Health Care

One of Boston's most prestigious teaching hospitals is offering voluntary buyouts to 1,600 employees as a way to rein in costs during a period of uncertainty in the health care business.

Ford Motor Co.'s net income fell 35 percent to $1.6 billion in the first quarter as it was hit by costly recalls, lower sales and rising prices for steel and other materials.

Swiss pharmaceuticals company Roche says revenues rose 4 percent in the first quarter, powered partly by improved U.S. sales of two recently launched cancer medicines.

Bristol-Myers Squibb on Thursday posted better-than-expected first-quarter earnings, helped by growth from cancer drugs Opdivo and Yervoy and blood thinner Eliquis.

A proposal considered by California lawmakers would substantially remake the health care system of the nation's most populous state by eliminating insurance companies and guaranteeing coverage for everyone.

The Latest on California lawmakers' single-payer health care proposal (all times local): 3:45 p.m. Hundreds of nurses have rallied in support of a California proposal to create a government-funded health care system that would eliminate health insurance companies.

The Supreme Court is considering a dispute between rival drug companies that could affect how quickly life-saving generic medicines are available to the public.

The conservative House Freedom Caucus is prepared to support a reworked U.S. healthcare reform bill even though it would not fully repeal former President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law, the group said in a statement on Wednesday.

The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 9:35 a.m.

A bill expected this week in the U.S. House of Representatives would weaken a Food and Drug Administration rule governing e-cigarettes and represent a major victory for the $4.4 billion U.S. vaping industry.

Ohio Governor John Kasich said his new book “Two Paths: America Divided or United” isn’t just about politics—it’s about American values.

Lehigh Valley Health Network is moving 500 employees from the suburbs to downtown Allentown, the eastern Pennsylvania city where one of its eight hospitals is located.

Eli Lilly and Co. booked a $110.8 million loss in the first quarter, as the drugmaker absorbed a charge tied to its purchase of CoLucid Pharmaceuticals, but the insulin maker's bottom line beat expectations and it reaffirmed its 2017 forecast.

Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price on efforts to reform health care in America.

Eli Lilly reported a bigger-than-expected quarterly adjusted profit as the drugmaker benefited from higher demand for its newer products.

A study found the U.S. government's costs could increase by $2.3 billion in 2018 if Congress and President Donald Trump decide not to fund Obamacare-related payments to health insurers.

Shares of Express Scripts tumbled in extended trading Monday after the prescription drug manager said its biggest customer, Anthem, doesn't plan to extend its contract when it expires 2019.

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U.S. medical equipment supplier Becton Dickinson will acquire C R Bard, in a $24 billion cash-and-stock deal.