Tag: Medical Conditions

China's Factory Slowdown Worse Than Expected Under Weight of Covid Policies

China's Factory Slowdown Worse Than Expected Under Weight of Covid Policies

HONG KONG—China’s factory activity contracted in October after a short-lived improvement, a fresh sign of the toll from the country’s stringent Covid policies and of fading global demand for Chinese-made goods. The official purchasing managers index for manufacturing fell to 49.2 from 50.1 in September, the National Bureau of Statistics said Monday. The result fell […]

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Pfizer Squares Off With Merck on Pneumonia Shots

Pfizer Squares Off With Merck on Pneumonia Shots

Rival drugmakers are seeking to upend Pfizer Inc.’s dominance of the $7 billion worldwide market for pneumonia vaccines, launching what is shaping up to be one of the industry’s fiercest battles. Merck & Co. has already introduced a new competitor to Pfizer’s Prevnar vaccine franchise, while GSK PLC and Vaxcyte Inc. are among companies developing […]

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Inside a Chinese iPhone Plant, Foxconn Grapples With Covid Chaos

Inside a Chinese iPhone Plant, Foxconn Grapples With Covid Chaos

HONG KONG— Foxconn Technology 2354 -0.76% Group is scrambling to contain a weekslong Covid-19 outbreak at an iPhone factory in central China, trying to appease frightened and frustrated workers during a crucial period for smartphone orders. In Foxconn’s main Zhengzhou facility, the world’s biggest assembly site for Apple Inc.’s AAPL 7.56% iPhones, hundreds of thousands […]

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Americans Take Ketamine at Home for Depression With Little Oversight

Americans Take Ketamine at Home for Depression With Little Oversight

Startups are prescribing ketamine online to treat serious mental-health conditions, raising concern among psychiatrists about the safety of taking the mind-altering anesthetic without medical supervision, sometimes at high doses that raise risks of side effects. Ketamine is approved by the Food and Drug Administration to anesthetize people and animals and has been used safely in […]

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