Health Care

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.

Lawmakers will seek to quell instability in the insurance marketplace after the GOP’s revised effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act hit a severe setback Monday night, the chair of the Senate Health Committee announce Tuesday.

Health care stocks fell Tuesday as investors attempted to discern the impact of the GOP’s failure to pass a health care reform bill through the U.S. Senate.

While a lot of attention in the nation’s capital has been focused on repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act, Republicans have a full docket of items to tackle within the coming months including raising the debt ceiling, passing a spending bill and overhauling the U.S. tax code.

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) is reporting second-quarter net income of $3.83 billion.

While Republicans in the Senate clamber to find a solution to their health care reform dilemma in the wake of a fresh setback Monday night, House lawmakers on Tuesday released a budget blueprint that includes severe cuts to social programs – including Medicare.