Health Care

The Latest on France's public sector strike and demonstration (all times local): 4:30 p.m. Police are using tear gas and batons to push back protesters throwing projectiles at a demonstration in Paris over public sector job cuts and salary freezes.

Pfizer said on Tuesday it was considering the sale or spin-off of its consumer healthcare business, shaking up the industry and potentially putting a headache pill to lip balm operation worth as much as $14 billion up for grabs.

Pfizer may sell its consumer health care business, which includes the Advil brand, as part of a strategic review.

US stocks are opening mixed as health care and industrial companies fall while technology companies gain ground.

The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 9:35 a.m.

Hornets owner Michael Jordan is donating $7 million to launch medical clinics that he hopes will help at-risk communities in Charlotte.

The White House is finalizing an executive order that would expand health plans offered by associations to allow individuals to pool together and buy insurance outside their states, a unilateral move that follows failed efforts by Congress to overhaul the health care system.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is finalizing an executive order that would expand health plans offered by associations to allow individuals to pool together and buy insurance outside their states, a unilateral move that follows failed efforts by Congress to overhaul the health care system.

China's government says it will allow use of some drugs and medical devices based on approval by foreign regulators in a move that could help ease access to its health care market.

The White House is planning an executive order that would expand health plans offered by associations to allow individuals to pool together and buy insurance outside their states.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he had called the top Senate Democrat to probe interest in working on a "great" healthcare bill to replace Obamacare, after his fellow Republicans' failed attempts to roll back the law.

Millions of children's plates and bowls are being recalled because a plastic layer can peel off, posing a choking hazard.

New York City's system of 11 public hospitals will leave more jobs unfilled and has started slowing payments to vendors because of a cash-flow crisis, according to its interim president.

Mitsubishi is recalling 66,000 cars for a second time to replace faulty Takata front passenger air bag inflators.

Amid a growing U.S. opioid addiction, health insurer Cigna Corp will stop covering OxyContin, the opioid painkiller sold by Purdue Pharma LP, as of January 1 and will instead cover an equivalent with a formulation less vulnerable to abuse, the company said on Wednesday.

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday: PepsiCo, up 21 cents to $109.34

The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 9:35 a.m.

A bill to clear away obstacles to a new era of self-driving cars is facing opposition from safety advocates who say it would give automakers free rein to put unsafe vehicles on the road.

The Latest on a Senate bill to advance self-driving cars (all times local): 10:28 a.m.