Health Care

Japanese auto supplier Takata Corp. on Friday agreed to plead guilty and pay $1 billion in fines and restitution over a lengthy scheme to conceal a deadly defect in millions of air bags.

U.S. House Republicans on Friday won passage of a measure starting the process of dismantling Obamacare, despite concerns about not having a ready replacement and the potential financial cost of repealing repealing Democratic President Barack Obama's landmark health insurance law.

Urged on by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, Republican lawmakers rushing to scrap Obamacare said this week they hoped to make some changes intended to stabilize the insurance market while they work at repealing and replacing the law.

The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives on Friday approved a measure making the first move toward scrapping Obamacare, joining the Senate in instructing key committees to write legislation repealing the health insurance law.

Details on some already planned changes coming to Medicare in 2017, and what to expect under the new Trump administration.

Rep. Darrell Issa, (R-Calif.), discussed the repeal and replace process and the ultimate goals of any new health care legislation.

The House plans to vote on the measure on Friday, Speaker Paul Ryan said. Some Republican lawmakers said on Thursday they were not sure how they would vote.

The U.S. government is accusing Fiat Chrysler of violating the Clean Air Act on some of its diesel engines, according to two people briefed on the case.

Ford Motor Co. says a contract worker has died after falling from a crane at a Detroit-area plant.

The risks and realities of counterfeit drugs were highlighted earlier this year when the FDA reported two separate batches of a fake cancer drug making its way into doctors' offices in the U.S.

Asian shares were mixed Thursday following President-elect Donald Trump's press conference.

U.S. Republicans promising to repeal and replace President Barack Obama's landmark healthcare law are under "no hard deadlines" for producing an alternate program, House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan said on Thursday.

Ford is adding more than 816,000 vehicles in North America to the growing Takata air bag inflator recall.

As society is living longer and longer, the risks of diseases such as Alzheimer’s are becoming even greater. Merck CEO Ken Frazier weighed in on the pharmaceutical company's efforts to fight Alzheimer’s.

The U.S. Department of Justice announced indictments Wednesday against six executives at Volkswagen AG.

The Senate on Wednesday will vote well into the night on a series of measures tied to a budget that Republicans plan to use to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

AbbVie Inc Chief Executive Richard Gonzalez on Wednesday promised to keep all drug price increases in 2017 under 10 percent, becoming the third global drugmaker to publicly make that pledge.

The Homeland Security Department is warning the public about an unusual cybersecurity flaw for one manufacturer's implantable heart devices that could allow hackers to remotely take control of a person's defibrillator or pacemaker.