Health Care

U.S. regulators are allowing General Motors to delay a large recall of potentially defective air bags, giving GM time to prove that the devices are safe and to possibly avoid a huge financial hit.

If your mother encouraged you to be a doctor when you were growing up, you probably should have taken her advice.

Senate Judiciary Chairman Charles Grassley says pharmaceutical company Mylan is declining to testify at his committee's hearing next week on a settlement between the company and the Justice Department over its life-saving Epi-Pen.

Some varieties of Sabra hummus are being recalled amid concerns over possible listeria contamination.

A line of children's shoes with sharp rivets are among this week's recalled consumer product recalls.

Fiat Chrysler is recalling nearly 89,000 cars and SUVs to fix possible fuel leaks or problems with windshield wipers.

Companies that make child booster seats for vehicles are getting better at designing them to protect kids, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety said Thursday.

Bob Wright, former NBC Universal Chairman and CEO, said some of the media's coverage during the political campaign have been slightly over the top.

U.S. President Barack Obama said on Thursday he would support any move by President-elect Donald Trump to improve healthcare for Americans.

A Georgia court has rejected Fiat Chrysler's appeal of a $40 million award to a family whose child who died in a Jeep fire.

President-elect Trump, a Baby Boomer himself, has his work cut out for him when it comes to dealing with Social Security and Medicare.

Michael Milken, a survivor of prostate cancer, has devoted the latter part of his life to finding a cure for the deadly disease. The philanthropist, who founded the Milken Institute, also works closely with the White House Cancer Moonshot Task Force under Vice President Biden.

Fitness entrepreneur Jillian Michaels teams up with an online food startup to shred the cost of organic food to make them more affordable and accessible to everyone.

Obamacare Architect and MIT Professor Jonathan Gruber wants to separate fact from fiction when it comes to healthcare.

Learn more about the Flexible Spending Account, a terrific tax break for anyone with regular medical expenses, from co-pays to eyeglasses.

PetSmart will pay a $4.25 million civil fine for not quickly reporting defective fish bowls that caused serious injuries at least a dozen times.

After President-elect Trump announced his willingness to keep certain aspects of the Affordable Care Act in place, some of his supporters are questioning his commitment to repealing the law.