Health Care

UnitedHealth Group Inc's chief executive, Stephen Hemsley, is stepping down and will be succeeded by President David Wichmann, the largest U.S. health insurer said on Wednesday.

Premiums for a popular type of individual health care plan would rise sharply, and more people would be left with no insurance options if President Donald Trump makes good on his threat to stop "Obamacare" payments to insurers, the Congressional Budget Office says.

Premiums for a popular type of individual health plan would rise sharply, and more people would be left with no insurance options if President Donald Trump makes good on his threat to stop "Obamacare" payments to insurers, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday.

The CEOs of athletic wear manufacturer Under Armour and pharmaceutical company Merck resigned Monday from the White House's American Manufacturing Council — with the Merck withdrawal drawing a quick and angry Twitter outburst from President Donald Trump.

As the administration weighs whether to continue funding key ObamaCare subsidies for 2018, the Congressional Budget Office said on Tuesday that failure to do so could scare more insurers off of the federal exchanges and increase costs over the near-term.

Mazda is recalling nearly 80,000 cars and SUVs with defective Takata air bag inflators

Former Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO Martin Shkreli discusses his conviction on two counts of securities fraud and one count of conspiracy.

Preliminary data show U.S. motor vehicle deaths and injuries were down slightly in the first six months of 2017, although they were still significantly higher than they were two years ago, the National Safety Council said Tuesday.

The CEO of the nation's third largest pharmaceutical company is resigning from the President's American Manufacturing Council citing "a responsibility to take a stand against intolerance and extremism."

Aetna (NYSE:AET) and Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) reportedly held meetings behind closed doors last week as the health care company seeks to bring Apple devices to more of its consumers.

Following a disappointing setback over the GOP’s plan to repeal and replace ObamaCare — a critical component of President Donald Trump’s agenda — the administration is hoping to lock in at least one key legislative victory on tax reform before year’s end, though many questions remain unanswered.

President Donald Trump lashed out at the CEO of the nation's third-largest pharmaceutical company after he resigned from a federal advisory council, citing the president's failure to immediately and explicitly rebuke the white nationalists who marched in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Medicaid, a 1960s Great Society pillar long reviled by conservatives, seems to have emerged even stronger after the Republican failure to pass health overhaul legislation.

Apparently, here's where all of our money goes.

Austria's food safety agency says it has found the first instances of eggs contaminated with Fipronil in the country.

The industry that makes medical devices from artificial hips to miniature pumps for IV drips is looking for a fallback plan to repeal a widely reviled sales tax that almost met its end in GOP health care legislation.

A New Hampshire hospital's emergency department has been evacuated because an unknown odor was detected.

Danish food safety authorities say 20 tons of boiled and peeled eggs linked to the pesticide scandal in the Netherlands and Belgium were sold in recent months to a distributor in Denmark, which in turn sold them to canteens, cafes and catering companies in the country.

Experts say the risk of getting sick from eating an egg tainted with insecticide is low.

The Latest on the contaminated egg scare in Europe (all times local): 10:10 a.m.