Health Care

Analysts at Citi initiates coverage of Aetna Inc (NYSE: AET) with a Buy rating, $180 price target and named to the firm's "Citi Focus List." Aetna should be viewed as a "strong diversified health insurer" that is also well positioned to gain share within the government segment and has "stable...

As Washington struggles to push ahead with a business-friendly agenda, there’s a note of caution for stocks heading into the mid-year point. The market crumbled Tuesday after Senate leaders announced a delay in the healthcare bill vote until after July 4. Though it’s unclear whether the...

A mixed-income housing development that broke ground Tuesday in suburban Detroit isn’t financed by a big bank, but rather a health insurer. UnitedHealth Group Inc (NYSE: UNH) is investing $14.6 million in Jefferson Oaks, a 60-home, $17.6-million redevelopment of a former middle school in Oak...

Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, on Tuesday delayed a vote on a bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act after defections and opposition from moderates and conservatives appeared to doom the Republican majority leader’s plan. The earliest the Senate could consider voting on the legislation is...

Evolent Health Inc (NYSE: EVH), a provider of an end-to-end, technology-enabled services platform for healthcare providers, is an underappreciated stock that is best positioned to capitalize on the evolving healthcare landscape, analysts at Cowen stated in a research report. Cowen's Charles Rhyee...

Canaccord Genuity said in note Tuesday the Gates Foundation agreement helps open up the spigot for OraSure Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: OSUR). The firm lifted its price target in the wake of the news. Canaccord noted that the deal is similar to Danaher Corporation (NYSE: DHR) unit Cepheid's TB...

Here we are again, again. We've been watching that 2,440 line on the S&P all month long for signs of an upside breakout and, while the Nasdaq is still making record highs, the much more reliable S&P 500 seems reluctant to go higher.  Earnings season is just around the corner but a...

Shares of Alder Biopharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: ALDR) lost more than 20 percent on Tuesday and hit a new 52-week low of $13.80 despite reporting positive results for its late-stage migraine prevention drug called eptinezumab. Eptinezumab was successful in meeting the primary and key secondary...

Bluebird bio Inc (NASDAQ: BLUE), a clinical-stage biotechnology company that focuses on developing gene therapies for severe diseases and cancer, reported on Monday top-line results from a study called Starbeam. Starbeam explores the company's LentiD investigational gene therapy for the treatment...

After a nearly 60-percent return since the start of 2017, analysts at Leerink see further upside in shares of Align Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALGN), a marketer and seller of digital services used in dentistry, orthodontics and dental records storage. Leerink's Richard Newitter maintains a Buy...

Continuing the trend of retail giants looking for fresh revenue in basic health care, Wal-Mart Stores Inc (NYSE: WMT) says it will partner with Quest Diagnostics Inc (NYSE: DGX) to offer blood tests and other lab work in at least 15 stores by year’s end. The sites will be rolled out at...

Kite Pharma Inc (NASDAQ: KITE) is preparing to launch Axi-Cel, a chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma patients, later this year. Kite is pursuing an FDA label for patients with relapsed, aggressive and non-transplant eligible forms of the disease, a group of...

Steve Grasso spoke on CNBC's "Fast Money" about the health care stocks he would buy. He likes UnitedHealth Group Inc (NYSE: UNH), Tenet Healthcare Corp (NYSE: THC) and HCA Healthcare Inc (NYSE: HCA). See Also: CBO On Senate Health Plan: 22 Million Lose Medical Care Pete Najarian is...

The Congressional Budget Office said Monday that the latest health care bill struck in secret by a select group of U.S. senators would chop 22 million people off the health-insurance rolls by 2026, another nail in the coffin of legislation backed by a dwindling number of GOP lawmakers. Moderates...

Take the ethnic breakdown of a country and filter it through politics and economics and historical context. Factor in trend analyses built from social media and mainstream reporting. Do the math. What do you get? A model that predicts a society’s chances of, say, a shooting war with Russia or...