Tag: Robert King

In this Monday, Feb. 2, 2015 file photo, a woman, right, is injected by a healthcare worker as she takes part in an Ebola virus vaccine trial at the Redemption hospital in Monrovia, Liberia.Â Â (AP Photo)Â

FDA sued over secretive process for doling out Ebola drugs

Robert King · June 11, 2015 4:01 am

Jim Smith lies on a hospital bed during a demonstration of the wireless Carecast health information system June 11, 2003 in Hollywood, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Doctors ‘terrified’ of electronic record adoption

Robert King · June 10, 2015 5:29 pm

Some major chicken producers, like Tysons, have agreed to scale back pre-emptive antibiotic use on livestock in an effort to combatÂ antibiotic resistance.Â (Getty)

CDC: Drug-resistant foodborne infections on the rise

Robert King · June 9, 2015 10:44 pm

A scientist observes chromosomes through a microscope at Birmingham Women's Hospital on Jan. 22, 2015 in Birmingham, England. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Advocates play key part in getting new drugs for rare disease

Robert King · June 9, 2015 3:39 pm

The New England Compounding Center in Framingham, Massachusetts is shown here on October 5, 2012. The pharmacy shipped allegedly tainted drugs all over the country, resulting in the deaths of more than 100 people. (Getty)

Congress wants more regs on custom pharmaceuticals

Robert King · June 9, 2015 4:01 am

A pair of Canada Geese. (Getty Image)

Bird flu hits Michigan

Robert King · June 8, 2015 8:49 pm

The Supreme Court gave Obamacare supporters a victory Monday when it declined to take up a challenge from Maine seeking to strip Medicaid coverage for teens. (AP Photo)

Supreme Court won’t hear Maine Medicaid case

Robert King · June 8, 2015 3:39 pm

Rep. Diana Degette vigorously defended the bill and rejected notions it would hoist unsafe devices or drugs onto the American public. (AP File Photo)

‘Cures’ bill raises safety concerns for experts

Robert King · June 7, 2015 9:00 am

Passengers flying from Busan, South Korea, receive temperature checks for MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) as they arrive at Hong Kong Airport, Friday, June 5, 2015. The current frenzy in South Korea over MERS brings to mind the other menacing diseases to hit Asia over the last decade -- SARS, which killed hundreds, and bird flu. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

World health group to help South Korea contain disease

Robert King · June 5, 2015 9:55 pm

In this Friday, Sept. 27, 2013, photo, Cindy Whitehead holds a tablet of flibanserin in her office at Sprout Pharmaceuticals in Raleigh, N.C. The daily pill is designed to increase libido in women by acting on brain chemicals linked to mood and appetite. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)

‘Female Viagra’ recommended for FDA approval

Robert King · June 4, 2015 10:18 pm

The National Institutes of Health Mark O. Hatfield Clinical Research Center in Bethesda, Md. (AP Photo)

Insect-infested NIH facility shut down for poor quality

Robert King · June 4, 2015 9:52 pm

The world has learned little from the worst outbreak of Ebola in human history. (Getty Images)

World not prepared for global pandemic: Aid group

Robert King · June 4, 2015 3:25 pm