Growing prescriptions help push CVS past Q2 expectations CVS Health thumped second-quarter expectations and hiked its full-year forecast as growing prescription claims and COVID-19 test kits sales countered a drop in vaccinations. A longer cough, cold and flu season also brought in more business, and claims in CVS Health’s biggest segment, pharmacy benefits management, rose about 4%. Pharmacy sales at the company’s established […]
US monkeypox cases top 10,000 There are now over 10,000 reported cases of monkeypox in the United States, according to the latest numbers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention late Wednesday.
Youngkin urges Defense secretary to ‘indefinitely … Other Republican governors, including Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) and Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R), have also voiced objections to the vaccine mandate for the National Guard.
‘Viral jambalaya’: Early flu adding to woes for US … As Americans head into the holiday season, a rapidly intensifying flu season is straining hospitals already overburdened with patients sick from other respiratory infections. More than half the states have high or very high levels of flu, unusually high for this early in the season, the government reported Friday. Those 27 states are mostly in […]
UK buys more vaccines for monkeypox as cases top … LONDON (AP) — British has bought another 100,000 doses of vaccine to stop monkeypox as the number of cases across the country has risen to more than 2,130, the majority of them in London, officials said Tuesday. Britain’s Health Security Agency said while the epidemic is expanding, the majority of cases “continue to be in […]
Royals patching up roster for Toronto, image among … KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Royals spent Thursday patching up a roster missing 10 players barred from traveling to Toronto because of their COVID-19 vaccination status while trying to smooth over their damaged image among fans. Among the nearly 40% of players on the 26-man roster who were left home were All-Star […]
Nets’ star Kyrie Irving says he forfeited $100M to … Speaking during the Brooklyn Nets media day, the star guard said he turned down a four-year extension prior to the 2021-2022 season.
US buys more monkeypox vaccine as global case count … The U.S. government is buying more monkeypox vaccine as a surprising international outbreak continues to grow, health officials said Friday.
US rules out summer COVID boosters to focus on fall … WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators said Friday they are no longer considering authorizing a second COVID-19 booster shot for all adults under 50 this summer, focusing instead on revamped vaccines for the fall that will target the newest viral subvariants. Pfizer and Moderna expect to have updated versions of their shots available as early as […]
MS Counties with highest COVID-19 infection rates MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The vaccine deployment in December 2020 signaled a turning point in the COVID-19 pandemic. By the end of May 2021, 40% of the U.S. population was fully vaccinated. But as vaccination rates lagged over the summer, new surges of COVID-19 came, including Delta in the summer of 2021, and now the Omicron […]
Unvaccinated NBA players, staff must test weekly … Unvaccinated NBA players and team personnel must submit to weekly COVID-19 testing this season, the league told its clubs in a memo Tuesday. There will be certain exceptions to that mandate, the league said, such as when the unvaccinated person is considered to have been “recently recovered” from COVID-19. But for all others, testing will […]
