Health

Disappointing profits and lowered earnings forecasts sent Health Net 's stock tumbling Tuesday after the health insurer reported higher than expected medical costs and falling enrollment....

Supporters of Sen. John McCain wait to hear from the Republican presidential candidate in Phoenix on election night. (By Toni L. Sandys -- The Washington Post) Buy Photo "The next couple ...

Hungry for a change in the nation's direction, voters swept Sen. Barack Hussein Obama into the White House tonight, making him the first African-American elected president of the United S...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - By expanding their control of the U.S. Congress, Democrats are positioned to quickly act on much of U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's ambitious agenda when lawmak...

RALEIGH, N.C.— The good ol' boys in coastal Craven County discouraged hospital administrator Bev Perdue from running for the state Legislature 22 years ago. They didn't think a woman co...

Ineffective oversight has led to “numerous, significant vulnerabilities” in the system that safeguards electronic protected health