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(By Helen Branswell for STAT) Countries from around the world agreed Wednesday to take concerted efforts to tackle the growing

Mylan CEO Claims EpiPens Aren’t As Profitable As Everyone Thinks

(By Alison Kodjak for NPR) The drug company that makes the EpiPen says it isn’t nearly as profitable as many

(By Rob Stein for NPR) A scientist in Sweden has started trying to edit the DNA in healthy human embryos,

(By Ayla Ellison and Mackenzie Bean for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Becker’s Hospital Review has named the following organizations to the

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