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Administration intends to let religious providers to compete for funding on the same level as other groups. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Gov’t aims to beef up religious liberty protection

Robert King · March 31, 2016 6:25 pm

Lawmakers want scientists to spend more time on research instead of administrative tasks. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Senate wants to help NIH with its paperwork

Robert King · March 31, 2016 3:51 pm

The main activities that drug makers get penalized for are illegally marketing a drug to a doctor, and deliberately overcharging Medicare or Medicaid.

Report: Financial penalties against drug companies plummet

Robert King · March 31, 2016 3:19 pm

Groups spar over women's safety versus access to the nonsurgical option for abortion. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Looser restrictions on abortion pill reignite debate

Robert King · March 31, 2016 4:01 am

Donald Trump's campaign said if abortion were banned, it would be the doctor and not the woman who would be punished. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Trump camp walks back abortion comments

Robert King · March 30, 2016 9:22 pm

The letter said Chinese manufacturers intentionally contaminated crude heparin that was used to create the blood thinner. (iStock photo)

GOP demands answers from FDA on contaminated drug imports

Robert King · March 30, 2016 7:29 pm

"We will overcome," Donald Trump reportedly said. "I've always won and I'm going to continue to win. And that's the way it is." (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

Trump: Women should be punished for illegal abortions

Robert King · March 30, 2016 7:11 pm

The Food and Drug Administration approved an investigational test that screens blood donations for the Zika virus. (AP Photo)

FDA approves Zika blood test

Robert King · March 30, 2016 4:18 pm

A new report finds that newly enrolled Obamacare customers have higher rates of disease than individuals who had coverage prior to healthcare reform. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

Report: New Obamacare enrollees sicker and costlier

Robert King · March 30, 2016 3:10 pm

Lawmakers want to know about diagnostic testing, vaccines and treatments for the virus. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

GOP wants more answers on Zika

Robert King · March 29, 2016 9:08 pm

Opioid and heroin addiction "reaches everybody," president says. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama: Race, poverty led to stigma of opioid addicts

Robert King · March 29, 2016 7:54 pm

The justices last week heard oral arguments in Zubik v. Burwell, a case in which 37 religious nonprofits such as Little Sisters of the Poor and Notre Dame University are challenging Obamacare's mandate that employers must provide birth control coverage. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Supreme Court wants more information on birth control case

Robert King · March 29, 2016 7:08 pm