03:24 PM EDT, 09/03/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks declined late Wednesday afternoon, with the NYSE Health Care Index down 0.3% and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) shedding 0.6%.

The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) was easing 0.3%.

In corporate news, the Florida Department of Health, in partnership with Governor Ron DeSantis, is taking steps to end all vaccine mandates in the state, Bloomberg reported, citing Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo. Moderna ( MRNA ) and Pfizer ( PFE ) fell 1.5% and 0.9% respectively.