Walgreens Shifts Into Recession Mode as Covid Boom Fades
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. is bracing for a recession and life after Covid. The second-biggest U.S. drugstore chain by stores...
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China’s Economy Returns to Growth Mode as Covid Lockdowns Lift
SINGAPORE—Economic activity in China expanded in June after three straight months of contraction, according to official surveys of businesses and...
CVS, Walmart and Rite Aid Limit Purchases of Plan B Pills After Surge in Demand
Some of the nation’s biggest retailers are rationing over-the-counter emergency contraceptive pills as demand spikes following the Supreme Court ruling...
WHO says monkeypox is not an international public health emergency, but it should continue to be monitored
The WHO convened an emergency committee meeting Thursday to discuss the severity of the monkeypox outbreak. The result of the...
Pfizer’s Omicron-Targeting Covid-19 Vaccines Generate Stronger Immune Response
Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE vaccines modified to target the Omicron variant produced a significantly larger immune response than the...
Fertility Doctors Move Embryos, Expecting Abortion Law Changes
Fertility companies and patients have been moving embryos and making contingency plans, anticipating that if Roe v. Wade were overturned,...
Chinese Internet Giants’ Ad Revenue Suffers as Business Confidence Wanes
Companies in China are cutting back on digital-ad spending as the economy slows and recurring Covid-19 outbreaks weigh on consumption,...
Americans With ALS Look to Canada for Promising Drug the U.S. Hasn’t Approved
Canada approved Amylyx Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s new drug for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis last week. Now some U.S. patients with the fatal...
Covid Fallout Flattens JD.com’s Online Birthday Bash
SINGAPORE—Chinese online shopping giant JD.com midyear e-commerce extravaganza recorded the slowest sales growth in at least five years, in the...
WSJ News Exclusive | Merck Explores Purchase of Biotech Seagen
Merck MRK -0.32% & Co. is eyeing a purchase of biotech Seagen Inc., SGEN 12.72% according to people familiar with...
FDA Advisers Review Pfizer, Moderna Covid-19 Vaccines in Young Children
A positive recommendation would likely lead soon to expanding the U.S. Covid-19 vaccination campaign to the 19.6 million children 6...
Three-Dose Pfizer Covid Vaccine Works Safely in Young Children, Review Says
The FDA staff also said, in a review of study data posted online Sunday, that there were no new safety...
What Do Chinese Consumers Want? Walmart Can’t Figure It Out.
Walmart Inc. opened its first store in China in 1996, a sprawling supercenter in the Hong Kong border city of...
The Billionaire Funding a Battle Against Hospital Monopolies
John Arnold antagonized public-employee unions and pharmaceutical firms with campaigns to reform government-funded pensions and bring down high drug prices....
Hospitals Face Penalties for First Time for Failing to Make Prices Public
Two Georgia hospitals on Wednesday were hit with federal financial penalties for failing to disclose their prices, marking the first...
Bristol-Myers to Buy Turning Point Therapeutics for $4.1 Billion
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. said it will acquire biotechnology company Turning Point Therapeutics Inc. TPTX 116.76% for $4.1 billion, an effort...
Treasury Releases Pandemic Funding for Small Businesses as They Face New Risks
A federal pandemic aid program aimed at boosting small businesses’ access to capital is getting off the ground more than...
Bottleneck Fuels Record-High Gas Prices
A shortage of fuel-making facilities is pushing U.S. gasoline and diesel prices to record levels, just as drivers prepare for...
China’s Covid-19 Lockdowns Hurt Sales of Starbucks Coffee, Adidas Sneakers
China’s strict Covid-19 lockdowns are hurting consumer spending for everything from coffee to sneakers and hotels, weighing on multinationals with...
WSJ News Exclusive | Apple Looks to Boost Production Outside China
TOKYO— Apple Inc. AAPL 0.17% has told some of its contract manufacturers that it wants to boost production outside China,...
