A contractor the Obama administration hired to monitor progress on healthcare.gov repeatedly warned the project was falling behind before the site failed.

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.

Sylvia Mathews Burwell, President Obamas choice for U.S. health secretary, gained the overwhelming backing of a key committee, sending her nomination to the U.S. Senate for a confirmation vote.

UnitedHealth Group Inc., once leery of PPACAs new health insurance exchanges, is starting new plans in at least two states as competition grows stiffer in the government-run marketplaces.

Sylvia Mathews Burwell, poised to become President Barack Obamas new U.S. health secretary, met little opposition and much praise at the final hearing before the Senate votes on her confirmation.

UnitedHealth Group Inc. will lead an industry effort to throw a spotlight on the prices paid for health care services, making their costs available to consumers on the Internet.

The first case of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, called MERS-CoV, was an Indiana health-care worker who returned from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

President Barack Obamas choice as the next health secretary, Sylvia Mathews Burwell, sailed through her first appearance before Congress today unscathed, picking up support from two Republicans in the process.