US citizens who were on the Hondius cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak are now being isolated in Nebraska. One person is in a specialized biocontainment unit after testing positive for the rare respiratory disease. Shares of Moderna are rising after the company said it's working on a vaccine. Sam Fazeli of Bloomberg Intelligence has more.
Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, talks about how the White House is making prescription drugs more affordable, fighting fraud in healthcare, and the future of Medicare. He speaks to Bloomberg Television at the Milken Global Conference.
Pfizer Inc. Chief Executive Officer Albert Bourla says President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is a good choice. Bourla says Erica Schwartz is a "very credible scientist." Bourla also talks about earnings, their drug pipeline and doing business in China. He speaks to Bloomberg's David Westin.
The US Medicare program will pay private insurers 2.48% more in 2027, a meaningful improvement over the initial rates the agency proposed in January. Michelle Cortez has more on "Bloomberg The Close."
Paula Steele, director at John Lamb Hill Oldridge, talks about passing along an inheritance. She speaks to Bloomberg's Merryn Somerset Webb at an event for Bloomberg.com subscribers in London on March 18.
World Health Organization Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks to Bloomberg's Mishal Husain about the US stance on mRNA vaccine research funding. "I hope they will reconsider," he says on The Mishal Husain Show. He also talks about his relationship with US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., saying they "continue to speak to each other."
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