Key Points will open at least six additional Walmart Health clinics in the greater Atlanta area by the end of 2020, the retail giant confirmed to CNBC.The news comes on the heels of its announcement this week that it will enter the Florida market with Walmart Health next year, starting with the Jacksonville area. And it said in June it will open two clinics in the Chicago area by the end of the year.It already has four Walmart Health clinics: three in Georgia and one in Springdale, Arkansas, close to Walmart's Bentonville headquarters. That would bring its total number of Walmart...…Key Points will open at least six additional Walmart Health clinics in the greater Atlanta area by the end of 2020, the retail giant confirmed to CNBC.The news comes on the heels of its announcement this week that it will enter the Florida market with Walmart Health next year, starting with the Jacksonville area. And it said in June it will open two clinics in the Chicago area by the end of the year.It already has four Walmart Health clinics: three in Georgia and one in Springdale, Arkansas, close to Walmart's Bentonville headquarters. That would bring its total number of Walmart...WW…

Key PointsIn this articleJim Cramer on how Amazon Pharmacy will shake up the industry is entering the pharmacy business with a new offering called Amazon Pharmacy, allowing customers in the United States to order prescription medications for home delivery, including free delivery for Amazon Prime members.Amazon has been quietly building out its pharmacy offering for several years up internal discussions in 2017 and in 2018. The pharmacy space is notoriously complex and competitive in the U.S., and Amazon Pharmacy is built in part on PillPack's infrastructure, including its pharmacy...…Key PointsIn this articleJim Cramer on how Amazon Pharmacy will shake up the industry is entering the pharmacy business with a new offering called Amazon Pharmacy, allowing customers in the United States to order prescription medications for home delivery, including free delivery for Amazon Prime members.Amazon has been quietly building out its pharmacy offering for several years up internal discussions in 2017 and in 2018. The pharmacy space is notoriously complex and competitive in the U.S., and Amazon Pharmacy is built in part on PillPack's infrastructure, including its pharmacy...WW…

Key PointsDr. Anthony Fauci on a vaccine timetable and reaching out to anti-vaxxersWhitehouse coronavirus advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci thinks that Americans have an independent spirit, but that there are times when it's in our best interest to follow the rules. at Washington National Cathedral with other top health experts on the pandemic, noted that it is a bit unfair to compare the United States' coronavirus response with other countries. The United States isn't an island with five million people that can easily be shut down, he notes. So suppressing and controlling the virus is a lot...…Key PointsDr. Anthony Fauci on a vaccine timetable and reaching out to anti-vaxxersWhitehouse coronavirus advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci thinks that Americans have an independent spirit, but that there are times when it's in our best interest to follow the rules. at Washington National Cathedral with other top health experts on the pandemic, noted that it is a bit unfair to compare the United States' coronavirus response with other countries. The United States isn't an island with five million people that can easily be shut down, he notes. So suppressing and controlling the virus is a lot...WW…

Key PointsFor seven years, Dr. Ethan Weiss, a cardiologist at The University of California, San Francisco, has experimented with intermittent fasting. The health fad, which restricts eating to specific periods of time,  after a series of promising studies in mice suggested that it might be an effective weight loss strategy in humans. So Weiss decided to give it a try himself by restricting his own eating to eight hours per day. After seeing that he shed some pounds, many of his patients asked him whether it might work for them. In 2018, he and a group of researchers kicked...…Key PointsFor seven years, Dr. Ethan Weiss, a cardiologist at The University of California, San Francisco, has experimented with intermittent fasting. The health fad, which restricts eating to specific periods of time,  after a series of promising studies in mice suggested that it might be an effective weight loss strategy in humans. So Weiss decided to give it a try himself by restricting his own eating to eight hours per day. After seeing that he shed some pounds, many of his patients asked him whether it might work for them. In 2018, he and a group of researchers kicked...WW…

Key PointsUsing Regeneron cocktail to treat Trump was a wholly appropriate call: Dr. GottliebFormer Food and Drug Administration commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC on Friday he believes the White House carefully considered all of its treatment options before it President the experimental coronavirus antibody cocktail from . "This was a wholly appropriate decision to give him active therapy, and then it just became a choice of which therapy," Gottlieb said on  prior to Trump to Walter Reed Medical Center "out of an abundance of caution" following his coronavirus...…Key PointsUsing Regeneron cocktail to treat Trump was a wholly appropriate call: Dr. GottliebFormer Food and Drug Administration commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC on Friday he believes the White House carefully considered all of its treatment options before it President the experimental coronavirus antibody cocktail from . "This was a wholly appropriate decision to give him active therapy, and then it just became a choice of which therapy," Gottlieb said on  prior to Trump to Walter Reed Medical Center "out of an abundance of caution" following his coronavirus...WW…

Key PointsLuke Hutchison woke up in the middle of the night with chills and a fever after taking the booster shot in  vaccine trial. Another coronavirus vaccine trial participant, testing candidate, similarly woke up with chills, shaking so hard he cracked a tooth after taking the second dose.  High fever, body aches, bad headaches and exhaustion are just some of the symptoms five participants in two of the leading coronavirus vaccine trials say they felt after receiving the shots.In interviews, all five participants — three in Moderna's study and two in Pfizer's late-stage...…Key PointsLuke Hutchison woke up in the middle of the night with chills and a fever after taking the booster shot in  vaccine trial. Another coronavirus vaccine trial participant, testing candidate, similarly woke up with chills, shaking so hard he cracked a tooth after taking the second dose.  High fever, body aches, bad headaches and exhaustion are just some of the symptoms five participants in two of the leading coronavirus vaccine trials say they felt after receiving the shots.In interviews, all five participants — three in Moderna's study and two in Pfizer's late-stage...WW…

Key PointsOn Thursday, dozens of doctors and researchers from Stanford University emphasized that they won't be silenced after hearing they may face legal action after criticizing the White House's coronavirus advisor Dr. Scott Atlas. Earlier this month, Stanford academics calling out Atlas, a former colleague, for spreading what they characterized as "falsehoods and misrepresentations of science." In particular, the authors expressed concern about Atlas advocating against the use of masks and other public health measures.In response, the researchers behind the "Dear Colleague"...…Key PointsOn Thursday, dozens of doctors and researchers from Stanford University emphasized that they won't be silenced after hearing they may face legal action after criticizing the White House's coronavirus advisor Dr. Scott Atlas. Earlier this month, Stanford academics calling out Atlas, a former colleague, for spreading what they characterized as "falsehoods and misrepresentations of science." In particular, the authors expressed concern about Atlas advocating against the use of masks and other public health measures.In response, the researchers behind the "Dear Colleague"...WW…

Business News and FinanceVIEW IN APPA Facebook iconA Twitter iconA LinkedIn iconAn email iconKEY POINTS Kena Hudson's 7-year-old son Clarence has asthma that's sometimes landed him in the hospital. Typically, when wildfire season starts in Northern California, he'll stay indoors but continue to see friends and attend school. This year, a  is blanketing much of the state in smoke. Facing a dual threat of reduced air quality coupled with a coronavirus pandemic, Clarence will have to stay indoors around-the-clock. "We're in a pandemic and a heat wave, and we don't have...…Business News and FinanceVIEW IN APPA Facebook iconA Twitter iconA LinkedIn iconAn email iconKEY POINTS Kena Hudson's 7-year-old son Clarence has asthma that's sometimes landed him in the hospital. Typically, when wildfire season starts in Northern California, he'll stay indoors but continue to see friends and attend school. This year, a  is blanketing much of the state in smoke. Facing a dual threat of reduced air quality coupled with a coronavirus pandemic, Clarence will have to stay indoors around-the-clock. "We're in a pandemic and a heat wave, and we don't have...WW…

Key Points is working on a cure for the common cold in a years-long, top secret effort called "Project Gesundheit," according to three people familiar with the effort. The company has more than 100 working out of Grand Challenge, a research and development group that sits under its cloud division, AWS. A small team in this group, including scientists and technologists, is now working on a treatment for the world's most common illness. The team is hoping to develop a vaccine, but is exploring a variety of approaches to the problem. Internally, the effort is sometimes referred to as...…Key Points is working on a cure for the common cold in a years-long, top secret effort called "Project Gesundheit," according to three people familiar with the effort. The company has more than 100 working out of Grand Challenge, a research and development group that sits under its cloud division, AWS. A small team in this group, including scientists and technologists, is now working on a treatment for the world's most common illness. The team is hoping to develop a vaccine, but is exploring a variety of approaches to the problem. Internally, the effort is sometimes referred to as...WW…

Keep Me Logged InKey PointsWhen Dr. Farzad Mostashari was the assistant commissioner for the New York City Department of Health in the early 2000s, he did something unprecedented.To keep tabs on the spread of disease in the region, Mostashari asked New York hospitals for access to a feed of their data, including the symptoms reported by some of the sickest patients. His team put together that collected anonymized information from emergency rooms across the state, and made it open for anyone to query.Nearly two decades later, on March 11, 2020, his work suddenly gained new relevance. The...…Keep Me Logged InKey PointsWhen Dr. Farzad Mostashari was the assistant commissioner for the New York City Department of Health in the early 2000s, he did something unprecedented.To keep tabs on the spread of disease in the region, Mostashari asked New York hospitals for access to a feed of their data, including the symptoms reported by some of the sickest patients. His team put together that collected anonymized information from emergency rooms across the state, and made it open for anyone to query.Nearly two decades later, on March 11, 2020, his work suddenly gained new relevance. The...WW…