Health Care

High chairs that can potentially entrap a child and poses a strangulation hazard are among this week's recalled consumer products.

The Obama administration says it wants to end discrimination against transgender people throughout the health care system.

Shares of Mallinckrodt slid 12 percent Tuesday after the Irish drugmaker reported disappointing quarterly revenue and said growth in sales of its HP Acthar Gel, the target of a $5.6 billion acquisition last year, may be lower than it expected.

Ford's aluminum-sided F-150 pickup saw mixed results in new crash tests.

Blockbuster hepatitis C medicine Harvoni lifted Gilead Sciences' second-quarter profit by 23 percent as total revenue for the biotech drugmaker jumped 26 percent and it raised its 2015 sales forecast for the second time.

Anthem Inc.'s $48 billion purchase of rival Cigna Corp. is set to create the nation's largest health insurance company.

UnitedHealth Group Inc. (UNH) on Thursday reported second-quarter net income of $1.59 billion.

Health insurer Aetna Inc. has made a deal to buy competitor Humana Inc. in a $37 billion deal the companies say would create the second-largest managed care company.

More than a third of the U.S. population has health coverage through an insurer that either wants to make a huge acquisition or is about to be swallowed up in one.

___ US probing possible airline collusion that kept fares high WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government is investigating possible collusion among major airlines to limit available seats, which keeps airfares high, according to a document obtained by The Associated Press.

Major health insurers are trading higher before the opening bell Monday after Anthem went public with a bid to buy Cigna for about $47 billion and a report of another major acquisition surfaced.

Anthem says it still backs an approximately $47-billion bid to buy Cigna, a day after the rival health insurer delivered a caustic rejection of Anthem's proposed cash-and-stock offer.

U.S. health insurer Anthem Inc. is making an offer to buy rival Cigna Corp. for $54 billion, including debt.

The shares of some major health insurers are climbing on a down day for the broader market after The Wall Street Journal reported that the Blue Cross-Blue Shield carrier Anthem tried to buy Cigna.

Only three of seven midsize SUVs from the 2015 model year performed well in front-end crash tests done by an insurance industry group.

Aetna is urging gay customers to "be proud" — and consider buying its coverage — as part of a new, narrow focus to selling health insurance in a business where the individual's buying decision matters more than it used to.

Life insurance firms used to pitch long-term care policies as the prudent way for Americans to shoulder the cost of staying in nursing homes.

Federal health officials say they approved the first lower-cost copy of a biotech drug, a long-awaited milestone that could generate billions in savings for insurers, doctors and patients.

The Obama administration is unveiling what it calls a historic shift in the way Medicare pays hospitals and doctors.

A consumer advocacy group has filed a class-action lawsuit against Aetna Inc. saying a new policy violates the privacy of people with HIV and AIDS by requiring them to get their medications from its mail-order pharmacy.