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Prince died of opioid overdose

Prince died of opioid overdose

Robert King · June 2, 2016 4:16 pm

The agency on Thursday finalized a rule that streamlines the process of applying for compassionate use, which enables a patient to get non-approved treatments when there isn’t any other option. (iStock photo)

FDA speeds up process of applying for last resort drugs

Robert King · June 2, 2016 2:57 pm

"If the FCC exercises overreach, there are other entities that feel as if they can exercise overreach," Marsha Blackburn said. (AP Photo)

GOP calls for investigation into fetal tissue firm

Robert King · June 1, 2016 8:59 pm

Gov. Rick Scott tells President Obama that he can't "waste any time" waiting for Congress to approve funding. (AP Photo/Chase Stevens)

Florida girds for Zika

Robert King · June 1, 2016 6:24 pm

Rep. Mike Bishop, R-Mich., said Wednesday the administration hasn't answered his questions about why it didn't grant emergency funds to victims in a 2012 outbreak of meningitis. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Lawmaker wants funds for victims of tainted drug scandal

Robert King · June 1, 2016 2:50 pm

Of the five biggest insurers in the U.S., two announced they would exit part of the Obamacare marketplaces. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)

UnitedHealth pulls out of Obamacare in California

Robert King · May 31, 2016 8:54 pm

CDC is looking for people who came in contact with woman who got the antibiotic-resistant version of E. coli. (Janice Carr/CDC via AP)

Feds move to contain deadly superbug

Robert King · May 31, 2016 7:07 pm

The exact incubation time for the Zika virus, spread primarily by mosquito bites, is still unknown. (Dado Galdieri/Bloomberg, File)

WHO: No sex for eight weeks to prevent Zika

Robert King · May 31, 2016 3:10 pm

Some lawmakers say they allocated too much money to fight Ebola in 2014. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Ebola regrets fuel Zika funding fight

Robert King · May 29, 2016 4:01 am

More than 145 public health experts signed an open letter to the World Health Organization asking the U.N. health agency to consider whether the Rio de Janeiro Olympics should be postponed or moved because of the ongoing Zika outbreak. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

150 health experts: Cancel or move Olympics

Robert King · May 27, 2016 7:08 pm

Republicans want the Obama administration to allow drug firms to advertise unapproved drug uses to doctors. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

House lawmakers push HHS on drug advertising

Robert King · May 26, 2016 10:58 pm

"It is unacceptable. My constituents deserve certainty, not plans that crumble and implode under their own weight," said Rep. Pat Tiberi, R-Ohio, in a statement. (AP Photo)

Ohio Obamacare co-op collapses

Robert King · May 26, 2016 10:14 pm