London: Centene forecast third-quarter profit below Wall Street estimates on Tuesday as the health insurer anticipated an increase in medical costs in the government-backed Medicaid program. States began reassessing eligibility for enrollment in Medicaid last year, following the termination of a policy that required insurers to keep low-income Americans enrolled through the COVID-19 pandemic. The … Read more
Mumbai: Shares of sugar producers were among the top gainers in Wednesday’s trading on news reports Alvean, the world’s largest sugar trader, forecast a global shortage in the season starting October. With the domestic festive season around the corner, analysts expect sugar prices to firm up on account of shortages. Avadh Sugar & Energy surged … Read more
London: Digital health tools and technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are expected to further integrate into the healthcare industry due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Against the backdrop, the market for AI platforms for the entire healthcare industry is set to grow from $1.5 billion in 2019 to … Read more
The India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC), Chennai, has forecast light to moderate rain on Wednesday, November 9, 2022, with thunderstorm and lightning to occur at one or two places over Chennai, Thiruvallur, Chengalpattu, Villupuram, Cuddalore, Thanjavur, Thiruvarur, Pudukottai, Nagapattinam, Mayiladuthurai and Ramanathapuram districts of Tamilnadu and Puducherry & Karaikal during the next one … Read more
Jan. 19, 2022 — COVID-19 deaths from the Omicron variant are climbing and will likely increase quickly in the upcoming weeks, according to new forecasts. Based on national forecasts, 50,000 to 300,000 more Americans could die by the time the current wave subsides in March. “A lot of people are still going to die because … Read more
Gaining a vaccine to help contain the novel coronavirus would provide a big boost to the global economy in 2021, but the initial geographic distribution of that benefit will likely depend on which vaccine candidate works first. Public health officials around the world increasingly believe at least one of the vaccines now in the later … Read more