Health Care

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Americans this week against traveling to Canada, due to what it deemed a "Very High" level of COVID-19 infections in the country.

Medicare said Tuesday it will limit coverage of a $28,000-a-year Alzheimer’s drug whose benefits have been widely questioned, a major development in the nation’s tug-of-war over the fair value of new medicines that offer tantalizing possibilities but come with prohibitive prices.

There is a growing debate on whether people testing for omicron should swab their throats.

More workers are set to be fired from several companies this month over vaccine mandates.

Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra has asked Medicare to reassess its 2022 premium increase after Biogen slashed the cost of its expensive new Alzheimer's drug, which was part of the reason for the boost.

As omicron continues to surge in New York, the state's tourism is reportedly taking a hit.

Citigroup announced the requirement back in October but did not initially announce a deadline.

Pfizer Inc. expects the latest results from a clinical trial for kids under the age of 5 of the COVID-19 vaccine it developed with Germany's BioNTech SE by April, a top company scientist said on Wednesday.

Walmart workers in the United States who must isolate or who have tested positive for COVID-19 will receive one week of paid leave instead of two under a new policy that aligns with a change in U.S. health guidance.

Vaccine experts advising the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are scheduled on Wednesday to consider whether adolescents 12 to 15 years old should gain access to COVID-19 boosters for the first time.

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has some strange quirks, according to claims.

The jury in the criminal fraud case against Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has found her guilty on 4 of 11 counts

Samsung BioLogics on Thursday denied a media report that said the South Korean firm was in talks to buy U.S. drugmaker Biogen Inc.

The Publix grocery store chain will start offering paid parental leave to employees who are new parents, company officials announced Wednesday.

The jury weighing fraud charges against former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes departed court Wednesday without reaching a verdict after six days of deliberations.

President Biden has inked a deal with pharmaceutical company Millipore Sigma to build a factory making materials for COVID-19 test strips over the next three years.

In the U.S., more than 16 million units of blood and blood products are transfused annually with more than 45,000 units needed daily.

Several retailers, including CVS, Macy's and Walgreens, have announced the closure of locations in various cities, citing a number of factors from changing consumer attitudes and future health needs to issues with spikes in crime.

Jurors in the fraud trial of former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes returned to the courtroom Thursday to listen again to audio recordings that captured Holmes' brash promises about vaunted blood-testing technology that propelled her meteoric rise and scandalous downfall.

The jurors responsible for assessing 11 charges of fraud and conspiracy against former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes are scheduled to begin their third day of deliberations on Thursday.