Health Care

Under the agreed transaction, Siemens Healthineers will acquire all shares in Varian for $177.50 each in cash, representing a 24% premium to the U.S. company’s closing price on Friday.

Wait times for coronavirus test results have come down since the pandemic began, but there are still 10-14 day waits in many parts of the country, inhibiting America’s ability to flatten the curve. Now, pharmacists are pushing for the government to slash the red tape that stops them from being providers with the flexibility to test patients for coronavirus.

AI technology essentially does three things for the clinical trial process: Makes it faster, more reliable and more secure.

Health experts say test results that come back after two or three days are nearly worthless, because by then the window for tracing the person’s contacts to prevent additional infections has essentially closed.

Actor Bryan Cranston had mild symptoms including a slight headache, tightness in his chest and loss of taste and smell.

Chinese government-linked hackers targeted biotech company Moderna Inc, a U.S.-based coronavirus vaccine research developer, this year in a bid to steal data, according to a U.S. security official tracking Chinese hacking.

How home rental companies like Airbnb are advising hosts to clean and disinfect during the pandemic.

Fauci will testify before a special House panel investigating the coronavirus pandemic

The University of Texas at Austin and Texas State University wrote letters to their respective student bodies on Wednesday.

A Florida appeals court ruled Wednesday that R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. must pay $102 million to settle a lawsuit between the state of Florida and four tobacco companies dating back to 1995. 

The pharmaceutical industry is pushing back after President Trump signed four executive orders designed to slash drug prices last week.

Johnson & Johnson announced Thursday that the first human clinical trials of its vaccine candidate have begun in the U.S. and Belgium.

Here’s what you need to know about face masks.

Kodak, which is based in Rochester, New York, will receive a $765 million dollar loan under the Defense Production Act.

President Trump touted a $765 million loan Tuesday that will transform the former imaging giant Kodak into a pharmaceutical manufacturer.

In order to prepare their buildings for reopening, many property managers are upgrading their heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems to better kill off viruses.

The U.S. government has already put in an order for 100 million doses of an experimental COVID-19 vaccine being developed by Pfizer and BioNTech for $1.95 billion, with an option for 500 million more doses.

The test proved accurate at least 89% of the time in several studies

The pharmaceutical industry is pushing back after President Trump signed four executive orders designed to slash drug prices.

Twitter limited some of Donald Trump Jr.'s account features Tuesday after he tweeted a video about hydroxychloroquine.