Health Care

5 Medicare surprises that could wreck your retirement

Millions of seniors rely on Medicare for health coverage, but misunderstanding how the program works could make for a financially rocky retirement. Here are a few aspects of the program that tend to catch retirees off guard.

How a couple’s quest to cure cancer led to the West’s first COVID-19 vaccine

It has taken 10 months for Germany’s BioNTech SE and its U.S. partner, Pfizer Inc., to develop the vaccine that was granted emergency-use authorization in the U.K. on Wednesday. Yet, for BioNTech’s founders, Ugur Sahin and Özlem Türeci, the husband-and-wife team behind the successful endeavor, it was the outcome of three decades of work.

OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma pleads guilty in criminal case

Purdue Pharma pleaded guilty Tuesday to three criminal charges, formally taking responsibility for its part in an opioid epidemic that has contributed to hundreds of thousands of deaths but also angering critics who want to see individuals held accountable, in addition to the company.