Health Care

A Southern California company is voluntarily recalling whole avocados over possible listeria contamination.

UPS is preparing to test a U.S. service that dispatches nurses to vaccinate adults in their homes.

Arkansas-based Tyson Foods is recalling more than 69,000 pounds (31,297 kilograms) of frozen, ready-to-eat chicken strips because they may be contaminated with pieces of metal.

U.S. stocks moved broadly higher in early trading on Wall Street Thursday as technology stocks offset declines in the banking sector.

However, the drugstore chain's CEO said it's going to walk "slowly" into this new line of products.

The loss highlights the difficulty the sector is facing in trying to develop a treatment for the degenerative disease.

Insurers and hospitals are opposed on how to properly address unexpectedly high medical bills.

Members of a union representing research and technical workers walked picket lines Wednesday at University of California campuses and hospitals in a one-day strike amid a lengthening stretch of unsuccessful contract negotiations.

Under the legislation, any sale — in-store and online — of an e-cig that has not undergone an FDA review would be prohibited.

The request again highlights the difficulty the White House faces in its effort to lower treatment costs.

The federal government must craft a pathway for CBD use in food given its prior status as an illegal drug.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first drug specifically developed for severe depression after childbirth.

A soft default is the least bad option. And we ought to bite the bullet now before we rack up even more debt.

Sanders and the other socialist sympathizers running for president must be clear-eyed about the limits of the federal bureaucracy that they are all too eager to put in charge of virtually every aspect of American life.

Sanofi has an age limit of 65 for its CEO.

Legislation to give states more freedom is just around the corner, said Boehner.

Outside groups like the Alliance for Patient Access are raising their voices as they seek to influence deliberations in Washington aimed at lowering prescription drug costs.

The Apple Watch was able to detect irregular heart pulse rates that could signal the need for further monitoring for a serious heart rhythm problem, according to data from a large study funded by Apple.

The GOP is proposing major changes to revamp Medicaid, but are they heading in the right way?

Butterball LLC is voluntarily recalling more than 78,000 pounds of raw ground turkey products nationwide as Wisconsin health officials investigate four salmonella cases in the state.