Opioid testing among MLB players will begin next season
Players testing positive for opioids will be given treatment instead of suspension.
IRS tax penalty letters may have prevented death for some middle-aged Americans
Letter warning of potential tax penalty led to an uptick in coverage and a decline in mortality.
New breast cancer drugs show rare promise in advanced cases
"It's a guided missile. It's able to bring the chemotherapy directly to the cancer cell."
Dementia patient remembers all the words to Sinatra’s ‘My Way’
A dementia patient shocks her family by remembering all the words to Frank Sinatra’s ‘My Way’
FDA issues warning to Alkermes over Vivitrol opioid addiction treatment ad
Users of Vivitrol as a treatment for opioid dependence should be made aware of the vulnerability.
Buttigieg 'doubts' that Blue Cross Blue Shield consulting work led to layoffs
Buttigieg's work appeared to coincide with Blue Cross’s decision, which it announced in January 2009, to cut up to 1,000 jobs
Young girl meets bone marrow donor who saved her life
Emotional moment as 11-year-old Laila Anderson and Kenton Felmlee embrace.
Dollar General starts selling CBD products, crediting consumer demand
CBD products are rolling out at about 1,100 Dollar General stores in Tennessee and Kentucky.
Medicare-for-all gets hearing in the House
The hearing comes amid a split among Democratic presidential candidates over Medicare-for-all.
Fresh Express salad mix linked to another E. coli outbreak
Three people have been hospitalized, including one who has developed kidney failure.
Massachusetts lab to pay $26M for scheme with Texas doctors
The allegations were made in two separate cases by whistle-blowers who went to federal officials in California and the District of Columbia.
California fines CVS $3.6 million for failing to recycle
California is fining the nation's largest pharmacy health care provider a record $3.6 million.
Would you pay $1M to partake in an anti-aging gene therapy trial?
The U.S.-based company is holding the trial in Colombia.
Former Outcome Health exec pleads guilty in $1B fraud scheme
Ashik Desai was among several former execs who were indicted.
Pete Frates, the 'Ice Bucket Challenge' driver combating ALS, dies at age 34
He helped raise more than $220 million for ALS research.
Supreme court rejects Arizona case against opioid maker Purdue's Sackler family
The lawsuit accused eight Sackler family members of funneling $4 billion out of Purdue from 2008 to 2016 despite being aware that the company faced massive potential liabilities over its marketing of opioid medications.
Salmonella outbreak sparks fresh fruit mix recall
31 Salmonella-related illnesses have been confirmed in four Pennsylvania hospitals.
Merck to buy cancer drug developer ArQule for $2.7B in cash
The offer of $20 per share for ArQule is more than double its closing price on Friday.
France's Sanofi to buy Synthorx for $2.5B
The move helps Sanofi boost its immuno-oncology pipeline.
Senators urge Medicare to allow seniors a drug plan do-over
Leading senators are urging Medicare to allow seniors concerned about their drug plan pick for next year to switch if they received inaccurate information due to changes the agency made this sign-up season.