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Are You Part of the Silver Tsunami?

Ten thousand seniors turning 65 and becoming Medicare-eligible every day but not one of Silicon Valley companies is taking senior

(By Juiette Cubanski, Tricia Neuman, and Anthony Damico for Kaiser Family Foundation) The latest example of high and rising prescription

(Erin Ross for NPR) Fitness trackers remain wildly popular, but do they make us fit? Maybe not, according to a

(By Pauline Bartolone for California Healthline) Once a month at the Veterans of Foreign Wars building in Sacramento, a couple

(By Ed Silverman for STAT) For all intents and purposes, California Governor Jerry Brown held his nose Friday as he

(By Grace-Marie Turner for Galen Institute) Seniors are beginning to get fliers in the mail alerting them to the upcoming

(By Ed Silverman for STAT) The newly approved1 Sarepta Therapeutics drug for Duchenne muscular dystrophy2 will cost about $300,000 a

(By Gretchen Jacobson, Tricia Neuman and Anthony Damico for Kaiser Family Foundation) About one in ten Medicare Advantage plan enrollees

Florida’s Governor Rick Scott declared the neighborhood of Wynwood Zika-free; however, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) left

(By Kathleen McLaughlin for STAT) BEIJING — Top American and Chinese enforcement officials are negotiating how to fight the rampant