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Health Care Roundup: Market Talk
The latest Market Talks covering the Health Care sector. Published exclusively on Dow Jones Newswires at 4:20 ET, 12:20 ET and 16:50 ET. 0711 GMT – Ipca Laboratories' earnings growth momentum looks strong after posting robust results in 1Q…
Chungnam National University's nursing college, hospital to expand AI-based health care cooperation
Chungnam National University's College of Nursing and Chungnam National University Hospital have joined forces to conduct joint research on artificial intelligence (AI)-based health care and foster professionals in the field. The university said…
Why The Future Of Healthcare AI Depends On Confidential Computing
John Pettit is the CTO of Promevo. In healthcare, the quality of a decision depends on the quality of the information behind it. Physicians choosing a treatment, care managers guiding patients after discharge and researchers evaluating new…
Clinical Data Accuracy: The First Rule Of Healthcare AI
Done right, human insight and AI work in harmony. At heart and by training, I'm a computer scientist, not a clinician. But some of my most important lessons about healthcare AI came from healthcare settings—like the VA hospital in North…
More than 4.7K health-care workers hired in Manitoba since 2023: province - Winnipeg
Manitoba has gained a net 4,725 health-care workers since October 2023, according to the provincial government. Among the new full-time and part-time workers were 370 physicians, 1,464 nurses, 2,152 health-care aides and 607 allied health…
Costco plots major expansion into senior healthcare with Medicare partnership
Costco will soon offer Medicare plans to certain members as part of a new, first-of-its-kind health insurance venture. The warehouse giant has teamed up with SCAN Health Plan, one of the nation's largest nonprofit Medicare Advantage plans focused…
Michael Burry is Bullish on This Beaten-Down Healthcare Stock. Time to Buy?
Zoetis (NYSE:ZTS) is an animal health company. Michael Burry is long the stock, several media outlets reported, citing his Substack disclosures. The stock is down about 40% so far this year. Let's break down whether it's worth buying. Burry's pitch…
The GOP fix to the hidden healthcare tax jacking up medical bills
Before Argentina's 2001 financial collapse, its provinces embraced a dangerous habit: spending locally and sending the bill to the national government. The U.S. Medicaid program turbocharged similar fiscal free-riding during the Biden…
Nearly one billion people forced to use healthcare facilities without clean water
Almost one billion people around the world rely on healthcare facilities without water, leaving patients and health workers without one of the most fundamental requirements for safe care. Some 907 million people used healthcare facilities without…
The Trump admin launches a new angle of attack against trans healthcare
Get your news from a source that's not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Just two days after finalizing a regulation to make sure trans kids from low-income families can't afford puberty blockers or hormone…
Imprisoning medical interns is not how we protect the gains of Uganda's healthcare
Celebrated Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, in her 2009 TED Talk, The Danger of a Single Story, powerfully illuminated why the diversity of stories matters. She stated, “The consequence of the single story is this: It robs people of…
Voicegain Appoints Brian Krajewski as Vice President of Customer Success as Healthcare Payer Business Accelerates
Brian's appointment comes at an important point in Voicegain's growth. Health plans are turning to artificial intelligence to improve member and provider experience while lowering operating costs, and that demand has driven Voicegain's traction in…
Ontario Nurses' Association says Arbitration Decision for Nurses and Health-care Professionals at Ontario's For-Profit Nursing Homes is More Evidence that Legislation Should be Scrapped
TORONTO, Aug. 18, 2026 /CNW/ -- The latest arbitration decision released for registered nurses (RNs), registered practical nurses (RPNs) and health-care professionals working in Ontario's for-profit nursing homes is yet more evidence that the…
PPH vs. IYH: Which Healthcare Fund Is the Better Buy?
Investors looking at the VanEck Pharmaceutical ETF (PPH +1.97%) and the iShares U.S. Healthcare ETF (IYH +1.59%) are really deciding between a concentrated bet on drugmakers and broad exposure to the entire domestic medical ecosystem. Both funds…
Which Healthcare ETF Is the Better Buy: VanEck's Pharma PPH or State Street's Biotech XBI?
The VanEck Pharmaceutical ETF (PPH +1.86%) offers concentrated exposure to established global drugmakers and higher yields, while the State Street SPDR S&P Biotech ETF (XBI -0.20%) provides a diversified, higher-volatility play on smaller-cap…
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