23andMe Inc., the genetic-testing company backed by Google Inc., gained U.S. regulatory permission to sell consumers its first screening kit to detect whether they carry the risk of a rare genetic disorder.
Americans who find out theyll be paying a tax penalty for not having health insurance last year will get a chance to avoid the fee in 2016, after the feds announced an extra enrollment period starting next month.
Health officials in three Arizona counties said hundreds of people may have been exposed to the highly contagious measles virus, three days before thousands of sports fans pour into the state for the Super Bowl.
Watson, an artificial intelligence technology that IBM wants to sell to help doctors diagnose diseases, will largely escape the oversight of regulators if the computer giant wins a two-year Washington lobbying push.
Measles could once again become native in the United States, disease experts worry, as an outbreak in California linked to Disneyland has put a spotlight on a growing failure to vaccinate thats helping the disease to spread.
A startup insurance company loaned $145 million by the government under Obamacare is running out of money and being taken over by state officials in Iowa.
Americans can save money by shopping for new health insurance plans through Obamacare, U.S. officials said, in a push to keep people from getting surprised by bigger bills when the coverage they have now through the program renews automatically.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued menu-labeling rules that force restaurants, movie theaters and grocery stores to add calorie information to the food they sell.
The HealthCare.gov website that had an error-plagued debut last year was hacked in July, although no personal data appear to have been taken, according to the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
A new program that lets drugmakers move more quickly through the approval process for breakthrough products may help lower the cost of life-saving treatments, the nations chief drug regulator said today.