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Gains for health care and technology companies and retails are taking stocks higher

Stocks are opening mostly higher on Wall Street, led by gains in technology and health care companies.

Germany's Fresenius and U.S.-based pharmaceutical manufacturer Akorn, Inc. are at odds over the German company's decision to terminate a more than $4.3 billion takeover agreement, citing alleged breaches of data integrity requirements

Britain's health secretary has threatened to introduce new laws targeting online social media companies if they don't do more to protect children

U.S. health officials are telling consumers to throw away any store-bought romaine lettuce they have in their kitchens and are warning restaurants not to serve it amid an E. coli outbreak

Americans weigh in on pros, cons of legal marijuana ahead of 420 pot holiday

Former "Dance Moms" reality TV star Abby Lee Miller has been diagnosed with cancer

US panel says a medicine made from the marijuana plant should be approved to treat severe epileptic seizures in children

The pharmaceutical-industry entrepreneur vilified for jacking up the price of a lifesaving drug has been placed in a low-security federal prison in New Jersey

New data show that prescriptions for opioid painkillers filled in the U.S. had their biggest drop in 25 years in 2017

German pharmaceutical and materials company Merck says has agreed to sell its global consumer health business to Procter & Gamble for 3.4 billion euros in cash

The pharmaceutical-industry entrepreneur vilified for jacking up the price of a lifesaving drug has been placed in a low-security federal prison in New Jersey

Swiss pharmaceuticals company Novartis says net income jumped 12 percent in the first quarter, pointing to explosive growth in its heart-failure drug Entresto and powerful double-digit percentage growth for psoriasis drug Cosentyx

Ahead of 420 marijuana holiday, advocates and critics reflect on the state of pot in America

Able-bodied adults would have to complete 29 hours per week of work or job training to qualify for Medicaid under a bill advancing in the Michigan Legislature

Brown University's brain science institute has been given $100 million to advance the understanding of the brain and what causes Lou Gehrig's disease, Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases

Ford is getting into the non-emergency medical transportation business as it moves toward making money off its experimental ventures in new mobility

A woman who suffered a traumatic brain injury in a thrill ride accident at last year's Ohio State Fair will receive $1.8 million

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US health officials propose steps to improve the government's oversight of medical devices