Health Care

Medtronic PLC (MDT) on Thursday reported fiscal fourth-quarter profit of $1.16 billion.

Johnson & Johnson has reached a $33 million settlement with 42 states, resolving allegations the health care giant sold numerous nonprescription medicines that didn't meet federal quality requirements for a couple of years.

The Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday the GOP’s revised effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act will reduce the federal deficit by $119 billion and cause 23 million people to lose insurance coverage over the course of the next decade.

Johnson and Johnson has agreed to pay $33 million to resolve charges by most U.S. states that it misrepresented the manufacturing practices behind Tylenol, Motrin, Benadryl and other over-the-counter drugs that were eventually recalled.

Blue Cross Blue Shield Kansas City, which serves health care consumers across Missouri and Kansas, announced Wednesday it would not participate on the ObamaCare exchanges in 2018.

The CEO of the nation’s second largest health insurer, Anthem (NYSE:ANTM), said Wednesday the company was weighing whether to continue participating in the ObamaCare marketplace in 2018, as the deadline for insurers to register plans in most states approaches in less than a month.

The Congressional Budget Office will release its score of the revised GOP health care effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act Wednesday, an important analysis that could alter the path of the Trump administration’s health care legislation.

Eating a small amount of chocolate every week or so may decrease the risk of a common and serious type of irregular heart rhythm, according to a new study of people in Denmark.

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Tuesday: Nokia Oyj, up 33 cents to $6.54

A father and son whose Iowa-based egg production company caused a massive 2010 salmonella outbreak cannot further appeal their sentences for misdemeanor food safety violations, according to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Office of Management and Budget (OMB) director Mick Mulvaney will detail the Trump administration’s proposed 2018 budget Tuesday, an effort he is calling a “taxpayer first” budget.

The federal Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced the voluntary recall of 6,300 electric stoves in connection with the electrocution death of a plumber last year.