Health-care companies fell, but not by as much as the broad market, as investors sought out defensive, ever-green investments.
Merck & Co. will help produce Johnson & Johnson's single-dose Covid-19 vaccine, in a highly unusual partnership between two of the largest rival drugmakers in the U.S.
Europe's reluctance to distribute millions of doses of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine is coming under pressure after the French government authorized use of the shot for some older people.
Chains such as CVS Health, Walmart and Walgreens-Boots Alliance are collecting data from millions of customers as they sign up for shots, enrolling them in patient systems and having recipients register customer profiles.
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