Without health care and social assistance jobs, the U.S. labor market would have seen a plummet of about 570,000 jobs in 2025.

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The latest jobs report showed a loss of 92,000 jobs in February. After months of easing unemployment, that number crept up ...

An aging population is drawing workers to medical and social care, creating reliable jobs —and revealing weakness for the ...

The field does have advantages for workers. Health care jobs are everywhere — rural and urban; in hospitals, neighborhood clinics, and people’s homes. There’s an abundance of lower-paying entry-level ...

During the fourth quarter, the Harbor Health Care ETF returned 10.43% (NAV), underperforming the Russell 3000® Growth Health Care Index, which returned 16.71%.

The country spends some $5trn a year on health care, about a fifth of its GDP and twice as much per person as its rich-world peers. Treatment is world-class but expensive; a third of adults say they ...

Health care, typically a sector with strong and steady net job growth, suffered a setback in February due to a major strike.The sector’s employment fell by 28,000 in February. A month-long strike by ...

The health care sector has been one of only a few bright spots in the job market lately, and economists see that trend continuing in the near future.

This backbone of the U.S. health-care industry generates about 99% of its revenue domestically, insulating it from overseas ...

Revolution Medicines was a top contributor during the quarter. AbbVie, by contrast, traded largely sideways, as investors continued to assess its post-patent earnings durability. While Eli Lilly ...