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Over the past two years, between law enforcement and some anti-cannabis media outlets, frightening stories about "fentanyl-laced marijuana" have cropped up in the news although lab testing has never confirmed it.  Does Fentanyl-Laced Weed Even Exist? Leafly...

Sharecare is set to go public via the special purpose acquisition company Falcon Capital Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ: FCAC) with an initial pro-forma enterprise value of $3.9 billion. CEO Jeff Arnold, who previously founded WebMD, will continue to lead the digital health company as CEO and...

A merger in the digital health space was announced Friday before the market open, with Sharecare being the latest health care company to go public via SPAC. The SPAC Deal: Sharecare is going public in a SPAC merger with Falcon Capital Acquisition Corp (NASDA: FCAC). The deal values Sharecare at $3....

Shares of WebMD Health Corp. (NASDAQ: WBMD) were under heavy selling pressure on Monday after reports surfaced that changes to a Google search algorithm would impact traffic to its site. Specifically, Google extended its KnowledgeGraph to include "symptom search" capabilities. Investors then...

Self-diagnosing has become one of the worst nightmares for doctors. A few years ago, a poll showed almost 25 percent of women in Britain had misdiagnosed and treated themselves wrongly based on information they had found online. While many people stopped going to the doctor altogether, other...

Shares of WebMD Health Corp. (NASDAQ: WBMD) hit a new 52-week high of $58.25 shortly after the start of Thursday's trading session. The Financial Times reported that the company is exploring a potential sale of itself. The Financial Times, citing "people close to the company,"...

U.S. stocks were little changed as uncertainty in Ukraine remains with comments out of Poland's government suggesting that the likelihood of a Russian invasion of Ukraine has increased over the past day. NATO's deputy secretary general shared similar sentiments and stated that Russia...

U.S. stocks rose to start off the holiday-filled shortened trading week on a positive note as investors found plenty of reason to be optimistic on retail sales which jumped the most since 2012. Investors were also encouraged by Citigroup's better than expected earnings which eased investor...

According to a new survey from WebMD, a majority of doctors nationwide support the national legalization of medical marijuana. WebMD, which is a highly regarded, award-winning provider of information/tools to manage health, surveyed 1,533 doctors from 48 states. The results of the survey are as...

Investors are always looking for the “next big thing.” Business Insider, in a recent report, suggested the mobile health apps industry might be worth considering. Statistics support that notion with BI pointing out skyrocketing health care costs and the fact that health-related spending in the...