Why Wall Street thinks Humana’s undervalued

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Welcome to Insider Healthcare. I'm Lydia Ramsey Pflanzer, and today in healthcare news:

• Analysts lay out why Humana's under-valued;
• Getting COVID-19 doesn't guarantee protection from reinfection;
• Experts say the variant first spotted in Brazil is developing mutations that could make vaccines less effective.

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4 reasons why health insurer Humana is 'significantly under-valued' and could pop, according to one Wall Street firm

• Analysts at Wall Street firm Stephens are betting big on health insurance giant Humana.
• Humana has built primary-care and home healthcare businesses that are undervalued, analysts said.
• Humana's main market, Medicare Advantage, is likely to remain stable during the Biden administration.

Here are the 4 reasons why it's undervalued>>

Getting COVID-19 doesn't always protect young people from reinfection, study finds

• Getting COVID-19 doesn't guarantee protection from reinfection.
• In one study, around 10% of Marine recruits who previously had COVID-19 were reinfected.
• Those who had antibodies were about five times less likely to get infected than those who didn't have them.

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The coronavirus variant first found in Brazil is developing worrying new mutations that could make vaccines less effective, experts say

• Brazil's top public-health body is warning about the P.1 coronavirus variant, first found in Brazil.
• Some mutations may make the shot more resistant to vaccines, Fiocruz said.
• Another study published Wednesday indicated P.1 could reinfect people who previously had COVID-19.

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More stories we're reading:

• UnitedHealth Group's membership grew, and it posted a profit for the first-quarter of 2021 (The Wall Street Journal)
• Johnson & Johnson asked other drugmakers to help it study blood-clot risks, and Moderna and Pfizer declined, report says (Insider)
• Vaccines that protect against many coronaviruses could prevent future pandemics (Science)
• Most COVID-19 ICU patients in Brazil are now under 40 years old. Experts think the spread of a variant is to blame. (Insider)

- Lydia