Health Care

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday: Kroger Co., up 25 cents to $20.78 The grocery store chain said it will consider selling its convenience store business.

A Foxconn Medical Group official says no decision will be made on whether the electronics giant will open a secondary facility in Wisconsin until next year.

The White House is working on a plan that could bring more health insurance choices and cheaper options to people buying individual and small business coverage.

___ P&G, in early vote, fends off activist investor Nelson Peltz Initial voting results show that Procter & Gamble successfully fended off an attempt activist investor Nelson Peltz to capture a seat on its board.

Advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will meet Thursday to consider whether to recommend approval of a gene therapy aimed at improving vision for some people with hereditary blindness.

A strike by French public sector workers is affecting schools, hospitals and public services and causing disruptions in domestic air traffic.

Pfizer may be done selling ChapStick, Advil, Robitussin and other brands that people can buy without a prescription.

The head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday the country may start to see a small number of drug shortages within two or three weeks due to delays in restoring manufacturing operations in Puerto Rico, where 10 percent of drugs prescribed in the United States are made.

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would sign a measure, likely this week, to allow people in the United States to buy healthcare across state lines.

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.