health care

One of the Vivus' latest tactics is to market its drug straight to consumers. Starting this fall, you'll see Qsymia ads in magazines and on television. But it may still be too expensive for some.

Nationwide drug shortages are causing hospitals to ration critical nutrients premature babies and other patients need to survive.

Pick your headline: Bigger companies get another year to arrange health insurance, or Many employees have to wait another year to get health insurance.

Staffing cuts at the Department of Health and Human Services mean fewer cases of Medicare, Medicaid fraud are investigated.

The Obama administration launches its new HealthCare.gov website to get people signed up.

Federal subsidies will make it easier for millions of Americans to buy health coverage, but millions still won't be able to afford it.

Nursing homes can run around $100,000 a year, and many aging boomers will not have the money.

As hospitals become more automated, the dangers of computer viruses become more serious.

Nationwide, skepticism over the Affordable Care Act is persistent. But according to a poll conducted by the Spanish language broadcaster Univision, Latinos in California have a much more positive take new health care law.

Accountable care organizations are supposed to be one of the money-saving saviors of health care reform, but some fear they could drive prices up.