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Pharmaceutical company Mylan has faced heat after news broke about the company increasing EpiPen's price by more than 450 percent since 2004, prompting the company to offer a generic product, according to CNBC.

The Fraser, Mich.-based medical supply manufacturer Healthmark Industries has added a "Self-Seal CLEAN Bag" to its product line.

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Biostatisticians predict 395 non-travel Zika infections will strike Florida before summer draws to a close, according to Futurity. A slew of southeastern states will also see their fair share of Zika infections.

The U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases discovered a mosquito virus split into various pieces, according to npr.

As infections continue to rise, hand hygiene is a vital tool to reduce infections' prevalence, a Transparency Market Research report found, according to MedGadget.

Since pharmaceutical company Mylan acquired and began selling EpiPen nearly 10 years ago, the drug's price has spiked almost 400 percent, leading the company's CEO to come under intense scrutiny, according to The New York Times.

The National Patient Safety Foundation issued its updated edition of the NPSF Online Patient Safety Curriculum.

CMS is considering regulatory changes after surfacing reports show providers may be steering patients toward private plans to receive higher reimbursement, according to Washington Examiner.

Flushing-based NewYork-Presbyterian/Queens launched HIV, HBV and HCV Testing Model in an Urban Hospital Setting.