Health Care

The World Health Organization (WHO) set out plans on Friday for speeding up development and deployment of experimental Ebola vaccines, saying hundreds of thousands of doses should be ready for use in West Africa by the middle of 2015.

Delaying benefits is almost always the best idea. But in your case, consult a planner.

Specialty drugs can literally change lives, but their price tags can make them out of reach for many patients.

The sharing economy has transformed the way we vacation, eat and find a ride, and according to experts, it’s also going to change the health-care industry.

Health insurers have a lot to lose from contagious disease outbreaks.

Health care will cost more for consumers in 2015, but money isn’t the whole story.

You can protect your credit score from medical bills by taking these steps.

When you simply can't do everything for your loved one, here's how to find help.

With many employers trimming their health-insurance benefits in the face of higher prices, consumers are going to be left filling the gap. But there are easy ways to help mitigate these costs.

Don't take no for an answer from your health plan. Fight for payment in these steps.

Alzheimer's disease is the sixth leading cause of death in the U.S., yet few families plan for the prospect of its costs in advance.

Ignore unpaid medical bills at your own peril: You may have healed, but your credit score may stay sick for a long time.

A dentist suggested financing a procedure with a medical card and then charged upfront; now the patient wants to cancel--what to do?

Amgen and GlaxoSmithKline terminated their five-year old collaborative marketing agreement this week ahead of schedule. 

Eli Lilly expanded a generic drug agreement on Tuesday that enables Prasco to market a generic version of Lilly’s osteoporosis treatment Evista in the U.S.

Shares of Mannkind slumped 1% on Friday in choppy trade after a report from FDA staff raised some questions about its diabetes device Afrezza. 

We can compare prices on pretty much everything we buy nowadays, and experts predict we will soon be doing the same with our health-care needs. 

An experimental cancer vaccine from GlaxoSmithKline failed in a late-stage trial but the British drug company says it remains committed to the project. 

Wait times in doctors’ offices across the country are getting longer as physicians take on more patients, but that doesn’t mean you have to dedicate an entire morning for an appointment.

Pfizer said a U.S. federal court struck down its reissue patent on Celebrex that would have extended the drugmaker's exclusivity on the drug.