Health Care

Companies offer benefits to attract employees, increase retention and improve productivity. Many benefits packages include wellness programs few employees use.

California regulators voted Thursday to end a rule requiring companies to pay employees who can't work because they got infected with COVID-19 while on the job.

The White House announced its COVID-19 Winter Preparedness Plan and made free COVID-19 tests available to all U.S. households again to deal with an increase in cases.

A New York City doctor is warning that bringing back mask mandates — especially for kids — could make the "tridemic" worse.

According to a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine, the Johnson & Johnson's and Merck's vaccines for Ebola created lasting antibodies.

Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel explains how technology from a promising new melanoma vaccine with Merck could help treat and defeat other diseases like lung, prostate and breast cancers.

Amgen Inc. announced on Monday that it will acquire Horizon Therapeutics for $26 billion to further grow the company’s medical legacy. Horizon's best-selling drug is Tepezza.

Former Theranos president Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani, Elizabeth Holmes' top deputy, was sentenced Wednesday to 13 years in prison for defrauding investors.

The Food and Drug Administration relies on preliminary data to make the decision, but asks companies to conduct follow-up studies to confirm that the drug works.

Railroad workers are speaking up after President Biden signed bipartisan legislation to avoid a strike that could have had disastrous consequences for the economy.

Federal prosecutors are calling for ex-Theranos executive Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani to spend 15 years behind bars for defrauding investors out of millions.

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried denied witnessing any illegal drug use by his employees and said he had been prescribed "various things" to help with concentration.

The Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday that the Eli Lilly COVID-19 treatment bebtelovimab is not currently authorized for emergency use in the U.S.

General Electric announced that its healthcare division spinoff will take place on Jan. 3, with shares trading on the Nasdaq under the ticker GEHC.

United Furniture Industries is being sued after the company laid off around 2,700 employees at locations across the country via emails and text messages.

A federal judge has recommended that Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes begin serving her prison sentence of 11-plus years for fraud at a prison camp in Bryan, Texas.

Tampax is being accused of “sexualizing women" after posting a controversial tweet that has now gone viral, leading for calls to boycott the company.

Patients want quick access to health care when they need it, especially if they are ill. Urgent care centers are an accessible way to see a doctor with little or no advance notice.

A federal judge sentenced disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes to more than eleven years in prison for defrauding investors.

There’s a growing trend of pharmacists being overworked, and this has been exacerbated within the last three years, even prior to the coronavirus pandemic.