Kimberly Leonard

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Insurer's CEO says the White House or Congress needs to make changes to the marketplaces. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

Anthem sees profits jump 30 percent after shedding Obamacare customers

Kimberly Leonard · April 25, 2018 3:13 pm

The Trump administration will provide $10 million to Mathematica Policy Research and RTI International, which are nonpartisan research firms, so they can research on abstinence and assess why the rate of pregnancies among teens has dropped while the spread of some sexually transmitted diseases has increased. (iStock)

Judge sides with Planned Parenthood in teen pregnancy prevention grants

Kimberly Leonard · April 25, 2018 2:16 pm

A newborn sleeps in its bed.

Births to 10-14 year olds hit record low

Kimberly Leonard · April 25, 2018 4:01 am

FDA chief plans attack on superbugs in meat supply

Kimberly Leonard · April 24, 2018 7:54 pm

Daily on Healthcare

Daily on Healthcare: Senate committee indefinitely delays confirmation hearing for Trump VA pick…White House stands by him

Kimberly Leonard, Robert King, Philip Klein · April 24, 2018 4:16 pm

This Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017 photo shows an arrangement of pills of the opioid oxycodone-acetaminophen in New York.

Key committee unanimously advances mega bill to fight the opioid epidemic

Kimberly Leonard · April 24, 2018 3:27 pm

FILE- In this Jan. 31, 2017, file photo, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chairman Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., accompanied by the committee's ranking member Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington during the committee's executive session to discuss the nomination of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. Congress is at a crossroads after Senate GOP leaders announced on Tuesday, Sept. 26, that they would not take their latest repeal of Barack Obamaâs health care law bill to the floor for lack of support. Alexander said he would resume efforts to reach a bipartisan deal with Murray to stabilize markets for individual insurance policies that 18 million people rely on. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Key committee prepares to advance bipartisan bills on opioids, over-the-counter medicines

Kimberly Leonard · April 24, 2018 4:01 am

Wounded veteran receives first penis, scrotum transplant

Kimberly Leonard · April 23, 2018 7:23 pm

Daily on Healthcare

Daily on Healthcare: Mitt Romney vows to repeal Obamacare if elected to Senate

Kimberly Leonard, Robert King, Philip Klein · April 23, 2018 4:20 pm

Daily on Healthcare

Daily on Healthcare: Democrats seize on Republican inaction on Obamacare

Kimberly Leonard, Robert King, Philip Klein · April 20, 2018 4:06 pm

The Department of Health and Human Services building is seen in the evening in Washington Sunday, April 5, 2009.

Judge rules HHS broke law in cutting off teen pregnancy funds

Kimberly Leonard · April 19, 2018 8:56 pm

Oxycontin in a drug known for it's addiction and theft potential.

Opioid prescribing drops largest amount in 25 years

Kimberly Leonard · April 19, 2018 8:03 pm