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Health Care Up as Traders Hedge on Outlook - Health Care Roundup
Health-care companies ticked up as traders hedged their bets on the outlook for growth in the sector. Novartis and partner Ionis Pharmaceuticals are testing a drug to control levels of lipoprotein(a), a fatty particle in the blood known to be one…
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. 0137 GMT – Fisher & Paykel's operating leverage and changing clinical practices keep the medical-device…
The Important Healthcare Model Most People Have Never Heard Of
Leeba Ruth Lessin was a giant in the healthcare industry prior to her untimely death in January 2021. She was one of the pioneers of the delegated model. American physicians are exhausted. Exhausted by prior authorization. Exhausted by endless…
What Telehealth Hormone Optimization Teaches For Healthcare's Future
Dr. Peter Fotinos is Chief Medical Officer at Excel Medical and co-founder of the independent nonprofit Society of Proactive Medicine. For decades, healthcare has operated on a reactive model: wait for disease, diagnose it and then attempt…
Baron Health Care Fund Q1 2026 Portfolio Activity
During the quarter, we added 9 new positions and exited 11 positions, bringing the number of positions in the Fund to 41. We reacquired shares of Natera, Inc., a diagnostics company that provides testing services in the oncology, prenatal, and…
Preventing Infections in Health Care Settings
Health care-associated infections, or infections that patients acquire while receiving treatment in a hospital or other setting, remain a persistent challenge, affecting patient outcomes and contributing to significant illness and cost. They can…
Baron Health Care Fund Q1 2026 Shareholder Letter (BHCHX)
During the quarter ended March 31, 2026, Baron Health Care Fund (the Fund)(BHCHX) declined 6.97% (Institutional Shares), compared with the 4.88% decline for the Russell 3000 Health Care Index (the Benchmark) and the 3.96% decline for the Russell…
Universal Health Care Once Seemed on the Horizon in California. What Happened?
Honest, paywall-free news is rare. Please support our boldly independent journalism with a donation of any size. California voters are in the thick of a high-stakes governor's race, in which single-payer health care, an issue that was once central…
The Hidden Layer Every Healthcare AI Solution Is Missing
David Lareau is CEO of Medicomp Systems, which makes medical data relevant, usable and actionable. Sit in on any healthtech vendor pitch to a health system this year, and the pattern becomes impossible to miss: Nearly every solution on…
Child Mental Healthcare Was Not Built for Children of Color
Providers and health organizations alike encourage children and families to pursue mental healthcare as if it were universally healing. Amidst the ongoing pediatric mental health crisis — characterized by increased rates of anxiety…
Zealand Pharma to participate in the Jefferies Global Healthcare Conference
Press release – No. 11 / 2026 Zealand Pharma to participate in the Jefferies Global Healthcare Conference Copenhagen, Denmark, May 27, 2026 - Zealand Pharma A/S (Nasdaq: ZEAL) (CVR-no. 20045078), a biotechnology company transforming the…
Key Facts About Health Care Affordability for People With Medicare
Authors: Nancy Ochieng, Meredith Freed, Juliette Cubanski, Jeannie Fuglesten Biniek, and Tricia Neuman Health care costs and affordability recently topped the public's list of economic anxieties in the U.S., according to KFF polling. Even people…
Health care, business services hiring drives April job gains
Maine employers added 1,700 nonfarm wage and salary jobs in April, fueled by hiring momentum in health care and professional and business services. Gains were partially offset by a decline in construction jobs, though employment in that sector…
The Needle: Abrego Garcia Case Dismissed, Trump Wants Fed Workers to Sign NDAs, Dodgy Statues in Freedom Plaza, Millions Losing Health Care, and EPA Officials Paid By Industry
Case dismissed: A federal judge dismissed the case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, saying the Department of Justice's pursuit of human smuggling charges was designed to punish him for challenging his deportation last year. “The evidence before…
PPH vs. IXJ: A Pure Pharma Bet Against the Entire Global Healthcare Ecosystem
The VanEck Pharmaceutical ETF (PPH 0.83%) provides targeted exposure to drug manufacturers, while the iShares Global Healthcare ETF (IXJ 0.86%) offers a broader reach across the international medical industry including biotechnology and equipment.
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