Health, Fitness & Food

Danaher ‘s (DHR) announcement this week that it will spin off its growing water business is a big win for shareholders — including us at the Club. The medical diagnostics and health technology company has a great track record for creating shareholder value through both organic investments and strategic mergers and divestitures. This is another

We’re selling 30 shares of Humana (HUM) at roughly $468 each. Following Wednesday’s trade, Jim Cramer’s Charitable Trust will own 120 shares of HUM, decreasing its weighting to 1.98% from 2.46%. Wednesday’s small sale in Humana comes one day before the company’s investor event. It’s not like us to trade around an investor event or

Monkeypox continues to spread across the U.S., but the pace of new cases has slowed over the last several weeks, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told lawmakers Wednesday. While the virus is still spreading at a rapid clip in certain regions of the U.S., the growth of new

New research suggests at least 17 million people across Europe and central Asia suffered from long Covid within the first two years of the pandemic. Filadendron | E+ | Getty Images At least 17 million people in Europe suffered from “long Covid” within the first two years of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-KY) unveils a nationwide abortion bill with new restrictions during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, September, 13, 2022. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham introduced a bill Tuesday that would ban most abortions nationwide starting at 15 weeks of pregnancy. The South Carolina senator introduced the

A Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) logo is displayed on the side of a subway train in Manhattan, New York on June 2, 2021. Ed Jones | AFP | Getty Images New Yorkers are no longer required to wear masks on subways, buses and other mass transit, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on Wednesday. Hochul said the

Mehmet Oz, US Republican Senate candidate for Pennsylvania, during a news conference with Senator Pat Toomey, a Republican from Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. Hannah Beier | Bloomberg | Getty Images Republican Pennsylvania Senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz has financial ties to at least two pharmaceutical companies that supply hydroxychloroquine, an

A health care worker administers a dose of the JYNNEOS Monkeypox vaccine at a pop-up vaccination clinic in Los Angeles, California, on August 9, 2022. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images Los Angeles health officials are investigating the death of a person who had monkeypox. Dr. Rita Singhal, director of disease control in

Big Tech wants to keep you healthy and make loads of money along the way. Apple (AAPL), Amazon (AMZN), Alphabet (GOOGL) and Microsoft (MSFT) — which already have their hands in many facets of our lives, have been ramping their health-care businesses. They’re all vying for a slice of the more than $4 trillion that

iStock | Getty Images New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday declared a state of emergency over polio to boost vaccination rates in the state amid further evidence that the virus is spreading in communities. Poliovirus has now been detected in sewage samples from four counties in the New York metro area as well as

Health workers sit at a check-in table at a pop-up monkeypox vaccination clinic which opened today by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health at the West Hollywood Library on August 3, 2022 in West Hollywood, California.  Mario Tama | Getty Images People living with HIV who have monkeypox are hospitalized more than twice

Health workers sit at a check-in table at a pop-up monkeypox vaccination clinic which opened today by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health at the West Hollywood Library on August 3, 2022 in West Hollywood, California.  Mario Tama | Getty Images People living with HIV who have monkeypox are hospitalized more than twice

Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Thursday’s key moments. We made two trades: AMD, CVX Quick mentions: AAPL, QCOM, HUM 1. Two trades: AMD, CVX Stocks turned mixed Thursday after originally dropping during Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s morning

Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, the White House National Monkeypox Response Deputy Coordinator, answers questions at the daily White House press briefing in Washington, September 7, 2022. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters The U.S. monkeypox outbreak is slowing as vaccines have become more available and there’s broader public awareness about what actions individuals can take to lower their

Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Wednesday’s key moments. Stocks are up – for now We’re fans of Starbucks incoming CEO Quick mentions: LLY, MRVL, BHC 1. Stocks are up – for now Wall Street recovered Wednesday after earlier

People walk by a Covid-19 testing site at Times Square on May 12, 2022 in New York City. Liao Pan | China News Service | Getty Images People who recently caught Covid can wait a few months to get a new omicron booster, White House Covid response coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha said on Tuesday. Studies

Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Tuesday’s key moments: Oscillator says market still oversold Our trades on DVN and CRM Quick mentions: HON and LLY Watching these bullpen stocks 1. Oscillator says market still oversold Stocks were in the

In this article CVS SGFY A CVS logo is displayed at one of their stores near Bloomsburg. Paul Weaver | Lightrocket | Getty Images CVS Health has reached a deal to acquire in-home health-care company Signify Health for about $8 billion, the companies said Monday. CVS said it will pay $30.50 a share in cash

A woman receives a Pfizer vaccination booster shot at Eugene A. Obregon Park in Los Angeles. Gary Coronado | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images The U.S. authorized the first major makeover of the Covid-19 vaccines this week in an effort to stem an expected tide of infections and hospitalizations this fall. But it’s unclear

It was a very busy week here at the CNBC Investing Club — no major shakeups to the portfolio, but we still made lots of trades to take advantage of this turbulent market. Bottom line The lingering effects of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s Jackson Hole speech last Friday, Aug. 26, gave us an opportunity