Immigrants baffled by HealthCare.gov lapse

In this Nov. 17, 2014 file photo, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell speaks at Florida International University College of Law in Miami. Like other HealthCare.gov customers, immigrants are relieved that the government’s health insurance website...

Seniors flu clinics may be reinstated

Fraser Health is reconsidering its elimination of mobile flu shot clinics in seniors community centres after the NDP made it an issue Tuesday in the B.C. Legislature. The health authority had notified senior centres that previously hosted flu clinics that they would...

Foundation sells $3.3B in Vertex drug…

The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation says it has sold royalty rights worth $3.3 billion for innovative drugs it helped develop with Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated. The foundation plans to use the proceeds to expand research into therapies for cystic fibrosis, a deadly...

Obamacare enters new phase with little fanfare

President Barack Obama’s plan to extend private health coverage to the uninsured entered a new uncertain phase on Saturday as U.S. government-backed online insurance marketplaces opened their 2015 plans to millions of potential enrollees. The HealthCare.gov...