., Wegovy is no longer just for weight loss. The blockbuster drug — one of a handful of weight loss treatments to skyrocket in popularity over the last year — is now approved in the U.S. for heart health, too. But … Read more

Weight loss drug Wegovy is now approved for heart health — but that won’t mean broad insurance coverage just yet

Weight loss drug Wegovy is now approved for heart health — but that won’t mean broad insurance coverage just yet

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Victoria Klesty | Reuters In the U.S., Wegovy is no longer just for weight loss. The blockbuster drug — one of a handful of weight loss treatments to skyrocket in popularity over the last year — is now approved in the U.S. for heart health, too. But … Read more

Eli Lilly taps Amazon Pharmacy to help deliver weight loss drug Zepbound, other medicines to patients 

Eli Lilly taps Amazon Pharmacy to help deliver weight loss drug Zepbound, other medicines to patients 

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Close-up of a hand holding a cellphone displaying the Amazon Pharmacy system, Lafayette, California, September 15, 2021.  Smith Collection | Gado | Getty Images Eli Lilly on Wednesday said Amazon Pharmacy will help send certain prescription drugs, including the red-hot weight loss treatment Zepbound, to patients’ … Read more

CVS and Walgreens to start selling abortion pill mifepristone this month 

CVS and Walgreens to start selling abortion pill mifepristone this month 

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE A container holding boxes of Mifepristone, the first medication in a medical abortion, are prepared for patients at Alamo Women’s Clinic in Carbondale, Illinois, April 20, 2023. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters CVS and Walgreens will start selling the abortion pill mifepristone this month at certain pharmacy … Read more

UnitedHealth subsidiary Change Healthcare down for a fourth day following cyberattack

UnitedHealth subsidiary Change Healthcare down for a fourth day following cyberattack

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE UnitedHealth Group Inc. headquarters stands in Minnetonka, Minnesota, U.S. Mike Bradley | Bloomberg | Getty Images Change Healthcare’s systems are down for a fourth straight day after parent company UnitedHealth Group disclosed that a suspected cybersecurity threat actor gained access to part of its information technology … Read more

CVS beats estimates, but cuts full-year profit outlook on higher medical costs

CVS beats estimates, but cuts full-year profit outlook on higher medical costs

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE A CVS location in New York, US, on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. Stephanie Keith | Bloomberg | Getty Images CVS Health on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter revenue and adjusted earnings that topped expectations, but the company cut its full-year profit outlook, citing higher medical costs that are … Read more

Humana stock plunges on dismal 2024 forecast, as insurers face soaring medical costs

Humana stock plunges on dismal 2024 forecast, as insurers face soaring medical costs

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Signage is displayed on a Humana Inc. office building in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S., on Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019. Humana is scheduled to release earnings figures on February 6. Photographer: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of Humana plummeted on Thursday … Read more

Tyson Foods drops CVS for upstart pharmacy benefit manager, as industry upheaval over cost concerns spreads

Tyson Foods drops CVS for upstart pharmacy benefit manager, as industry upheaval over cost concerns spreads

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Tyson Foods Inc., sign at Tyson headquarters in Springdale, Ark. April L. Brown | AP Tyson Foods will become one of the first Fortune 100 companies to stop using the nation’s traditional large pharmacy benefits managers, as it looks to cut spending on high-cost drugs.    … Read more

4 stock ideas I brought back from the JPMorgan Healthcare Conference and everything else I learned about the industry

4 stock ideas I brought back from the JPMorgan Healthcare Conference and everything else I learned about the industry

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Health care may be a real challenger to tech this year, a business that can actually grow faster than most of tech and has the possibility of a comeback from the Covid straitjacket that so many of these companies got caught up in. The pandemic obscured … Read more

CVS to close ‘select’ pharmacies in Target stores in the coming months

CVS to close ‘select’ pharmacies in Target stores in the coming months

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE A person walks by a CVS pharmacy store in Manhattan, New York, U.S., November 15, 2021. Andrew Kelly | Reuters CVS Health plans to close select pharmacies inside Target stores early this year, a company spokesperson said Thursday, as retail pharmacy chains in the U.S. struggle … Read more

Eli Lilly’s direct drug sales may not upend the industry alone – but others could follow suit

Eli Lilly’s direct drug sales may not upend the industry alone – but others could follow suit

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Eli Lilly is shaking up the pharmaceutical industry with a new website offering telehealth prescriptions and direct home delivery of certain drugs, including its red-hot weight loss treatment Zepbound, to expand patient access.  The company’s direct-to-consumer push announced Thursday, … Read more

Here are the big health sector themes to watch next year

Here are the big health sector themes to watch next year

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE An employee works on the production line of pharmaceutical company Zentiva in Prague, Czech Republic, May 6, 2021. David W. Cerny | Reuters The health-care sector has wiped out much of its losses for the year during the December market rally. Beaten-down biotech and medical device … Read more

Biden administration asserts power to seize drug patents in move to slash high prices

Biden administration asserts power to seize drug patents in move to slash high prices

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE President Joe Biden speaks about protecting Social Security, Medicare, and lowering prescription drug costs, during a visit to OB Johnson Park and Community Center, in Hallandale Beach, Florida, on Nov. 1, 2022. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters The Biden administration on Thursday asserted its authority to seize … Read more

CVS to change how it prices prescription drugs with new pharmacy reimbursement model

CVS to change how it prices prescription drugs with new pharmacy reimbursement model

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE A sign outside a CVS Health store in Miami, Aug. 1, 2023. Joe Raedle | Getty Images CVS Health on Tuesday said will revamp how it prices prescription drugs and scrap a complex model that typically sets how much pharmacies get reimbursed and what patients pay … Read more

Jim Cramer blasts the prospect of a Humana-Cigna deal — it could never be approved by regulators

Jim Cramer blasts the prospect of a Humana-Cigna deal — it could never be approved by regulators

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Jim Cramer urged Humana (HUM) not to pursue a merger with rival health insurer Cigna (CI), questioning the merits of a potential business combination and the likelihood of it passing U.S. antitrust review. Cigna and Humana could reach an agreement on a stock-and-cash transaction by the … Read more

Pharmacy walkout organizers help launch national push to unionize pharmacists, technicians

Pharmacy walkout organizers help launch national push to unionize pharmacists, technicians

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE A small number of employees and supporters picket outside the headquarters of drugstore chain Walgreens during a three-day walkout by pharmacists in Deerfield, Illinois, November 1, 2023. Vincent Alban | Reuters The organizers of a recent retail pharmacy staff walkout are helping to launch a national … Read more

CVS results top expectations, lifted by strong health services revenue

CVS results top expectations, lifted by strong health services revenue

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE A woman walks past a CVS Pharmacy in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 2, 2022. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images CVS on Wednesday reported third-quarter adjusted earnings and revenue that topped Wall Street’s expectations, lifted in part by strong revenue from the company’s health services … Read more

Some pharmacy staff from Walgreens, other chains are walking out again — here’s what you need to know

Some pharmacy staff from Walgreens, other chains are walking out again — here’s what you need to know

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE A sign advertises COVID-19 (coronavirus) vaccine shots at a Walgreens Pharmacy in Somerville, Massachusetts, August 14, 2023. Brian Snyder | Reuters Some pharmacy staff from Walgreens and other drugstore chains are planning to walk out next week in the latest pushback against what they call unsafe … Read more

Pharmacy staff from Walgreens, CVS say they’re at a breaking point — here’s what their days look like

Pharmacy staff from Walgreens, CVS say they’re at a breaking point — here’s what their days look like

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Signs offering COVID-19 vaccinations are seen outside of a CVS pharmacy in Washington, DC. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images Many pharmacy employees at some of the largest U.S. drugstore chains say they’re reaching a breaking point.  On top of verifying, filling and dispensing prescriptions, … Read more

CVS to pull certain cold medicines containing decongestant phenylephrine from store shelves

CVS to pull certain cold medicines containing decongestant phenylephrine from store shelves

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Cold and flu medicine including NyQuil sit on a store shelf in Miami on Sept. 12, 2023. Joe Raedle | Getty Images CVS is removing some of the most common cough and cold medicines from its store shelves and will no longer sell them, a company … Read more

Sanofi to offer insulin product for $35 to all Americans through GoodRx

Sanofi to offer insulin product for  to all Americans through GoodRx

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Sanofi Lantus brand insulin pens are arranged for a photograph in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., on Friday, April 5, 2019. Alex Flynn | Bloomberg | Getty Images Americans, regardless of their insurance status, can now access Sanofi‘s most widely prescribed insulin for $35 … Read more

Rite Aid files for bankruptcy amid slowing sales, opioid litigation

Rite Aid files for bankruptcy amid slowing sales, opioid litigation

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE A Rite Aid store stands in Brooklyn on August 28, 2023 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Rite Aid has filed for bankruptcy.  The beleaguered drugstore chain has been grappling with slowing sales, mounting debt and a slew of lawsuits that allege the … Read more

Pharmacy staff from Walgreens, other chains could stage nationwide walkout and rallies in coming weeks

Pharmacy staff from Walgreens, other chains could stage nationwide walkout and rallies in coming weeks

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE A woman walks near a Walgreens pharmacy on March 09, 2023 in New York City.  Leonardo Munoz | Corbis News | Getty Images Pharmacy staff from Walgreens are laying the groundwork for a nationwide walkout and multiple rallies at the end of October to protest unsatisfactory … Read more

Big Food vs. Big Pharma: Companies bet on snacking just as weight loss drugs boom

Big Food vs. Big Pharma: Companies bet on snacking just as weight loss drugs boom

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE The snack aisle is seen during a tour of a new Amazon Go store in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, U.S., on Monday, Feb. 24, 2020. Chona Kasinger | Bloomberg | Getty Images For more than a century, frosted cornflakes have been the backbone … Read more

Fall Covid shot rollout gets off to a bumpy start as some patients see insurance delays

Fall Covid shot rollout gets off to a bumpy start as some patients see insurance delays

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Pharmacist Ani Martirosyan administers an immunization to a patient at a CVS on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023 in Glendale, CA. Brian Van Der Brug | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images The rollout of a new round of Covid vaccines in the U.S. is off to … Read more

Uninsured Americans can still get free Covid boosters — here’s how to find them

Uninsured Americans can still get free Covid boosters — here’s how to find them

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Pharmacist Aaron Sun administers new vaccine COMIRNATY® by Pfizer, to Jimmy Smagula at CVS Pharmacy in Eagle Rock, CA. Irfan Khan | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images Uninsured Americans can now get the newest Covid vaccines for free at certain locations across the country, just … Read more

New Covid vaccines could reach Americans as soon as Thursday – here’s what you need to know

New Covid vaccines could reach Americans as soon as Thursday – here’s what you need to know

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE A nurse prepares doses of the Pfizer vaccine during a COVID-19 vaccination event at Josephine’s Southern Cooking in Chatham, Illinois, Dec. 30, 2021. Brian Cassella | Tribune News Service | Getty Images A new round of Covid vaccines is finally here in the U.S. The Centers … Read more

CVS pushes into making cheaper versions of complex drugs with new discount Humira

CVS pushes into making cheaper versions of complex drugs with new discount Humira

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Rafael Henrique | Lightrocket | Getty Images CVS Health is partnering with drugmaker Sandoz to produce a near identical version of the blockbuster arthritis treatment Humira that will sell for 80% below the price of the brand-named drug. The move is part of the company’s new … Read more

Weight loss drugs boost sales at retail pharmacies, but they may not help profits much

Weight loss drugs boost sales at retail pharmacies, but they may not help profits much

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE A pharmacist displays boxes of Ozempic, a semaglutide injection drug used for treating type 2 diabetes made by Novo Nordisk, at Rock Canyon Pharmacy in Provo, Utah, U.S. March 29, 2023.  George Frey | Reuters Drugmakers aren’t the only ones feeling the impact of the weight … Read more

CVS stock plunges after Blue Shield of California drops company’s PBM to save on drug costs

CVS stock plunges after Blue Shield of California drops company’s PBM to save on drug costs

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE A CVS location in New York, US, on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. Stephanie Keith | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of CVS Health plunged 9% on Thursday after Blue Shield of California said it will drop the company’s pharmacy benefit management services and instead partner with … Read more

Blue Shield of California taps Amazon, Mark Cuban’s Cost Plus Drugs for its pharmacy network

Blue Shield of California taps Amazon, Mark Cuban’s Cost Plus Drugs for its pharmacy network

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Source: Blue Shield of California Blue Shield of California is teaming up with Mark Cuban’s Cost Plus Drug Company and Amazon Pharmacy — turning away from traditional drug store chains and ditching in part health giant CVS — in a move to save on drug costs … Read more

Insurers face long road, high cost to cover obesity drugs after promising Wegovy heart health data

Insurers face long road, high cost to cover obesity drugs after promising Wegovy heart health data

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE A selection of injector pens for the Saxenda weight loss drug are shown in this photo illustration in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., March 31, 2023.  Jim Vondruska | Reuters Novo Nordisk‘s obesity drug Wegovy slashed the risk of serious heart problems by 20% in a large clinical … Read more

CVS beats on earnings and revenue as the company slashes costs

CVS beats on earnings and revenue as the company slashes costs

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE A customer exits a CVS Health Corp. store in Oakland, California, U.S., on Friday, Aug. 2, 2019. Michael Short | Bloomberg | Getty Images CVS Health on Wednesday reported second-quarter earnings and revenue that beat expectations, as the company slashes costs and lays off thousands of … Read more

Walgreens is now offering RSV vaccines for older adults

Walgreens is now offering RSV vaccines for older adults

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Respiratory syncytial virus viral vaccine under research. Hailshadow | Istock | Getty Images Walgreens is now offering the respiratory syncytial virus vaccine for older adults nationwide, the pharmacy chain said on Tuesday. People ages 60 and older can schedule an appointment this week through Walgreens’ app, … Read more

CVS to slash 5,000 jobs as company deepens costly health care push

CVS to slash 5,000 jobs as company deepens costly health care push

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE A woman walks past a CVS Pharmacy in Washington, DC, on November 2, 2022. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images CVS Health is cutting 5,000 jobs to reduce costs as the retail pharmacy giant furthers its push into health care offerings, a person familiar with … Read more

House Democrats pressure Walmart, Costco, Kroger to sell abortion pill mifepristone

House Democrats pressure Walmart, Costco, Kroger to sell abortion pill mifepristone

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE In this photo, packets of mifepristone pills are displayed at a family planning clinic on April 13, 2023 in Rockville, Maryland. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images Democratic lawmakers called on Thursday walmart, Costco, KrogerSafeway and Health Mart to publicly commit to selling prescription abortion pills mifepristone … Read more

Health insurance stocks fell after UnitedHealth warned that more surgeries would drive up medical costs

Health insurance stocks fell after UnitedHealth warned that more surgeries would drive up medical costs

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Shares of health insurers fell on Wednesday after UnitedHealth Group pointed out to higher ups medical expenses as older Americans start catching up they are in surgery with delay during the Covid pandemic. Shares of UnitedHealth, the largest U.S. health care provider by market value, fell … Read more

Walmart plans to expand its HIV specialty

Walmart plans to expand its HIV specialty

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Customers wait in line at a Walmart pharmacy in Charlotte, North Carolina. Callaghan O’Hare | Bloomberg | Getty Images David Rosario remembers the late 1980s with mixed emotions. In New York, he achieved his goal of becoming a professional dancer, but in that world he also … Read more

How UnitedHealth Group Became Bigger Than the Nation’s Biggest Banks

How UnitedHealth Group Became Bigger Than the Nation’s Biggest Banks

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE UnitedHealth Group has the highest price per share of any company on the Dow Jones Industrial Average and is the tenth-heaviest stock on the S&P 500. In fact, UnitedHealth is not only the largest healthcare conglomerate in the United States by market cap and revenue, it’s … Read more

Pfizer will raise a $31 billion debt offering to finance its purchase of Seagen, SEC filings show

Pfizer will raise a  billion debt offering to finance its purchase of Seagen, SEC filings show

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE The logo for Pfizer is displayed on a monitor on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, July 29, 2019. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Pfizer plans to raise $31 billion through a debt offering to finance your proposed acquisition manufacturer of anti-cancer drugs Seagenfor which … Read more

CVS beats earnings and revenue but lowers profit outlook

CVS beats earnings and revenue but lowers profit outlook

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE CVS location in New York, USA on Thursday, February 9, 2023. Stephanie Keith | Bloomberg | Getty Images CVS Health on Thursday reported first-quarter results that beat expectations for profit and revenue, but the company lowered its full-year profit guidance due to costs related to recent … Read more

Alzheimer’s patients may wait years to get treated with new drugs, putting them at risk of more severe disease

Alzheimer’s patients may wait years to get treated with new drugs, putting them at risk of more severe disease

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Juanmonino | E+ | Getty Images Seniors with early Alzheimer’s disease will face major hurdles to get treated even if promising new drugs roll out more broadly in the coming years, putting them at risk of developing more severe disease as they wait months or perhaps … Read more

The CEOs of Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk and Sanofi will testify before the Senate about lowering insulin prices

The CEOs of Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk and Sanofi will testify before the Senate about lowering insulin prices

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE This photo shows an insulin pen from Novo Nordisk on March 14, 2023 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | News Getty Images | Getty Images Management of three pharmaceutical companies that control 90% of the world insulin trg will testify before the Senate Health Committee on … Read more

Senate Democrats urge Walmart, Costco, Albertsons and Kroger to sell abortion pills mifepristone

Senate Democrats urge Walmart, Costco, Albertsons and Kroger to sell abortion pills mifepristone

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE In this 2018 photo, mifepristone and misoprostol pills are available at the Carafem medical abortion clinic in Skokie, Illinois. Erin Hooley | News Tribune | Getty Images Senate Democrats urged Walmart, Costco, The Albertsons and Kroger sell prescription abortion pills mifepristone and clearly tell customers how … Read more

Eli Lilly Recruits Black Patients for Alzheimer’s Trial as Drugmakers Seek More Diversity in Clinical Studies

Eli Lilly Recruits Black Patients for Alzheimer’s Trial as Drugmakers Seek More Diversity in Clinical Studies

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Sharon Kimbrough went to the Black Women’s Expo in Atlanta to sell her memoir. Testing for Alzheimer’s disease was most on her mind, but when the nurses from Eli Lilly approached her about the company’s new trial, she decided to allow her blood to be drawn. … Read more

A judge has extended the deadline in a lawsuit seeking to withdraw the abortion pill mifepristone from the U.S. until February 24

A judge has extended the deadline in a lawsuit seeking to withdraw the abortion pill mifepristone from the U.S. until February 24

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE A federal judge in Texas has extended until Feb. 24 a lawsuit seeking to overturn the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of an abortion drug. On Thursday, Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk ordered one of the companies that make the pill, Danco Laboratories, to state its opposition to … Read more

Biden’s proposal to cap all insulin prices at $35 a month has little chance of passing Congress

Biden’s proposal to cap all insulin prices at  a month has little chance of passing Congress

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on February 7, 2023 Pool | Getty Images President Joe Biden used the bully pulpit during his State of the Union address this week to call for a blanket cap … Read more

GOP attorneys general warn CVS, Walgreens against mailing abortion pills in their states

GOP attorneys general warn CVS, Walgreens against mailing abortion pills in their states

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Mifepristone (Mifeprex) and misoprostol, two drugs used in medical abortion, are seen at a female reproductive clinic that provides legal medical abortion services in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, on June 17, 2022. Robyn Beck | AFP | Getty Images Republican attorneys general in 20 states warned … Read more

FDA’s authority to approve drugs faces major challenge in lawsuit seeking to pull abortion pills from US market

FDA’s authority to approve drugs faces major challenge in lawsuit seeking to pull abortion pills from US market

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Mifepristone (Mifeprex) and misoprostol, two drugs used in medical abortion, are seen at a female reproductive clinic that provides legal medical abortion services in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, on June 17, 2022. Robyn Beck | AFP | Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration is clashing … Read more

CVS and Walgreens will sell mifepristone in pharmacies

CVS and Walgreens will sell mifepristone in pharmacies

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Mifepristone (Mifeprex), one of two drugs used in medical abortion, is shown at a women’s reproductive clinic that provides legal medical abortion services in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, on June 15, 2022. Robyn Beck | AFP | Getty Images Walgreens and CVS will sell the abortion … Read more

We’re buying a dip in the health insurance stock that bounced back in 2022

We’re buying a dip in the health insurance stock that bounced back in 2022

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Tuesday’s purchase put some of our roughly 10% cash position to work. . MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Source

FDA commissioner urges parents not to stockpile children’s flu drugs amid shortages

FDA commissioner urges parents not to stockpile children’s flu drugs amid shortages

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE An increase in flu and covid-19 cases this month, along with elevated levels of respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, infections in children has led to increased demand for over-the-counter cold and flu medications for children this year. The Food and Drug Administration commissioner says his agency … Read more

Hearing aids are now available over the counter at Walgreens, CVS and Best Buy

Hearing aids are now available over the counter at Walgreens, CVS and Best Buy

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Jennifer Nealon, director of marketing for Hear Again America, holds hearing aids for sale on October 19, 2021 in Boca Raton, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Millions of Americans with hearing loss can now purchase hearing aids without a prescription or doctor’s exam at Walgreens, … Read more

CVS will buy home health giant Signify Health for about $8 billion

CVS will buy home health giant Signify Health for about  billion

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE The CVS logo is displayed at one of their stores near Bloomsburg. Paul Weaver | Lightrocket | Getty Images CVS Health has reached an agreement to purchase a home health care company Mark health for about $8 billion, the companies said Monday. CVS said it will … Read more

CVS says it plans to enter primary care by the end of the year

CVS says it plans to enter primary care by the end of the year

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE CVS Pharmacy is prominently located in Manhattan, New York City, New York. Shannon Stapleton | Reuters CVS said Wednesday that it plans to acquire or take a stake in a primary care company by the end of the year as competition intensifies. Amazon and Walgreens. CEO … Read more

CVS Health raised its full-year guidance after beating expectations in the second quarter

CVS Health raised its full-year guidance after beating expectations in the second quarter

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE People walk past CVS Pharmacy in Manhattan, New York. Shannon Stapleton | Reuters CVS Health raised its profit outlook for the year on Wednesday after beating Wall Street expectations for the fiscal second quarter. The healthcare company said it now expects full-year adjusted earnings per share … Read more

CVS lifts restriction on purchase of Plan B tablets, says sales “returned to normal”

CVS lifts restriction on purchase of Plan B tablets, says sales “returned to normal”

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Plan B Disposable Contraception at CVS Pharmacy, Boston, MA. Ucg | Universal Images Group Getty Images CVS removes a restriction on the purchase it placed for emergency contraceptive pillsfollowing a Supreme Court ruling last week, the chain said Tuesday. The turnaround comes when sales have dropped … Read more

CVS limits purchases of Plan B tablets to ensure consistent care

CVS limits purchases of Plan B tablets to ensure consistent care

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Protesters before the Supreme Court following the annulment of the Roe v. Wade case. Brandon Bell | News Getty Images | Getty Images CVS limits the number of emergency contraceptives commonly known as “morning-after-rest pills” and “Plan B” that people can buy on their website and … Read more

CVS raises its forecast for the year as earnings in the first quarter are higher than expected

CVS says it plans to enter primary care by the end of the year

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE The CVS Pharmacy store is visible in Manhattan County, New York City. Shannon Stapleton Reuters CVS health on Wednesday surpassed Wall Street’s expectations for first-quarter profits and raised its guidelines for the year as it saw demand for Covid tests at home, recipes and more. The … Read more

Larger companies are mostly silent, as the revealed draft on the abortion of the Supreme Court provokes indignation

Larger companies are mostly silent, as the revealed draft on the abortion of the Supreme Court provokes indignation

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Protesters hold signs during a protest in front of the U.S. Supreme Court after Washington unveiled a draft majority opinion in Washington later this year, written by Judge Samuel Alito, in preparation for a majority court overturning Roe v. Wade’s ruling on rights to raft. , … Read more

Uninsured face surprising medical bills for Covid testing, hospital treatment after U.S. Congress fails to fund pandemic relief program

Uninsured face surprising medical bills for Covid testing, hospital treatment after U.S. Congress fails to fund pandemic relief program

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Minister of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra testifies before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions to discuss the reopening of schools during coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, September 30, 2021. Shawn Thew | Swimming pool Reuters People who … Read more

A Google search will soon allow you to book checkups and other medical checkups

A Google search will soon allow you to book checkups and other medical checkups

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Google will allow you to book appointments through Search. Google Google released on Thursday introduces a new search feature that allows people to book medical checkups. Users who wish to book an appointment or visit on the same day can view the availability of selected healthcare … Read more

CVS files for the brand of their pharmacies and health clinics in the metaverse

CVS files for the brand of their pharmacies and health clinics in the metaverse

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Nikolas Kokovlis Nurfoto | Getty Images CVS health wants to be the first pharmacy in the metaverse. The Pharmacy and Health Services Company has applied for a brand to sell virtual goods, NFT and provide health services, and has joined major retailers such as Walmart and … Read more

CVS faces the following challenge: growing sales as demand for Covid vaccines fades

CVS faces the following challenge: growing sales as demand for Covid vaccines fades

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE CVS health will face a new challenge next year: proving to investors that it can boost growth and retain customers even as demand for vaccines and Covid testing fades. Shares fell nearly 5 percent early Wednesday after the healthcare company exceed expectations for profit in the … Read more

CVS profit in the fourth quarter meets the highest expectations, as Covid tests boosted total sales in stores

CVS profit in the fourth quarter meets the highest expectations, as Covid tests boosted total sales in stores

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE The teenager receives the Pfizer Covid-19 amplifier at the CVS pharmacy in New York City on January 20, 2022. Adam Jeffery CNBC CVS health said Wednesday that demand for Covid home tests and booster injections boosted overall in-store sales, helping the company meet its highest profit … Read more

Amazon is launching its nationwide telehealth service

Amazon is launching its nationwide telehealth service

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Amazon employees were told they could get on-call medical care Amazon The company is launching its telehealth service, known as Amazon Care, across the country, the company announced Tuesday. Amazon Care launched in 2019 as a pilot program for employees at the company’s headquarters in Seattle … Read more

Walgreens CEO says company is looking for strategic opportunities for UK-based Boots

Walgreens CEO says company is looking for strategic opportunities for UK-based Boots

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE FILE – In a file dated 5 October 2005, people are walking past Boots Pharmacy in central London. Chain of pharmacies Walgreen Co. says it will spend $ 6.7 billion to buy a stake in health and beauty vendor Alliance Boots. (AP Photo / Sergio Dionisio) … Read more

Pharmacies are trying to keep Covid tests at home in stock as omicron goes wild across the US

Pharmacies are trying to keep Covid tests at home in stock as omicron goes wild across the US

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Healthcare professionals on Monday, December 20, 2021, are distributing free rapid Covid-19 testing kits at home at a vaccine clinic in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Hannah Beier Bloomberg | Getty Images George Panagiotopoulos is struggling to keep Covid-19 tests in stock at home at a neighboring Broadway … Read more

Travelers are fighting for Covid tests before the holiday ambulance

Travelers are fighting for Covid tests before the holiday ambulance

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Scott Fuji, 34, was given a 24-hour rapid coronavirus test by nurse Caren Williams at the Tom Bradley International Terminal at LAX Airport to travel to Hawaii to see his family as the global outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues. . , in Los Angeles, California, … Read more

U.S. doctor says increasing testing and promoting booster injections is key to fighting Covid’s rise

U.S. doctor says increasing testing and promoting booster injections is key to fighting Covid’s rise

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Testing so far has not been a big part of the U.S. strategy to control the Covid pandemic, but that is expected to change soon. The U.S. is buying the White House on Tuesday 500 million Covid tests at home that Americans can order for delivery … Read more

Walgreens limits Covid’s domestic tests to four per customer due to rising demand for omicron fear

Walgreens limits Covid’s domestic tests to four per customer due to rising demand for omicron fear

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE In this photographic illustration, the COVID-19 home tests conducted by Abbott and Quidel are shown on September 14, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson Getty Images Walgreens on Tuesday, the purchase of Covid home tests in its stores is limited to four per customer, as demand … Read more

CVS CEO Karen Lynch says breaking and grabbing robberies have driven online marketplaces

CVS CEO Karen Lynch says breaking and grabbing robberies have driven online marketplaces

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE CVS health Executive Director Karen Lynch said Thursday that the pharmacy chain is working with Attorneys General and urging Congress to help end a series of robberies. On CNBC “Power lunch, ”She said the company saw an increase in organized crime, although this had minimal impact … Read more

CVS says it expects earnings and revenue growth in 2022 as it will increase focus on healthcare

CVS says it expects earnings and revenue growth in 2022 as it will increase focus on healthcare

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE The CVS pharmacy can be found in Bloomsburg. Paul Weaver LightRocket | Getty Images CVS health said on Thursday that he expects the company’s profits and revenues to grow next year as he focuses on making healthcare more accessible and easier for customers. The pharmacy chain … Read more

3 topics you can check out as CVS has its first day for investors since the start of the pandemic

CVS faces the following challenge: growing sales as demand for Covid vaccines fades

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE People walk past the CVS Pharmacy store in Manhattan County, New York. Shannon Stapleton Reuters Covid tests and vaccines attracted customers CVS health shops during the pandemic. On Thursday, the company will present to investors how it intends to use other health services to return. The … Read more

More than half of employers are demanding Covid vaccines as fears of omicron increase

More than half of employers are demanding Covid vaccines as fears of omicron increase

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE As President Joe Biden’s mandate to vaccinate for employers stays in court, more employers are considering implementing their own requirements. Most employers in the U.S. now have or plan to have a vaccination mandate, as many plans to return to work have been postponed again due … Read more

CVS Health beats earnings, gaining an increase due to Covid vaccines and the amount of prescriptions

CVS Health beats earnings, gaining an increase due to Covid vaccines and the amount of prescriptions

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE The customer walks towards the entrance to the CVS Health Corp. store. in downtown Los Angeles, California, USA, on Friday, October 27, 2017. Christopher Lee | Bloomberg | Getty Images CVS health on Wednesday beat third-quarter profit expectations and improved its outlook for the year as … Read more

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