Health Care

China promised Thursday to speed up imports of pharmaceuticals and medical devices from the United States and enforce its anti-monopoly laws equally among Chinese and foreign companies.

The health insurance industry says companies will give consumers more time to pay January's premiums under President Barack Obama's health care law.

New York's financial regulators have advised health insurers statewide to cover transgender treatment deemed to be medically necessary.

The food industry is likely to find a more receptive Congress come January in its fight against mandatory labeling of genetically modified foods.

A new government report shows that nearly 20 percent of U.S. consumers — nearly 43 million people — have unpaid medical debts.

A banner year for mergers and acquisitions will be followed by more deals next year as executives grow more confident in the strength of the U.S. economy, according to the consultancy firm EY.

A paralegal recently fired by French drugmaker Sanofi has filed a whistleblower lawsuit, claiming she was discharged after protesting an alleged kickback scheme to increase U.S. sales of its medicines.

The European Union is taking a big step toward giving EU member states the power to ban the cultivation of genetically modified crops in their countries even if it's been approved by the 28-nation bloc.

U.S. health care spending grew by the slowest rate in more than a half-century last year, government analysts said Wednesday.

Congress is poised to allow Americans with disabilities to open tax-sheltered bank accounts to pay for certain long-term expenses — the broadest legislation to help the disabled in nearly a quarter-century.

Automakers are planning to join forces in an effort to determine why air bag inflators made by Takata Corp. can rupture and endanger drivers and passengers, two people briefed on a pending announcement say.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it is investigating whether Graco took too long to report a safety defect in its child car seats.

Peggy Young only has to look at her 7-year-old daughter to be reminded how long she's been fighting with United Parcel Service over its treatment of pregnant employees — and why.

Many immigrants in the United States illegally who apply for work permits under President Barack Obama's new executive actions would be eligible for Social Security and Medicare benefits upon reaching retirement age, according to the White House.

Many immigrants in the United States illegally who apply for work permits under President Barack Obama's new executive actions would be eligible for Social Security and Medicare benefits upon reaching retirement age, according to the White House.

Honda is admitting that it failed to report more than 1,700 injury and death claims about its vehicles to U.S. safety regulators, a violation of federal law.

Some low-cost generic drugs that have helped restrain health care costs for decades are seeing unexpected price spikes of up to 8,000 percent, prompting a backlash from patients, pharmacists and now Washington lawmakers.

The global quality chief of Takata Corp. apologized and an official from Honda acknowledged the automaker broke a disclosure law as a Senate committee put the spotlight on a growing problem with exploding air bags.

The quality chief for Japanese air bag maker Takata Corp. is telling a Senate committee that a national recall of driver's side air bag inflators is not necessary.

Mark Rosekind is a nationally known expert in human fatigue.