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Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx says standards must be developed, such as determining whether licensed drivers will be required. But he says potential safety benefits will be a big advantage.

A technician charged with tampering and trying to steal syringes containing the powerful painkiller fentanyl at a hospital in Colorado was fired as a trainee at Scripps Green Hospital in La Jolla more than two years ago, Scripps Health announced Monday, and Scripps is offering free testing to hundreds of patients who may have come into contact with him.

In an interview on NPR's Morning Edition, Cecile Richards spoke about Friday's attack at a facility in Colorado Springs and about an "incredible escalation of harassment and intimidation" at clinics.

A federal judge has tossed a lawsuit brought by the parents of fallen Marine Corps Sgt. Brian LaLoup against the Greek government and a hospital in Athens for misplacing their son's heart after autopsying his body.

County Supervisor Ron Roberts succeeds Santee Councilman Jack Dale for a one-year term at the helm of the regional planning agency. He's the first county supervisor to hold the post.

When summer brings heat, humidity and mosquitoes, cities along the Gulf Coast may become gateways for Zika into the U.S. Impoverished areas are likely to bear the brunt, health officials say.

High-profile government officials aren't the only ones being targeted by hackers. Experts say the public encounters cyber dangers on a daily basis at home and at work.

Updating antiquated diagnosis codes is supposed to make medical billing more accurate, but doctors and insurers say right now it seems like a very expensive headache. Is there a code for that?

Sen. Dianne Feinstein wants the government to have the authority to put the brakes on excessive health insurance rate hikes.

John Hinckley's not-guilty verdict prompted tighter restrictions on the insanity defense. Civil rights advocates say that means seriously ill people are imprisoned without adequate treatment.