Health Care

Medicare proposed Wednesday to ease a coverage policy on short hospital stays that has been criticized because it can result in higher costs for seniors.

CVS will buy the pharmacy benefits provider Omnicare in a deal valued at about $12.7 billion, putting it in a better position to get its prescriptions to the growing U.S. population living in senior-care facilities.

The steep cost of caring for the elderly continues to climb.

The nation's largest health insurer, UnitedHealth, is staking a bigger claim in pharmacy benefits management with a plan to buy Catamaran Corp. for more than $12 billion in cash.

Mati Munoz lost her liver to hepatitis C, and the virus was attacking its transplanted replacement last year when her doctor prescribed a drug combination that could save the organ.

A government watchdog agency says Medicare's prescription drug program kept paying for costly medications -- even after patients were dead.

Digamber Rawat rarely emerges from the tiny windowless room he shares with his parents because a mysterious illness has wasted away the strength in his legs.

Fitness Mogul Shaun T talks fitness, building a business, and finding his ‘sanity’ in dance.

Over two dozen major food companies announced plans to go cage-free in 2015.

PepsiCo is cleaning up their vending machines and adding Non-GMO seals to some of their brands.

When There’s a Food Outbreak, People Call This Guy….Attorney Bill Marler is representing 47 of the 52 people in the Chipotle E.coli Outbreak

Meet the smart fridge looking to transform how you snack at work.  

African swine fever-resistant pigs are created through a new gene-editing technique.

The FDA has been doing more random food testing in recent years causing an uptick in recalls.

Panera Bread announces its plan to add more plant-based proteins to its menu.

Chipotle doesn't meet Non-GMO Project Standards.

The burrito giant is being sued in a class action lawsuit for claiming its menu is GMO free.     

Feast your eyes on "The Beast." It's the new 'green' burger that billionaires Bill Gates and Biz Stone are hoping will change the future of meat. 

Sales are booming in the bottled water industry but we take a deeper look at the half-full, half-empty world of plastic water bottles.   

How top food companies are joining the flock on ditching antibiotics