Why Allied Healthcare Products' Stock Is Trading Higher Today

Allied Healthcare Products, Inc. AHPI shares are trading significantly higher along with other masks, PPE and respiratory product makers after CDC documents warned the COVID-19 Delta variant appears to be as contagious as chickenpox.

The CDC warned the delta variant sweeping across the country is as contagious as chickenpox, has a longer transmission window than the original Covid-19 strain and may make older people sicker.

Allied Healthcare Products, Inc. manufactures and markets respiratory products for use in the health care industry in a range of hospitals and alternate site settings worldwide.

Allied Healthcare's stock was trading about 42% higher at $8.43 per share on Friday. The stock has a 52-week high of $11.54 and a 52-week low of $3.45.