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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. 1035 ET – Several drugmakers are working on a new class of drugs to treat many debilitating autoimmune…
Health Care ETFs: XLV Delivers Low Fees and Solid Returns
Choosing between the State Street Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLV 0.25%) and the iShares U.S. Healthcare ETF (IYH 0.60%) often comes down to a preference for lower fees versus broader diversification. Both funds provide concentrated…
Your medical provider might be recording your mental health care visits
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. In 2024, Kaiser Permanente announced the rollout of Abridge. Described in a press release as “ambient listening technology,” the AI-powered scribe is…
What Elite Athletes And Blood Flow Monitoring Reveal About Healthcare
Aaron Timm is the CEO of Openwater. Innovation typically follows a linear path: from research to development trials, eventually reaching the end user. But today, technology is reversing that process. From the $2 million-a-year longevity protocols…
Australian Predictive Healthcare Startup Raises $46 Million
SYDNEY—An Australian startup that says its AI-enabled platform can detect and prevent health issues before they become serious has raised $46 million from private-equity investors as it looks to expand internationally. Everlab's platform…
Why 2 major Wall Street firms say healthcare stocks could be the market's next hot trade
Healthcare stocks are typically seen as defensive investments. When things go south for the market, they outperform. That hasn't played out this year, with tech once again dictating momentum and pacing gains. The sector is down about 1.5%…
New diagnostics, new treatments: These 21 projects are ushering in the future of healthcare
With the host of challenges facing the healthcare industry—particularly in the U.S.—it can be easy to forget that serious progress is being made in everything from diagnostics and drug discovery to health monitoring and facilities…
JMIR articles address AI clinical decision-making and health care worker burnout
JMIR Publications released two feature stories in its News and Perspectives section. Shalini Kathuria Narang's 'Can Humanlike Reasoning Be Replicated in Large Language Models for Clinical Decision-Making?' and Sara Novak's 'How Health Care Workers…
Vermont Becomes Latest State to Limit Private Equity's Influence on Healthcare
Vermont became the third state since the start of last year to try to keep private equity out of the examining room, as physicians and lawmakers increasingly take a skeptical view of corporate investors in medicine. Vermont Gov. Phil Scott, a…
Australian Billionaires' Sigma Healthcare Walks Away From U.K's. Boots $10 Billion Deal
A sign above the entrance to a Boots store in London, UK, on Wednesday, June 10, 2026. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg © 2026 Bloomberg Finance LP Sigma Healthcare —which counts Australian billionaire brothers Jack and Sam Gance…
New Study Confirms What We Already Knew - AI May Be the Shape of Things to Come in American Healthcare
When the internet came along, the consensus was that it was something that could be used for both good and bad. That has definitely proven true. Now, the world is entering the age of Artificial Intelligence (AI). It too will be something that will…
FHLC vs. IYH: Which Healthcare ETF Is the Better Buy in 2026?
The Fidelity MSCI Health Care Index ETF (FHLC 0.32%) offers a significantly lower expense ratio and broader diversification than the iShares U.S. Healthcare ETF (IYH 0.46%), which may appeal to cost-conscious investors seeking wide sector exposure.
Editorial: Price transparency in healthcare will benefit providers, patients
A long-sought after goal of advocates aiming to rein in spiraling healthcare costs has been price transparency that lets consumers see up front what hospitals charge for routine procedures. An executive order by President Donald Trump in 2019 set…
Advocates say price transparency alone won't fix healthcare prices
(The Center Square) – Letting patients see hospital prices can help, but it will not fix the high cost of health care by itself. That's what witnesses told members of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health at a hearing on…
Companion AI's Freddy del Barrio Says Healthcare's Biggest Gap Is Human Connection
Patients navigating modern healthcare systems often move between hospitals, specialists, rehabilitation centers, senior living facilities, and home care providers without any real continuity in the experience. While medical records travel…
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