Snap, American Express, Verizon, Twitter and more
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Snap — Shares of the Snapchat parent company cratered 30% after missing revenue estimates and sharing its slowest sales growth since…
FDA authorizes Novavax’s Covid shots as mix-and-match booster to Pfizer or Moderna
The Food and Drug Administration has authorized Novavax’s Covid boosters for adults in the U.S., including for people who received Pfizer’s or Moderna’s shots as their primary series. The authorization…
CDC recommends Covid omicron booster shots for kids as young as 5 years old
Tatiana Perez, 11, receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at a vaccination center in San Jose, Costa Rica January 11, 2022. Mayela Lopez | Reuters The…
Moderna and Merck will jointly develop a cancer vaccine for high-risk melanoma patients
Pipettes are seen at the Moderna Therapeutics Inc. lab in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017. Moderna this week started testing Adam Glanzman | Bloomberg | Getty Images…
A series of mega-blockbuster drugs are on the horizon. How to invest in the trend
Biopharma companies are having more clinical success treating Alzheimer’s disease and obesity and are taking new approaches in oncology, and that’s creating more mega-blockbuster drugs, according to Bank of America.…
Covid vaccination linked to slight increase in the length of menstrual cycle, NIH study finds
A healthcare worker administers a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at a vaccination clinic in the Peabody Institute Library in Peabody, Massachusetts, U.S., on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Vanessa…
Hertz, Ford, Keurig Dr Pepper and more
Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: Hertz — Shares of the rental car company jumped 4.42% after the company announced a partnership with BP’s electric vehicle charging…
Pfizer asks FDA to authorize omicron Covid booster shots for kids ages 5 to 11
Jack Wasserman, 6, receives a Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) booster vaccine in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, U.S., May 19, 2022. Hannah Beier | Reuters Pfizer on Monday asked the Food and Drug…
New minimum tax could hit Berkshire Hathaway and Amazon hardest, study shows
Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett seen at the annual Berkshire shareholder shopping day in Omaha, Nebraska, U.S., May 3, 2019. Scott Morgan | Reuters Researchers applied the Inflation Reduction Act’s…
Moderna asks FDA to authorize omicron Covid boosters for children as young as 6 years old
Following CDC approval for vaccination of children aged 6 months to 5 years, 4 year-old Eleanor Kahn sits with her father Alex, as nurse Jillian Mercer administers the Moderna vaccine…