Health Care

Entrepreneurs, intellectuals and presidential candidates have in recent years touted “universal basic income,” a cash stipend to everyone with no strings attached, as the answer to poverty, automation and the drudgery of work. It has never gotten off the ground in the U.S.

Executives and directors at the same 13 companies sold about $132 million of stock in 2019, according to insider transaction data from research firm Kaleidoscope. More than 8.5 million shares were sold last year by insiders at these companies, compared with 4.7 million shares in 2019.

Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank have each committed $20 million to create 20 mental health centers across the country.

According to a regulatory filing, Berkshire Hathaway also now holds 147.6 million shares of Verizon, and an additional 48.4 million shares of Chevron and 23.07 million shares of E.W. Scripps. The company also trimmed its stake in its largest stock holding, Apple, by 5.4%  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co and Sanofi SA were ordered by a U.S. judge on Monday to pay more than $834 million to the state of Hawaii for failing to properly warn non-white patients of health risks from its blood thinner Plavix.

The makers of COVID-19 vaccines are figuring out how to tweak their recipes against worrisome virus mutations — and regulators are looking to flu as a blueprint if and when the shots need an update.

President Biden touted health care as "a right, not a privilege" on Monday as he announced that the federal health insurance marketplace will reopen.

The Food and Drug Administration will convene an independent panel of experts Feb. 26 to recommend whether the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine should be authorized for use in the U.S.

The camp's chief executive, Jimmy Canton, said in an Instagram post that it appears no one was injured in the blaze, which was reported to fire officials through an automatic fire alarm just before 5 p.m.

A new push to reform cannabis laws at the federal level would allow the Department of Veterans Affairs to support medical marijuana treatments for vets with post-traumatic stress disorder and other conditions

Rep. Tom Reed, R-N.Y. said Friday he will file a complaint against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's aide after a bombshell admission that she withheld data on COVID-19 deaths at nursing homes to avoid federal scrutiny. 

The NYU researchers believe that many of the pollutants in the subway systems they studied are related to steel dust created by the grinding of train wheels against rails, carbon dust that emanates from a part of a train that touches the third rail and diesel soot emissions from maintenance locomotives.

After reconsidering the issue, the federal government said it now maintains that the Affordable Care Act is constitutional 

In the age of COVID-19, house calls from private medical concierge services are catching on nationwide, but extra tender loving care from an around-the-clock doctor — such as virtual doctor visits with same-day availability — is the new very expensive luxury.

The United Food and Commercial Workers is demanding expedited vaccine access and more hazard pay. 

The coronavirus relief package unveiled by House Democrats on Monday includes a major expansion of the Affordable Care Act that would boost premium subsidies already offered under the Obama-era health care law and increase their availability.

Professional football’s concussion crisis could be turning around as NFL Hall of Famer Brett Favre has backed a promising preventative treatment for head injuries.

Former McDonald's USA President and CEO Ed Rensi argues 35% indoor dining capacity for New Jersey restaurants isn’t enough.

If approved, Johnson & Johnson expects to supply 100 million doses in the United States during the first half of 2021. 

UnitedHealth runs UnitedHealthcare, a health insurance business that covers more than 48 million people mostly in the United States.