Health Care Up As Sector Seen Benefiting From Vaccine Push -- Health Care Roundup

Health-care companies rose as traders bet the sector would benefit from Biden administration recommendations for booster shots.

Drugstores are gearing up to administer the additional Covid-19 inoculations, which are expected to deliver another sales bump for big chains, including CVS Health and Walgreens Boots Alliance.

Shares of Pfizer and Moderna have been some of the biggest gainers among large pharma stocks in recent weeks because of their vaccine offerings.

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