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Scarlet fever is making a comeback — and no one knows why

(By Mackenzie Bean for Becker’s Hospital Review) Scarlet fever is reemerging in certain parts of the world for reasons unknown

According to the Congressional Research Service, 750,000 Medicare beneficiaries get socked with a Medicare Part B late-enrollment penalty in 2014.

(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review ) A deal between CVS Health and Aetna could arrive Monday, sources familiar

(By Alison Kodjak for NPR) Drug prices are too high, and we had better do something about it. That is

A survey of more than 1,000 Medicare-eligible people in the United States age 65 and over, 33 percent of older

(By Max Blau for ST A T) A new form of a widely used opioid addiction treatment that is injected

(By Chad Terhune for California Healthline produced by Kaiser Health News) In early October, an executive at one of the

(By Jenny Gold for Kaiser Health News) It’s been nearly a decade since Congress passed the mental health parity act,

(By Julie Appleby for Kaiser Health News) When one of Cindy Holtzman’s clients told the Woodstock, Ga., broker he was

(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Few Americans with high-deductible health plans are comparing prices when accessing healthcare