Costing $550 billion in additional healthcare.

Shares of OraSure Technologies Inc. jumped to a six-year high Wednesday after a Food and Drug Administration panel said the company's at-home HIV test should be approved.THE SPARK: On Tuesday an FDA panel ...

Tennessee is one of six states that will share in more than $181 million in federal health care grants.The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced the grants Wednesday, saying Tennessee ...

Kentucky's horse racing regulators were set to reconsider a proposal Wednesday to put the state that proclaims itself the "horse capital of the world" at the forefront of banning an anti-bleeding ...

The firing of nearly 800 doctors working at hospitals in Nigeria's most populous state has exposed the failings of the nation's medical system, as lawyers said Wednesday negotiations over the physicians' ...

Shares of some top managed care companies are mixed at 10 a.m.:Aetna fell $.02 or percent, to $40.81.Cigna Corp. rose $.14 or .3 percent, to $44.27.Coventry Health Care Inc. rose $.12 or .4 percent, to ...

Shares of some top health care equipment companies are up at 10 a.m.:Becton, Dickinson & Co. rose $.18 or .2 percent, to $76.17.Covidien rose $.24 or .4 percent, to $54.99.Patterson rose $.08 or .2 percent, ...

Shares of some top drug benefits companies are mixed at 10 a.m.:CVSCaremark rose $.39 or .9 percent, to $45.71.Express Scripts Holding Co. fell $.11 or .2 percent, to $53.43.

Shares of some top biotechnology companies are mixed at 10 a.m.:Amgen Inc. rose $.37 or .5 percent, to $71.05.Biogen Idec rose $.91 or .7 percent, to $137.95.Celgene Corp. fell $.24 or .3 percent, to $70.96.Gilead ...

British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline PLC has closed on a deal that boosts its interest in biotechnology company Theravance Inc. by 10 million shares.Theravance's shareholders approved the transaction on ...

A former Mexican law enforcement official who worked closely with U.S. authorities in the drug war pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court in San Diego to aiding members of a violent Tijuana-based cartel, ...

India's Piramal Healthcare said Wednesday it will buy Decision Resources Group, a U.S. healthcare information company, for 34 billion rupees ($635 million), as it slowly taps its cashpile for overseas ...

Shares of some top managed care companies were mixed at the close of trading:Aetna fell $.70 or 1.7 percent, to $40.83.Cigna Corp. fell $.61 or 1.4 percent, to $44.13.Coventry Health Care Inc. rose $.04 ...

Shares of some top health care equipment companies were mixed at the close of trading:Becton, Dickinson & Co. fell $.49 or .6 percent, to $75.99.Covidien fell $.40 or .7 percent, to $54.75.Patterson rose ...

Shares of some top drug benefits companies were mixed at the close of trading:CVSCaremark rose $.20 or .4 percent, to $45.32.Express Scripts Holding Co. fell $.88 or 1.6 percent, to $53.54.

Shares of some top biotechnology companies were mixed at the close of trading:Amgen Inc. rose $.48 or .7 percent, to $70.68.Biogen Idec rose $.17 or .1 percent, to $137.04.Celgene Corp. rose $.09 or .1 ...

Shares of Gentiva Health Services Inc. jumped Tuesday after a Robert W. Baird & Co. analyst upgraded shares of Gentiva and another home health company, although he said the sector still face a variety ...

Cortical Dynamics intends to generate income and capital growth for investors through the sale of the BAR Monitor via distributors to anaesthetists and hospitals initially throughout Australia and Europe ...

Gov. Deval Patrick praised lawmakers Tuesday for tackling the high cost of medical care in Massachusetts while expressing reservations about some aspects of cost containment legislation, including a proposal ...

THE CLAIM: Cardinal Health Inc. said Tuesday it resolved a Drug Enforcement Administration claim that one of its distribution centers in Florida was shipping far more of the painkiller oxycodone to pharmacies ...

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. said Tuesday the Food and Drug Administration approved a new manufacturing plant where the company will produce its rheumatoid arthritis drug Orencia.The plant is in Devens, Mass. ...

Shares of some top managed care companies are mixed at 1 p.m.:Aetna fell $.57 or 1.4 percent, to $40.97.Cigna Corp. fell $.27 or .6 percent, to $44.47.Coventry Health Care Inc. rose $.13 or .4 percent, ...

Shares of some top health care equipment companies are mixed at 1 p.m.:Becton, Dickinson & Co. fell $.27 or .4 percent, to $76.21.Covidien fell $.40 or .7 percent, to $54.75.Patterson rose $.11 or .3 percent, ...

Shares of some top drug benefits companies are mixed at 1 p.m.:CVSCaremark rose $.43 or 1.0 percent, to $45.55.Express Scripts Holding Co. fell $.08 or .1 percent, to $54.34.

Shares of some top biotechnology companies are mixed at 1 p.m.:Amgen Inc. rose $.35 or .5 percent, to $70.55.Biogen Idec rose $.33 or .2 percent, to $137.20.Celgene Corp. rose $.34 or .5 percent, to $71.45.Gilead ...

Achillion Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Tuesday it will receive incentives from regulators as it studies a new experimental treatment for the hepatitis C virus.The Food and Drug Administration awarded fast ...

Drugstore chain Walgreen Co. is beefing up its Prescription Savings Club program for customers by expanding the discounts it offers on generic drugs, vaccines and other items.The Deerfield, Ill., company ...

A state-run psychiatric hospital in central Louisiana shuttered. A program that aids families with children who have hearing, speech and motor control problems eliminated. College campuses pushed to financial ...

Major League Baseball management has fired Shyam Das, the arbitrator who overturned Ryan Braun's drug suspension in February.MLB informed Das and the players' association of its decision last week. Das ...

A cast member of the reality TV show "Swamp People" died Monday, a Louisiana sheriff said.Assumption Parish Sheriff Mike Waguespack said Mitchell Guist was pronounced dead at a hospital. He had ...

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. shares rose Monday after a JPMorgan analyst upgraded the stock, forecasting greater sales for its cystic fibrosis drug Kalydeco and an experimental treatment called VX-809.THE ...

Moody's Investors Service said Monday that it expects more companies in the health-care industry to start paying dividends, keeping pace with a trend in the broader market.Moody's said more health-care ...

Lawyers for a French pharmaceutical group suspected in the deaths of at least 500 people argued Monday that a trial against their client should be halted as two separate cases should be rolled into one ...