Stocks closed solidly higher on Friday, pushing major indexes to big weekly gains for the third time in the last four weeks.

Health-care companies rose sharply, recouping some losses from earlier in the week. UnitedHealth Group recouped 6% on Friday, but still lost almost one quarter of its value for the week after the ...

UnitedHealth shares jumped Friday after tumbling to pandemic-era lows on Thursday following reports that the company is being ...

The common theme at the maker of Wegovy and at UnitedHealth may be investors' sudden awareness of cost-cutting pressure.

CEO Andrew Witty this week has sent shockwaves through an already tumultuous healthcare sector. Investors in UNH stock have ...

We're witnessing one of the most dramatic declines by major, well-capitalized stocks in recent memory. Health insurance giant ...

Shares of UnitedHealth Group ( UNH 3.45%) are plummeting this week. The company's stock is down 27.4% as of 12:29 p.m. ET. The collapse comes as the S&P 500 ( ^GSPC 0.27%) gained 4.7% and the ...

One of the nation’s largest health insurers is reportedly the target of a Department of Justice investigation for alleged healthcare fraud.

Investors punished UnitedHealth Group’ s stock further Thursday following a Wall Street Journal report that the U.S. Department of Justice has launched a criminal fraud investigation of Medicare ...

Ken Cohen, a physician and Optum’s executive director of translational research, said Thursday at a conference organized by ...

House Democrats are backing the Justice Department case that alleges UnitedHealth Group committed widespread Medicare ...

On Thursday, the Wall Street Journal reported that the Department of Justice (DOJ) is investigating UnitedHealth Group ...