Health Care

House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., visited a New Balance sneaker factory in Massachusetts Thursday, where he pushed for an overhaul of the U.S. tax code.

Corning Inc. (NYSE:GLW) will invest $500 million and create 1,000 new U.S.-based jobs focused on manufacturing a new kind of glass for storing injectable drugs as part of President Donald Trump’s “Made in America” initiative, the company said Thursday.

After evaluating the GOP’s repeal-only strategy late Wednesday, the Congressional Budget Office said Thursday Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s latest bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act would increase the number of uninsured by 22 million over the next decade.

More than one third of the 50 million people worldwide living with dementia may have been able to prevent it by addressing certain lifestyle factors, according to a new report released Thursday.

Shares of the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) took a dip Thursday morning after a Wall Street bank lowered its stance on the drugmaker amid two key drug patent expirations—including their its popular Viagra drug—over the next 18 months.

AIDS-related deaths globally have been cut by nearly half since 2005 as a record number of people from around the world are gaining access to treatments, the United Nations reported Thursday.

The Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday 17 million additional people will lose health insurance coverage in 2018 if Republicans repeal ObamaCare without replacing it.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Wednesday he expects lawmakers will vote on repealing the Affordable Care Act next week.

President Donald Trump pushed Senate Republicans on Wednesday to take another stab at repealing or overhauling Obamacare, calling all 52 Republican senators to the White House to urge them to keep their campaign promises and find a new healthcare approach.

The Latest on the Republican effort to repeal and replace the Obama health law (all times local): 7:45 a.m.

House Republicans on Tuesday unveiled a 10-year budget blueprint that would dramatically increase military spending while putting the GOP on record favoring Medicare cuts opposed by President Donald Trump.