Tag: Robert King

A package of new policies aimed at getting cutting-edge medical cures to Americans more quickly is moving forward, with House lawmakers releasing the latest iteration last week. (iStock)

House moves forward on medical cures bill

Robert King, Paige Winfield · May 4, 2015 9:00 am

Roxana Selagea, a Publix supermarket pharmacy manager, retrieves a bottle of antibiotics from the shelf.

House struggles with reform bill as drug costs skyrocket

Robert King · May 3, 2015 9:00 am

A separate instance of "possible sexual transmission of Ebola has been reported, although the accompanying evidence was inconclusive," the CDC said in a report Friday. (AP Photo)Â

CDC: Woman may have gotten Ebola after sex with survivor

Robert King · May 1, 2015 3:44 pm

Medicare spent roughly $2.5 billion on the heartburn drug Nexium in 2013. (iStock)

Heartburn drug the top Medicare money-getter in 2013

Robert King · April 30, 2015 7:44 pm

Florida and Texas residents reported significantly higher uninsured rates than New York and California, according to a new study. (AP Photo)

After Medicaid expansion, uninsured hospital visits plummet

Robert King · April 30, 2015 3:34 pm

Concerns about embryo modifications could derail "a promising area of therapeutic development, namely making genetic changes that cannot be inherited," according to Edward Lanphier, chairman of the Alliance for Regenerative Medicine.

Could genetically engineered humans become a reality?

Robert King · April 30, 2015 9:00 am

Pharmacist Ed Cole points out the active ingredient of over-the-counter cold medicine at Hi-School Pharmacy store on July 20, 2005 in Milwaukie, Oregon. (Photo by Craig Mitchelldyer/Getty Images)

Banned stimulant found in dietary supplements

Robert King · April 29, 2015 11:17 pm

Gov. Steve Bullock, D-Mont.,Â signed a law Wednesday afternoon expanding Medicaid.

Montana officially expands Medicaid

Robert King · April 29, 2015 7:21 pm

Dr. Tom Ellison, MD., PHD., from Birmingham, Ala. stands outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, March 4, 2015, as the court hears arguments in King v. Burwell, a major test of President Barack Obama's health overhaul which, if successful, could halt health care premium subsidies in all the states where the federal government runs the insurance marketplaces. (AP Photo)

Small business could lose Obamacare subsidies in Supreme Court case

Robert King · April 29, 2015 4:40 pm

Oreste Alvarez holds a sign directing people to UniVista Insurance company where they can sign up for the Affordable Care Act on February 5, 2015 in Miami. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

More people buying their own insurance

Robert King · April 29, 2015 2:27 pm

Earlier this week, Pepsico announced Diet Pepsi will no longer contain the sweetener aspartame. (AP Photo)Â

Food companies bow to demand for natural ingredients

Robert King · April 29, 2015 9:00 am

In a Wednesday, April 11, 2012 photo, David Martin walks with his turkeys raised without the use of antibiotics at his farm, in Lebanon, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Tysons vows to get rid of antibiotics in chickens

Robert King · April 28, 2015 6:02 pm