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Healthcare technology company Athenahealth Inc. said Monday that it is buying medicine-app maker Epocrates Inc. for about $292.2 million in cash in an effort to attract more physicians and offer them more services.

Walgreen Co.'s prescriptions and profits may get a boost from flu season, Medicare drug plans and the health care overhaul, according to a Jefferies analyst who raised his rating on the drugstore chain's shares.

Every January, the government updates the formulas it uses to calculate unemployment data.

An important Walgreen revenue measurement slid more than analysts expected in December, even though prescription counts continued to recover for the nation's largest drugstore chain since the resolution of a contract dispute.

Health care workers at nine South Florida prisons are getting termination notices because their jobs are being outsourced.

While poised to grow its Medicaid business, WellPoint will have to fight to retain a big chunk of customers, according to Credit Suisse, after the debut of government-run insurance exchanges next year that help people shop for coverage.