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Eli Lilly research laboratories, Indianapolis, Nov. 2020.

Drug Maker Says Antibody Drug Can Prevent COVID-19 Illness in Nursing Homes

It's the first major study to show such a treatment may prevent disease.

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Lumentum Buys Laser Technology Company in $5.7B Deal

The company hopes to push into lasers and photonics outside of communications and 3D sensing applications.

UnitedHealthcare headquarters in Minneapolis, July 12, 2019.

UnitedHealth to Acquire Tech Company for $8B

The company will add Change Healthcare to its growing Optum business.

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Drugmaker to Cut 20% of Workforce

Viatris plans to close, cut or sell up to 15 manufacturing sites.

A flooded St. Mark's Square in Venice, Dec. 8, 2020.

Venice Flooded as Experimental Barriers Remain Idle

The inflatable barriers are activated when high tides are predicted to reach at least 1.3 meters.

Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Charles Yeager talks to members of the media following a re-enactment flight commemorating his breaking of the sound barrier 65 years earlier, Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Oct. 14, 2012.

Chuck Yeager, 1st to Break Sound Barrier, Dies at 97

Yeager, then a 24-year-old captain, pushed an orange, bullet-shaped Bell X-1 rocket plane past 660 mph in 1947.

President-elect Joe Biden at an event to introduce nominees and appointees to economic policy posts, The Queen theater, Wilmington, Del., Dec. 1, 2020.

Biden Says He Won't Immediately Lift China Tariffs

The president-elect says he wants to maximize his leverage in future talks with the U.S.'s geopolitical rival.

Vials used to prepare syringes in a first-stage safety study of the potential vaccine for COVID-19 at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle, March 16, 2020.

Who Will Be the First to Get COVID-19 Vaccines?

Once a vaccine gets a green light from the FDA, an expert panel will look at clinical trial data to determine next steps.

Tech Giants Report Strong Results, Murky Outlooks

All five exceeded analyst expectations.

Boeing plant in Everett, Wash., Oct. 1, 2020.

Boeing Struggles Continue in September

Boeing failed to sell any planes and suffered more cancellations of 737 Max orders.

A Lufthansa jet at the airport in Frankfurt, Germany, Sept. 9, 2020.

Lufthansa Pulls More Big Jets

The airline will place its remaining Airbus A380 jets in long-term storage, along with 10 A340-600 aircraft.

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Apple, Google, Dropbox Investigated Over Cloud Storage

Italy's competition watchdog opened a total of six investigations into online storage services.