Health-care companies rose as traders bet the sector would continue growing profits regardless of inflation levels.
UnitedHealth Group neared all-time highs amid optimism about the growth prospects for the nation's largest health insurer by enrollees.
Hearing-care services provider Hear.com postponed its initial public offering due to the choppy stock market, The Wall Street Journal reported.
The chief executive of Trulieve Cannabis said data from Florida's medical marijuana program showed how the pandemic lifted interest in cannabis in the state and perhaps more broadly.
The Centers for Disease Control is set to lift recommendations that people fully vaccinated against Covid 19 wear masks in all public settings.
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