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Investors raised bets against Beauty Health Company , owner of the skincare brand HydraFacial, in the first half of November. Short interest as a percentage of float refers to the amount of shares available for trading that are being bet against the company. Shares of Beauty Health underperformed in 2022, down more than 50% this year, while the S & P 500 declined about 17% over the same time period. Beauty Health has made a number of infrastructure investments as it expands its business globally. Short interest data is updated twice a month and reported mid-month and at the end of the month.

☆ 3 reasons a major health insurer just made a $2.7 billion bet on a Walgreens-backed effort to upend healthcare
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The deal would give it a stake in VillageMD, an annual dividend, and a push toward value-based care. VillageMD said this week that it plans to merge with fellow primary-care provider Summit Health-CityMD in an $8.9 billion deal funded in part by the healthcare giant Cigna. VillageMD CEO Tim Barry Courtesy VillageMD3 reasons why Cigna's investing $2.7 billion in VillageMDEvanko said the investment provides financial and strategic benefits for Cigna. That stake would provide the healthcare company, which reported profits of $5.4 billion in 2021, with an annual dividend of about 5.5% on $2 billion of the $2.7 billion investment, Evanko said, according to a transcript from Sentieo. Evernorth could take what it learns from partnering with VillageMD and extend those capabilities to other healthcare providers it works with, he said.

☆ Covid-19 rebound may be more common in people who take Paxlovid, early study suggests
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( Brenda Goodman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Covid-19 rebound also seems to be more common in people who take Paxlovid compared with those who don’t take the antiviral, although it can happen in either circumstance. In the past few months, instances of Covid-19 rebound have peppered headlines. That study found rebound happened about twice as frequently in people taking Paxlovid as in those who took the placebo. Among the 127 who took Paxlovid, about 14% saw their viral loads climb again after treatment. At least one study has documented a case of a person with rebound Covid-19 who took Paxlovid and passed the infection to an infant.

☆ A top Cigna exec shares 3 key reasons the health insurer just bet $2.7 billion on Walgreens-backed primary-care upstart VillageMD
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Cigna is putting $2.7 billion behind primary-care company VillageMD's merger with Summit Health-CityMD. The deal would give it a stake in VillageMD, an annual dividend, and a push toward value-based care. VillageMD said this week that it plans to merge with fellow primary-care provider Summit Health-CityMD in an $8.9 billion deal funded in part by the healthcare giant Cigna. VillageMD CEO Tim Barry Courtesy VillageMD3 reasons why Cigna's investing $2.7 billion in VillageMDEvanko said the investment provides financial and strategic benefits for Cigna. Evernorth could take what it learns from partnering with VillageMD and extend those capabilities to other healthcare providers it works with, he said.

☆ 15 companies that will let you work from home and are hiring now—some roles pay over $100K
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Morgan Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Remote jobs fell to 14% of all active listings on LinkedIn in September, down from a peak of 20% in February, according to a new report from the platform. To help people find the best remote opportunities, FlexJobs, a membership service for jobseekers, identified the 15 companies with the most remote job openings, including full-time and part-time opportunities, this fall. In spite of fewer remote job openings, Jennifer Shapely, LinkedIn's vice president of global talent acquisition, expects flexibility to remain a top priority for workers. Frana also stresses the importance of networking, which can also help you stand out in a tight job market. As in the traditional job market, "referrals tend to get much more traction than a cold application" for remote jobs, Frana adds.

☆ Leaked audio reveals Cerebral execs telling workers they blew through too much money too quickly. Here's how the embattled mental-health startup is changing course.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Blake Dodge | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

The embattled startup hired against unprofitable growth, Jess Muse, Cerebral's president, said. Cerebral, she said, paid more money on advertising to bring in new patients than it recouped by providing mental-health services and prescriptions. Prioritizing turning a profitCerebral leaders held a series of staff meetings on Monday. During the Monday staff meetings, at least two employees expressed concerns about the increased workload, since remaining staff are taking on patients of those who were laid off. Several employees accused company leaders of blindsiding workers with layoffs after the employees said they were assured the company was performing well.

☆ Beware of fad stocks. Truly owner, Snap & Zoom have plunged
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Paul R. La Monica | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The Sam Adams brewer, which also owns the hard seltzer brand Truly, is struggling as the popularity of alcoholic seltzer appears to be fading fast. “The continuing decline of the hard seltzer segment … is deeper than previously expected,” said Boston Beer founder and chairman Jim Koch on the company’s earnings call in July. Sam Adams owner Boston Beer made a big bet on Truly Hard Seltzer. Sales have slowed, the company is still losing money, its founders have left, and the stock has plunged nearly 80% this year. E-signature software company DocuSign (DOCU) and virtual health company Teladoc (TDOC) have also plunged this year after getting huge boosts from Covid in 2020.

☆ 3 of our stocks, including J&J, report earnings this week. Here's what we'll be watching
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Here's how we're thinking about J & J, P & G and Danaher heading into their prints, along with Wall Street estimates provided by Refinitiv. When reporting its second quarter, back in July , J & J took down its full-year profit outlook due to currency headwinds. In late September, J & J announced that Kenvue would be the name of the standalone consumer health company. Plus, J & J is a classic defensively oriented stock. The Johnson & Johnson logo is displayed outside the company's headquarters in New Brunswick, New Jersey, Aug. 1, 2020.

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Wynn Resorts, Planet Fitness, AMC, Lyft and more
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

An exterior view shows Encore Las Vegas (L) and Wynn Las Vegas as the coronavirus continues to spread across the United States on March 15, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Las Vegas Sands, Wynn Resorts — Shares of the casino operators both soared about 11% after Macao announced its plan to allow Chinese tour groups back in the casinos as soon as November. Chegg — Shares of the educational tech company jumped more than 6% after Needham upgraded the company to a buy rating from hold. Planet Fitness - The gym stock jumped 2% after Raymond James upgraded Planet Fitness to strong buy from market perform. Lyft – Shares of the ride hailing company fell about 3% after UBS downgraded the stock to neutral from a buy.

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Change Healthcare, Ford, PayPal, Humana and more
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Carmen Reinicke | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Change Healthcare – Shares of Change Healthcare jumped 6.4% after a federal judge said that UnitedHealth cannot take over the company. Humana – Shares of health company Humana gained 1% and touched an all-time high a day after the company raised its earnings guidance for the fiscal year. Cognex — Shares of machine vision systems maker Cognex jumped nearly 7% after the company raised its revenue outlook for the current quarter. Olin — The manufacturing company fell 4.6% after issuing its third-quarter EBITDA guidance. MicroStrategy – Shares of software company MicroStrategy fell 4.6% after the company announced that it made its smallest purchase of Bitcoin in two years.

☆ See the presentations that hot healthcare startups used to raise millions from top VCs
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-08 | by ( Lydia Ramsey Pflanzer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Here are the presentations obtained by Insider that healthcare startups have used to raise millions. Even so, healthcare startups raised $15.8 billion in the first half of the year, according to Silicon Valley Bank. Insider rounded up all the presentations we've published that healthcare startups have used to raise cash from investors. For instance, check out the 13-slide presentation heart-health startup Miga Health used to raise $12 million in seed funding. Brightside used this presentation to break through a crowded field of mental health startups and convince VCs to invest $24 million.

☆ A virtual therapist follows this daily routine to run her six-figure therapy practice and coaching business
▼ + stars: | 2022-05-11 | by ( Alexandra York | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Kelly O'Sullivan McKenna started her private practice, Sit With Kelly, in February 2021. Sit With Kelly is fully virtual and aims to help therapy clients and aspiring therapists. Here's how McKenna spends a day, including client sessions and business administration. Last year, her mental-health company, Sit With Kelly, booked $350,000 in revenue — which comprised client work, business coaching, consulting, and social-media deals, documents verified by Insider showed. She sees clients on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays and saves Wednesdays and Fridays for administration, coaching work, and filming social-media content.

☆ Cerebral is trying out an unusual clinical trial for a depression drug that has other companies wary. Here’s why.
▼ + stars: | 2022-01-14 | by ( Megan Hernbroth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The mental-health startup Cerebral partnered with Alto Neuroscience for a clinical trial. The mental-health startup Cerebral is teaming up with Alto Neuroscience on an upcoming home-based clinical trial for the biopharmaceutical company Alto's depression-drug candidate, according to federal records. The idea behind the partnership is that Cerebral is a mental-health company treating patients with depression, the condition for which Alto is developing treatments. Cerebral Chief Medical Officer David Mou told TechCrunch in December that the startup provided patients for the trial "within an hour." How Alto is running the trialThe trial with Cerebral does not include a control group, according to the filing.

☆ COVID-ситуация в мире: в выходные дни в Турции вводят комендантский час
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-18 | by ( ) novostipmr.com time to read: +3 min

Владельцы торговых центров в США, несмотря на пандемию, решили сохранить рождественскую традицию встреч с Санта-Клаусом. Помимо этого, сотрудники торговых центров регулярно проводят дезинфекцию и измеряют посетителям температуру, а актерам сократили рабочие часы и увеличили перерывы. Работа торговых центров, магазинов и парикмахерских также будет ограничена с 10:00 до 20:00. За минувшие сутки коронавирус в России проявился у 20 985 человек, умерли 456 пациентов, выздоровели 25 189 человек. За минувшие сутки коронавирус в Молдове обнаружили еще у 1069 человек, в том числе у 82 медработников.

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