CVS reported more than $1 billion in quarterly profits thanks to a rush of customers being vaccinated against Covid-19 or tested for the virus as the Omicron variant surged.
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Amazon Care Plans Big U.S. Virtual And In-Person Health Services Expansion
Amazon Care is expanding in-person healthcare services to more than 20 new U.S. cities in 2022.
Centene Reports $599 Million Profit On Medicaid And Medicare Growth
Centene reported $600 million in fourth quarter profit as membership grew by more than 1 million thanks to a big increase in enrollment in its Medicaid plans.
Did So-Called ‘Johns Hopkins Study’ Really Show Lockdowns Were Ineffective Against Covid-19?
Here’s why this working paper is not really a “Johns Hopkins study” despite what some have been saying on social media.
Covid-19 Vaccines May Affect Your Menstrual Cycle In This Small, Temporary Way
Here is what a study recently published in the medical journal Obstetrics and Gynecology found.
Most GoFundMe Campaigns For Medical Bills Fail, Less Than 12% Reach Goals
From 2016 through 2020, the number of medically-related GoFundMe campaigns increased from 37,824 up to 196,955. Yet, 16% of them didn’t even receive any donations
McDonald’s Test Meal: A 3-Part Sandwich To Test Our Health?
McDonald’s has crossed a line with this latest product “hack.” Yes, we understand about free will and that consumers are not being led to this gargantuan meal at gunpoint. But the public is being tempted here into a level of unhealthy behavior on a sca…
Omicron Variant Survives Longer On Plastic, Skin Than Previous Covid-19 Coronavirus Versions
The study found that the Omicron variant survived for 193.5 hours on plastic and 21.1 hours on human skin.
Cigna Reports $1 Billion Profit On Strong Evernorth Pharmacy Performance
Cigna reported $1.1 billion net income for the fourth quarter of last year aided by the company’s Evernorth health services business which manages pharmacy benefits.
Melatonin Supplement Use Increased Over 4-Fold Among Americans Since 2000
Moreover, the percentage of people who used more than the 5 mg recommended dose limit per day increased by over three times from 2005-2006 to 2017-2018.
