Health Care

U.S. regulators have approved a simpler, one-dose treatment to prevent relapses of malaria.

It's more than $1 billion over budget and five years behind schedule, but an elaborate new veterans hospital is finally opening in suburban Denver on Saturday with the promise of state-of-the-art medical care.

Here's what to do when it's hot outside but ridiculously cold in your workplace.

Federal safety investigators are looking into complaints that engines on some Ford Escape vehicles can overheat and suddenly stall while being driven.

A tornado slammed into an agricultural machinery plant in Iowa as some people were working on Thursday and police said a number of people were taken to a local hospital.

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said the Trump administration has taken several steps to lower the cost of prescription drugs.

The pair of drugmakers delayed plans to raise prices on U.S. products earlier this month.

Novartis AG, the big Swiss drug company, said Wednesday it will freeze U.S. drug prices for the rest of this year, a move that follows a similar one by Pfizer, according to Bloomberg.

Johnson & Johnson is reporting second-quarter earnings of $3.95 billion.

The healthcare conglomerate's net earnings rose to $3.95 billion.

UnitedHealth reported higher profit and revenue.

CVS said it kept drug price increases to just 0.2% last year, the lowest level in five years, despite drugmakers’ price hikes.

Nurses at Vermont's largest hospital are back on the job after a two-day strike.

Fox News medical correspondent Dr. Marc Siegel says Johnson & Johnson has a good case to fight the nearly $5 billion baby powder lawsuit.

The U.S. government's road safety agency is urging automakers to speed up replacement of potentially dangerous Takata air bag inflators.

___ Federal Reserve projects further gradual hikes in key rate WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve says that it expects low unemployment and rising inflation will keep it on track to raise interest rates at a gradual pace over the next two years.

The Senate report details specific calls and emails exchanged by Cohen and former Novartis CEO Joe Jimenez.

U.S. regulators have approved the first treatment for smallpox — a deadly disease that was wiped out four decades ago — in case the virus is used in a terror attack.