Please learn this term now: epidermal electronics. Researchers at the University of Illinois have created a small electronic skin patch that can…

Voting gets underway today on a plan to raise the nation's debt ceiling. The proposal calls for $2.4 trillion in cuts over the next decade, including to defense and entitlement programs.

Think we're spending a lot now? A study finds that by 2020, half of all health care spending in this country will be done by the government.

The state's decision to freeze enrollment in some Medicaid programs is leaving the nearly 6,000 residents with serious medical conditions with few other places to turn.

Policymakers in Arizona say they aren't cutting coverage. Instead, the state is freezing enrollment for childless adults.

More than 700 gay and lesbian couples will marry on Sunday in New York, the first day they legally can marry in the state. Thousands more will follow. But not all will be marrying just for love. Some are being told they have to.

Express Scripts agrees to buy Medco Health Solutions to gain market clout.

Congressional committee hears comments today on FDA approvals for medical devices.

Blood donation levels in May and June were at the lowest in a dozen years. Donations are usually provided by volunteers, but how much is blood actually worth?

A study shows how the Internet is bad for us that finds people are more likely to remember where they found info as opposed to what information…