The pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is already thinking about a second-generation coronavirus vaccine, shortly after saying the current version succeeded in a late-stage study.
Pfizer’s vaccine needs to be stored frozen at minus 70 degrees Celsius (minus 94 degrees Fahrenheit), an unusual requirement for vaccines.
Amazon is going after drug and care delivery through a host of products and teams.
With digital-health services becoming more popular, analysts think Amazon is well-positioned to use its internet clout and massive size to send its health business into the stratosphere.
Health insurers' financial reports show that patients are going to the doctor almost as often as they did before the pandemic, even though COVID-19 cases show no signs of slowing.
A key gauge of medical spending increased across the health insurance industry in the third quarter, compared with the prior three months.