Health Care

Nurse practitioners and physician assistants are handling more of your health care. Is that OK?

If you ask an elderly Veteran if they qualify for an additional pension from the VA to help pay for their long-term care costs, they will probably tell you, “I’m not eligible because I wasn’t injured in the war.” This is a common misconception, which keeps many Veterans from tapping into a benefit they deserve.

Due to a number of factors, including decades of generous underwriting and the current, lingering low interest rate environment, the long-term care industry is rapidly changing. 

Gov. Scott Walker agreed Monday to increase collaboration between researchers in Germany and at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health to combat Alzheimer's disease and other similar ailments.

Spain says it has imported a U.S.-made experimental drug to treat a Spanish missionary priest who was evacuated from Liberia last week after testing positive for Ebola.

Drug giant Pfizer is starting 20 clinical trials this year and more soon after on cancer treatments, aiming to be a leader in the hot, lucrative field.

With Volkswagen's admission that 11 million of its diesel vehicles worldwide contain software that can rig emissions tests, the German automaker joins a list of auto industry scandals that spans several decades.

Stocks of makers of biologic and "specialty" drugs plunged Monday after Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton said she'll soon release a plan to address "price gouging" in the industry.

The CEO of Volkswagen apologized Sunday after the Environmental Protection Agency said the German automaker skirted clean air rules by rigging emissions tests for about 500,000 diesel cars.

More than 100,000 bed handles intended to assist older or disabled adults are being recalled after they were linked to three deaths due to a potential strangulation hazard.

A California company has recalled several brands of soft cheeses after they were linked to 24 illnesses around the country and a death in Ohio.

The National Transportation Safety Board has agreed to investigate some limousine accidents, something it has rarely done in the past.

Toyota is recalling about 421,000 RAV4 vehicles because of potential corrosion in their windshield wipers could make them inoperable.

Federal regulators are reminding the public about a recall of handles for adult beds, saying three women died as the result of a safety issue.

General Motors says it will pay $575 million to settle civil lawsuits filed over faulty small-car ignition switches.

Recaro Child Safety is recalling more than 173,000 car seats in the U.S. because the top tether can detach from the seat in a crash.

Biotech drug giant Amgen is making deals to replenish its stock of medicines in development as new competition to its lucrative biotech drugs threatens future revenue.

Tricycles might seem pretty tame but they send thousands of kids to emergency rooms each year and are even linked to a handful of deaths, new research shows.

The U.S. government has closed an investigation into power steering failures in Ford vehicles after Ford Motor Co. conducted a recall.

Fiat Chrysler is recalling 27,520 Dodge Darts worldwide because the small cars' transmissions can unexpectedly shift into neutral.