Tag: Robert King

The plastic beads go down a drain and are too small to be caught when the water is treated at a sewage plant. (Photo courtesy of 5 Gyres)

Energy and Environment

Congress seeks to ban plastic beads in cleansers

Robert King · April 28, 2015 9:00 am

Americans have access to more fluoride through toothpaste and mouth rinses than when the recommendations were introduced in 1962, theÂ Health and Human Services DepartmentÂ said. (Getty Images)

Government wants less fluoride in water

Robert King · April 27, 2015 5:19 pm

This Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, file photo, shows the door at a Chipotle Mexican Grill in Robinson Township, Pa. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Chipotle removes genetically modified ingredients

Robert King · April 27, 2015 1:42 pm

Aspartame has been around for decades and was put in Diet Pepsi in 1983. (Getty)

Pepsi dumps aspartame from diet

Robert King · April 25, 2015 9:00 am

Since the Affordable Care Act went into place at the beginning of 2014, uninsured rates have continued to drop, a new survey found. (Getty Images)

Customers opt for penalty rather than Obamacare

Robert King · April 24, 2015 9:06 pm

Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals said in a press release that the supplement research could be contradicted by multiple other studies. (AP Photo)Â

Supplement makers slammed for including stimulant in diet products

Robert King · April 24, 2015 5:27 pm

A kit of Naloxone, a heroin antidote that can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose, is displayed at a press conference about a new community prevention program for heroin overdoses in which New York police officers will carry kits of Naloxone, on May 27, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

CDC wants more use of drug that reverses overdoses

Robert King · April 24, 2015 4:35 pm

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence's response to the HIV outbreak comes despite his own misgivings about needle exchange programs. (AP Photo)Â

Pence defends needle exchanges to combat Indiana HIV outbreak

Robert King · April 24, 2015 3:44 pm

Rep. Tim Murphy, R-Pa., Chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, questions a witness during a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing looking into the effectiveness of vaccines in the wake of a measles outbreak and the exceptionally severe flu season, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, February 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

House fights over prescription drug abuse

Robert King · April 23, 2015 6:16 pm

Congress looks to pass legislation this summer to speed up the approval of new medicines,Â as part of the 21st Century Cures Initiative intended to speed up development of new cures and spur research. (AP Photo)

House pushes to speed up drug approvals

Robert King · April 23, 2015 9:00 am

Dr. Oz says critics trying to ‘silence’ him

Dr. Oz says critics trying to ‘silence’ him

Robert King · April 22, 2015 2:27 pm

A late 2014 measles outbreak at Disneyland in California was linked to unvaccinated children.

Large study finds no link between measles vaccine and autism

Robert King · April 21, 2015 9:10 pm