The World Health Organization said Thursday there should be cautious hope at signs the numbers of confirmed Ebola cases and the geographical footprint have lessened over the past couple weeks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The other side: This is in sharp contrast to what other experts and organizations have been saying, with the head of the Centers for Disease Control warning at a hearing that he anticipates the deadly virus will spread outside the DRC and multiple international health officials calling for a "reset."
CVS' ambitions keep growing, but skepticism about those ambitions isn’t going away.
The big picture: Federal Judge Richard Leon signaled Tuesday that he's still concerned about the company's $69 billion merger with Aetna, but that deal is just one element of CVS' effort to push beyond the traditional role of a pharmacy.
Virtual health care is all the rage right now, especially among investors and tech companies.
Driving the news: Private equity and venture capital firms invested $10 billion into the sector in 2018, suggesting that the financial world certainly expects that the expanding sector will turn a profit.
