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David Wainer

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Healthcare Columnist, Heard on the Street at The Wall Street Journal

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  • 1 week ago | bennettjones.com | Stephen Burns |David Wainer

    On June 11, 2025, two new pieces of legislation in Alberta came into effect: (1) the Protection of Privacy Act; and (2) the Access to Information Act. Both pieces of legislation are expected to significantly impact public-sector privacy obligations, and were originally introduced on November 6, 2024, through Bills C-331and C-342, respectively.

  • 1 week ago | wsj.com | David Wainer

    Israeli markets rose to record highs Wednesday, continuing to outperform U.S. benchmarks despite the ongoing conflict with Iran. The TA-35 and TA-125 indexes each climbed about 1%, while the shekel strengthened 0.2% against the dollar to 3.4980 and 0.3% against the euro to 4.0139. The TA-125 is now up about 16% for the year, compared with a roughly 2% gain for the S&P 500.

  • 1 week ago | wsj.com | David Wainer |Jonathan Weil

    For years, UnitedHealth Group’s UNH 0.39%increase; green up pointing triangle financial reporting has been a black box. That needs to change. The largest healthcare insurer and provider in America, UnitedHealth is bigger by revenue than Apple or Exxon Mobil. But investors have limited visibility into what is actually driving UnitedHealth’s profits—or where the risks lie. Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8

  • 1 week ago | wsj.com | David Wainer

    The strike marks a shift toward targeting domestic enforcement arms of Iran’s regime in addition to military or nuclear sites. The internal security forces, including the Basij volunteer force, have helped suppress protests and maintain control over the Iranian population.

  • 3 weeks ago | livemint.com | David Wainer

    For Gilead Sciences, the dominant player in HIV treatment, the breakthrough is doing what years of splashy but underwhelming acquisitions failed to achieve: It has Wall Street paying attention again. Since reporting last June that just two annual shots of lenacapavir prevented all HIV infections in a study of women and girls, shares have surged 73%.

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David Wainer @david_wainer
26 Jun 24

RT @WSJ: 🧵On March 29, 2023, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained in Russia for doing his job. He remains in a Russi…

David Wainer
David Wainer @david_wainer
29 Sep 23

It has been six months since Evan was wrongfully imprisoned. Enough is enough. Evan did nothing wrong. Let him go. #IStandWithEvan https://t.co/UMAISFlgP2

David Wainer
David Wainer @david_wainer
29 Sep 23

RT @WSJPR: Tomorrow, September 29, will mark six months since Evan Gershkovich was wrongfully detained by Russia. Join @WSJ and the broader…