Health Care

The CDC's maritime unit will work closely with participating cruise ships, monitoring COVID-19 preventive measures and onboard cases through daily enhanced data collection and inspections.

Canada’s health regulator has approved a pill by Pfizer that treats the effects of COVID-19.

The antiviral covid-19 pills developed by U.S. firms are the next step in the pandemic battle.

WalletHub published a report that found how much it costs to be a smoker per year and over the course of a lifetime in all 50 U.S. states and Washington, D.C.

A new law requires private health plans to cover surprise bills at in-network rates based on the median cost of care for similar services.

Dr. Jerome Adams says Biden has left it up to businesses to "take control" of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Americans this week against traveling to Canada, due to what it deemed a "Very High" level of COVID-19 infections in the country.

Medicare said Tuesday it will limit coverage of a $28,000-a-year Alzheimer’s drug whose benefits have been widely questioned, a major development in the nation’s tug-of-war over the fair value of new medicines that offer tantalizing possibilities but come with prohibitive prices.

There is a growing debate on whether people testing for omicron should swab their throats.

More workers are set to be fired from several companies this month over vaccine mandates.

Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra has asked Medicare to reassess its 2022 premium increase after Biogen slashed the cost of its expensive new Alzheimer's drug, which was part of the reason for the boost.

As omicron continues to surge in New York, the state's tourism is reportedly taking a hit.

Citigroup announced the requirement back in October but did not initially announce a deadline.

Pfizer Inc. expects the latest results from a clinical trial for kids under the age of 5 of the COVID-19 vaccine it developed with Germany's BioNTech SE by April, a top company scientist said on Wednesday.

Walmart workers in the United States who must isolate or who have tested positive for COVID-19 will receive one week of paid leave instead of two under a new policy that aligns with a change in U.S. health guidance.

Vaccine experts advising the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are scheduled on Wednesday to consider whether adolescents 12 to 15 years old should gain access to COVID-19 boosters for the first time.

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has some strange quirks, according to claims.

The jury in the criminal fraud case against Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has found her guilty on 4 of 11 counts

Samsung BioLogics on Thursday denied a media report that said the South Korean firm was in talks to buy U.S. drugmaker Biogen Inc.

The Publix grocery store chain will start offering paid parental leave to employees who are new parents, company officials announced Wednesday.