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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. 0241 GMT – Hartalega's sales lack momentum despite a fiscal 3Q earnings beat, CIMB Securities analyst…
VA plans health care boost for 2 million veterans
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is moving to expand access to dental care by overhauling how it delivers services to eligible veterans. Dental care is a critical gap in the VA health system, with only a fraction of enrolled veterans…
How the largest health-care education company in U.S. is addressing a growing jobs gap
Covista, formerly known as Adtalem Global Education, is leaning into health-care education at a moment when a worker shortage is already hitting the industry. There are more than 8.4 million open health-care jobs in the U.S., Covista data suggests…
Healthcare Funds: Caution Advised
Most first-time investors may be better served by diversified options such as flexicap or multi-cap funds, which already hold pharma and healthcare stocks. Healthcare funds, a thematic category, belied investors' hopes in 2025. These schemes lost…
The top 10 fastest-growing jobs in health care, according to BLS data-some pay six figures
The health care industry continues to demonstrate strong job growth in 2026, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' latest jobs report. Health care contributed over half of the 130,000 total U.S. jobs added in January. The industry created…
Molina Healthcare Inc. stock outperforms competitors despite losses on the day
Shares of Molina Healthcare Inc. MOH slipped 2.22% to $122.65 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX remaining mostly unchanged at 6,941.47 and the Dow Jones Industrial…
Healthcare fraud has proliferated nationwide, House Republicans warn
According to court documents, Julian Lopez, a Cuban citizen who was residing in Miami-Dade County, sold off Medicare beneficiary information to a sham medical equipment company called One Medical Services, which then used those records to submit…
Protect Trans Futures demands 'Trans Health Care Shield'
Hundreds of trans people and their allies gathered at the Brewer Fountain on Boston Common and marched to the Massachusetts State House on Feb. 7 during a bitterly cold snowstorm. They were responding to Protect Trans Futures' (PTF) call to fight…
HCA Healthcare Inc. stock underperforms Wednesday when compared to competitors despite daily gains
Shares of HCA Healthcare Inc. HCA rallied 5.86% to $531.47 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX remaining mostly unchanged at 6,941.47 and the Dow Jones Industrial…
VA cut health care hiring times in half. A House Democrat says it's using different metrics
Data from the Department of Veterans Affairs shows it cut hiring times for health care employees by more than half, compared to last year. But a Democrat on the House VA Committee says that improvement is explained by the department reporting…
Organized Money: The End of United Health Care for All
After the government announced new regulations for Medicare Advantage, the market-based alternative to traditional Medicare, the stocks of health care companies that participate in the program plummeted. But why is this popular program in the…
Truist Raises Community Healthcare Trust (CHCT) Target to $20 in 2026 REIT Outlook
Community Healthcare Trust Incorporated (NYSE: CHCT) is included among the Dividend Champions, Contenders, and Challengers List: 15 Highest Yielding Stocks. On January 20, Truist lifted its price recommendation on Community Healthcare Trust…
Why the world wants to learn from Israel's healthcare
Delegations from across the globe regularly land at Ben-Gurion Airport with a singular mission: to study the 'Israeli Miracle' of healthcare. From our world-leading response to the COVID-19 pandemic to our highly digitized community clinics, the…
Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Acadia Healthcare, Vertiv, Moderna, Unity Software, Generac & more
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Acadia Healthcare — The health-care stock popped 10% after investor David Einhorn told CNBC that he has been buying the stock. The Greenlight Capital fund manager said he's hopeful…
Why is US health care still the most expensive in the world after decades of cost-cutting initiatives?
In announcing its “Great Healthcare Plan” in January 2026, the Trump administration became the latest in a long history of efforts by the U.S. government to rein in the soaring cost of health care. As a physician and professor…
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