Health Care

The deal between Cigna and Express Scripts follows the merger of health insurer Aetna Inc. and drugstore chain CVS Health Corp.

The cash-and-stock deal will create a powerful rival to the CVS-Aetna combination that was announced late last year.

The Trump administration wants any congressional plan to shore up the Affordable Care Act markets to include conservative goals.

Federal prosecutors want "Pharma Bro" Martin Shkreli to spend 15 years behind bars for his securities fraud conviction.

The Trump administration says it's launching a new effort to make electronic medical records easier for patients to use.

The nation's largest health insurer plans to give some customers a break at the pharmacy counter starting next year.

Number of young people admitted to hospitals for overdoses nearly doubles since 2004.

Arkansas's waiver would require beneficiaries to work, participate in job training or job search activities for at least 80 hours per month as a condition of receiving Medicaid.

A treatment failed to reduce a sufficient number of lesions in patients ages 9 or older to meet goals.

Uber is driving deeper into health care by offering to take patients in every U.S. market where it operates to their next medical appointment.

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"Pharma Bro" Martin Shkreli (SHKREL'-ee) has written a letter to a judge asking for leniency and admitting that he was wrong and a fool.

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily on Wednesday: Celgene Corp., down $8.66 to $87.12

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The agricultural giant is ramping up innovation to keep up with online trends.

Australia has issued a compulsory recall for all 2.7 million cars fitted with defective Takata air bags in an effort to lift the auto industry's mixed efforts to fix the potentially fatal fault that has been blamed for at least 23 deaths around the world.