Tag: Robert King

The CDC on Friday announced a new program aimed at helping states set up programs to combat opioid overdoses. (iStock Photo)

CDC helps states with funds to combat opioid abuse

Robert King · September 4, 2015 3:51 pm

Proposed rule wouldn't allow healthcare providers and insurers that receive federal funding to discriminate. (Getty Images)

Obama administration announces far-reaching LGBT anti-discrimination rule

Robert King · September 3, 2015 4:48 pm

Primarily at stake in the Texas case is a 1992 compromise set forth in the Supreme Court case Planned Parenthood v. Casey, which found that any restriction on abortion has to be in the interest of protecting women's health or the potential life. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Abortion clinics ask Supreme Court to overturn Texas law

Robert King · September 3, 2015 3:25 pm

The Obama administration is ramping up its activities in anticipation of Obamacare's 2016 open enrollment period. (AP Photo)

Obamacare starts ramping up for 2016 enrollment

Robert King · September 3, 2015 4:01 am

More than $1 million in grants is going to three Planned Parenthood chapters in Iowa ($304,373 in anticipated funding), St. Louis ($388,787) and Montana ($337,555).Â (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Planned Parenthood chapters get Obamacare funding

Robert King · September 2, 2015 10:01 pm

Electronic stethoscopes aren't new, but this is the first one to incorporate the heart sounds with a smartphone app or with the patient's electronic records.Â (AP Photo)Â

FDA clears digital stethoscope

Robert King · September 2, 2015 3:21 pm

Hospitals have found loopholes to avoid penalties linked to Obamacare, but at the expense of patients' wallets. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Hospitals find loopholes to avoid Obamacare penalties

Robert King · September 2, 2015 4:01 am

Bernie Sanders said Tuesday he would unveil a bill that introduces a series of reforms for combating high drug prices. (AP Photo)Â

Sanders pursues reforms to combat high drug prices

Robert King · September 1, 2015 3:49 pm

Regulators have been on alert regarding pure powdered caffeine following the deaths of two young men last year. (AP Photo)Â

FDA cracks down on deadly powdered caffeine

Robert King · September 1, 2015 3:27 pm

Research technicians prepare DNA samples in the production lab of the New York Genome Center. The relatively low cost of genomic sequencing is one reason personalized medicine seems promising. (Getty File Photo)

Old drugs may bring new life to cancer patients

Robert King · September 1, 2015 4:01 am

Rep. Elijah Cummings of Maryland wrote to Warner West Pharmacy and CVS Health Monday demanding answers to news reports that Warner West submitted the expensive claim for the supplement Reservatrol. (AP Photo)

Dem investigates $44,000 prescription

Robert King · August 31, 2015 6:25 pm

Pictured above is Roche Holding AG's Tarceva cancer drug.Â A new study examined the value of a cancer drug up for approval and found that its price should be linked to the effectiveness of the product.Â (JB Reed/Bloomberg)

Are value studies the cure for high drug prices?

Robert King · August 30, 2015 4:01 am