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The request includes $920 million for cooperative agreements with states to expand access to medication-assisted treatment, which is critical to solving the opioid epidemic that kills 44 Americans a day, officials said. (AP Photo)

Obama pushes big funding increase for opioid fight

Robert King · February 2, 2016 6:22 pm

"Very good. Nice work as usual. $1 [billion] here we come," read an email from former Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO Martin Shkreli to the company's board chairman. (AP file photo/Seth Wenig)

Shkreli email shows gouging plan: ‘$1 billion here we come’

Robert King · February 2, 2016 3:58 pm

The WHO said it is very concerned about a potential link between microcephaly, which causes babies to be born with abnormally small heads and can lead to brain damage, and Zika. (AP Photo)

WHO declares public emergency for Zika outbreak

Robert King · February 1, 2016 7:05 pm

Aetna's specific concerns are over constricting regulations and lax enforcement of Obamacare delinquents. (AP photo/Jessica Hill, file)

Aetna has ‘serious concerns’ over Obamacare

Robert King · February 1, 2016 3:01 pm

Shown is a sign outside the headquarters of the health insurer Cigna Corp., Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011, in Philadelphia. Cigna said Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011, its second-quarter net income jumped 39 percent compared to last year's quarter, when a hit from a discontinued business affected the managed care company's performance. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

More Obamacare insurer losses coming

Robert King · February 1, 2016 5:01 am

Three people who traveled to countries hit by the virus tested positive for Zika, health officials said. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Zika comes to Canada

Robert King · January 29, 2016 7:29 pm

The case is called Zubik v. Burwell and is led by a charity run by Catholic nuns called Little Sisters of the Poor. (AP Photo)

Supreme Court to hear Obamacare birth control case March 23

Robert King · January 29, 2016 6:16 pm

The senators, including Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, right, called for Obama to include the $2 billion-a-year allocation in his 2017 budget request. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Senators push Obama to prioritize Alzheimer’s funding

Robert King · January 29, 2016 4:29 pm

Rubio talks up faith in Iowa appeal

Rubio talks up faith in Iowa appeal

Robert King · January 29, 2016 3:40 am

"What people should do is us their common sense and make law enforcement make those decisions," he said. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Christie: Common sense isn’t racial profiling

Robert King · January 29, 2016 3:07 am

‘Stupid, fat and ugly’: Cruz does Trump impression at debate

‘Stupid, fat and ugly’: Cruz does Trump impression at debate

Robert King · January 29, 2016 2:23 am

At least nine cases of Zika also have been identified in Virginia, California, New York, Minnesota, Hawaii, Texas, New Jersey, Illinois and Florida. (AP Photo)

Zika virus found in Massachusetts

Robert King · January 28, 2016 11:11 pm