Health Care

Passengers on a Carnival Cruise Ship that docked Tuesday in Seattle say more than 100 people aboard the ship tested positive for COVID-19 and the ship was overwhelmed.

According to a notice posted Monday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, there is a potential issue with the electrical circuit in the Philips Respironics' V60/V60 Plus and V680 ventilators, which controls the 35V power supply to the ventilator and alarm.

Telehealth company Nurx has seen a spike in requests for emergency contraception driven by fears that the landmark Roe v. Wade case could be overturned.

The reimbursement, which is effective retroactively from Jan 1., is available to the company's U.S. corporate and warehouse employees or covered dependents enrolled in Premera or Aetna health plans.

A former Mississippi pharmacist was sentenced on Tuesday to 10 years in prison for a healthcare fraud that resulted in more than $180 million in false billings being submitted to private insurers and the federal TRICARE program for military service members, of which more than $50 million was paid out by the government.

The war in Ukraine is exacerbating supply chain issues for medical equipment because Russia is a big producer of nickel, chrome and steel, according to Cindy Juhas, chief strategy officer of CME Corp.

Japan's Shionogi & Co. Ltd. reported rapid clearance of the coronavirus with its COVID-19 pill.

A semiconductor chip shortage across the U.S. is putting several industries in a tough spot.

A New York physician was charged in an indictment on Thursday over an alleged $10 million health care fraud scheme.

Strips to test drugs for opioid presence are being handed out as a means of curtailing opioid overdose deaths.

Rea Wellness' Rae Prenatal Capsules and Rae Immunity Capsules or Telebrands' Hempvana pain relief products are not packaged properly and could pose a certain risk of poisoning if the contents are swallowed by young children or placed on their skin.

This is the first time Peloton has increased the price of its membership in eight years, according to an announcement on the high-end fitness company's website.

The extra shots come at a time when the U.S. is seeing an uptick in coronavirus cases in certain regions of the country, according to Walgreens.

An internal review of the two Suave 24-Hour Protection Aerosol Antiperspirants "showed that unexpected levels of benzene came from the propellant that sprays the product out of the can," according to the recall notice.

The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced Tuesday that an outbreak was confirmed at a commercial turkey flock in Hamilton County and a commercial layer flock in Guthrie County.

Bravo Packing Inc. agreed to stop selling, manufacturing and distributing its raw pet food until it comes into compliance with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

UnitedHealth Group Inc. has agreed to buy LHC Group Inc. for about $5.4 billion in cash, in the latest tie-up linking a managed-care company to the home-health business.

Cases of avian influenza was detected in multiple flocks in Minnesota, Iowa and Nebraska over the weekend.