Health Care

A deadline burst of sign-ups after a tumultuous year for the Obama health law has revealed continued demand for the program's subsidized individual health plans.

More than 20,000 crib and toddler bed mattresses are being recalled this week because they fail to meet flammability standards.

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., the world's largest generic drugmaker, says it is laying off 14,000 workers as part of a global restructuring.

The Republican tax plan seems about to hand a bow-tied holiday gift to some of America's richest multinational companies, from Apple and Microsoft to Google's parent Alphabet: Tens of billions in tax breaks on profits they've parked overseas.

Israeli drug maker Teva announces plan to cut 14,000 jobs as part of global restructuring plan.

More than 1.07 million consumers selected 2018 Obamacare individual insurance plans on the HealthCare.gov website during the week ended Dec. 9.

Swiss drugmaker Novartis's Sandoz generics business is in the process of selling or closing some products in the United States, it said on Wednesday.

Hyundai and Kia are recalling more than a half-million compact cars in the U.S. because the brake lights may not go out when the pedal is released.

Two of the nation’s foremost nonprofit hospitals are reportedly in talks to merge – a deal that would form the biggest owner of hospitals in the U.S. – while also potentially exacerbating industry headwinds for the pair.

Viagra generally costs about $65 per pill, but as competition increases, that price point will decrease substantially.

French baby-milk maker Lactalis has ordered a global recall of millions of products over fears of salmonella bacteria contamination.

Ascension Health and Providence St. Joseph Health are in talks about a merger between the two Catholic non-profits that would create the largest U.S. hospital chain, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the discussions.

An experimental Roche Holding AG drug, added to standard therapy, led to a far higher rate of remission and helped patients with an advanced, aggressive blood cancer live significantly longer than the standard treatment alone, according to data from a mid-stage trial released at a medical meeting on Sunday.

Pharmaceutical companies on Friday sued to block a new California law that would require them to give advance notice before big price increases.

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More than 40,000 industrial table lamps are being recalled this week because of a wire that can fray, posing a shock hazard.

The Philippine health chief says the government will demand a refund of more than 3 billion pesos ($59 million) from Sanofi Pasteur and look at possible legal action after a study showed its dengue vaccine the country used in an immunization program could expose some people to severe illness.

Subaru and Hyundai have the most vehicles named top safety picks by the insurance industry.