The Republicans looking to unseat President Barack Obama want to explain to voters in this early nominating state how they would bring back the nation's crumbling manufacturing core and rebuild the struggling U.S. economy.

New study shows Ritalin and similar medicines that millions of children and teens take to curb hyperactivity and boost attention do not raise their risk of serious heart problems.

October is somewhat cursed for the stock market the Crash of 1929, Black Monday in 1987, a slow-motion meltdown in 2008. This time, the demons made a last gasp, but Wall Street still managed to break the jinx.

Swiss drugmaker Roche said Monday the Food and Drug Administration approved a test it developed that detects the hepatitis B virus in blood.

MetLife Inc. on Monday named President and CEO Steven Kandarian as its chairman effective Jan. 1, rejoining the leadership roles after eight months.

President Barack Obama's doctor says the president is in "excellent health" and is "tobacco free."

A Goldman Sachs analyst said shares of Aetna Inc. and Amerigroup Corp. should trade higher after the two managed care providers reported their third-quarter results.

Unprecedented drug shortages are threatening the lives of cancer patients and other seriously ill people, and the Obama administration's plan to tackle them is but a small step toward solving a complex problem.