Paid home care is buckling under the surging demands of an aging population. But there are alternatives that could upgrade jobs and improve patient care.

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Economists and psychologists say that compensation may not provide as powerful an incentive as is often assumed.

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President Trump wants pharmaceutical production to return to the United States. A shuttered factory in Louisiana shows how hard that will be for generic medicines.

Internal documents show the company that changed how people shop has a far-reaching plan to automate 75 percent of its operations.