Health Care

Scientists are racing to begin the first human safety tests of two experimental Ebola vaccines, but it won't be easy to prove that the shots and other potential treatments in the pipeline really work.

Linda Close was grateful to learn she qualified for a sizable subsidy to help pay for her health insurance under the new federal law.

___ Across US job market, layoffs are becoming rare WASHINGTON (AP) — The risk of losing your job is getting smaller and smaller.

___ Microsoft makes design central to its future Before Ralf Groene helped devise the look and feel of Microsoft's Surface tablet, he designed food — or "food concepts," he says, such as dried noodles that come wrapped around a pair of chopsticks and a fork that squeezes out sauce.

The five-year contract makes Delaware the sixteenth state to implement HP’s InterChange Medicaid Management Information System.

The list of companies moving to cut hours for part-time workers continues to grow, as employers look to keep staffers below the 30-hour threshold set by the Affordable Care Act.

With the 2016 election fast approaching, Baby boomers, 80 million strong, should have the attention of both political parties. The future of our healthcare system is the top concern of the boomer generation.

A full 32.3 million non-elderly people do not have health insurance despite the costly health reform act and the individual mandate tax penalty, new analysis shows. Of that, nearly half are still not getting health insurance through the Affordable Care Act or Medicaid.

Federal health advisers on Tuesday recommended approval for a highly anticipated cholesterol drug from Sanofi and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, but with the caveat that more data is needed about its long-term ability to reduce heart attacks.

The Food and Drug Administration is close to approving new injectable drugs that don’t contain statins to lower LDL cholesterol, often referred to as ‘bad’ cholesterol. 

Medicare is wasting taxpayer dollars due to a faulty law according to a new report. FOXBusiness.com dives into the details. 

The U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs was hit with a federal lawsuit on behalf of seven veterans who allege they have waited years for records needed to file for disability benefits.

Mississippi bureaucrat backs off, lets town's only Doctor to continue making house calls. 

If you're a nurse practitioner, architect, or can work a retail floor, you're in luck: Pockets of the U.S. economy are hiring despite a much weaker-than-expected read on the labor market in March. 

New York City, the most densely populated city in the United States with 8.4 million residents, saw its first diagnosis of Ebola this month.  Last week, Dr. Craig Spencer, who recently returned from Guinea, tested positive for the disease. Beyond the health impact, local businesses say they are also taking a hit.

A new report from the Office of the Actuary at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services  projects that health spending will increase by 3.6% in 2013, but will increase considerably over the next 10 years.

According to a new poll by Princeton Survey Research Associates, 38% of participants say they'd rather pay the mandate tax and forego buying health insurance.

Experts say the temporary fix that would enable insurance companies to collect payment from the government for subsidized plans holds plenty of risk for both small insurance providers and consumers.

The Affordable Care Act’s risk corridors for insurance companies could leave taxpayers on the hook for insurers’ losses. And the president's fix for Americans who have received cancelled policies may increase the losses.

Despite the president's repeated promises the ACA is the most transparent law in history and won't increase the deficit, it looks as though those reassurances are beginning to crumble.