Robert King

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A majority of uninsured people live in states that did not expand Medicaid, according to a new survey. (AP Photo)

Most uninsured live in Medicaid holdout states

Robert King · August 18, 2015 6:11 pm

Women with reduced sexual desire would benefit from a libido-enhancing drug, the FDA wrote, but then stressed that benefits must outweigh side effects before it will approve flibanserin. (AP Photo)Â

FDA to rule on female ‘Viagra’

Robert King · August 18, 2015 4:01 am

David Nabarro, UN Special Envoy on Ebola, speaks during a press conference at the headquarters of the World Health Organization, WHO, in Geneva, Switzerland. (Sandro Campardo/Keystone via AP)

Sierra Leone sees progress in Ebola fight

Robert King · August 17, 2015 1:57 pm

A survey of 140 large corporations with 100,000 or more employees gave insight into the toll of high drug prices.Â (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

Will companies start paying for employee drugs on installment?

Robert King · August 16, 2015 4:01 am

In the second released undercover video, Dr. Mary Gatter, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America's Medical Directors Council, haggles over the price of body parts of aborted babies.

Firm in Planned Parenthood video cuts ties with abortion provider

Robert King · August 14, 2015 10:29 pm

The states' actions mirror similar desires among Republicans on Capitol Hill to defund Planned Parenthood after the first videos surfaced last month.Â (Photo by Olivier Douliery/Getty Images)

Arkansas strips Planned Parenthood funding

Robert King · August 14, 2015 9:57 pm

AP reports that a federal judge on Friday halted an Alabama regulation that could have permanently shut down a popular abortion clinic.Â (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Alabama abortion clinic reopens after ruling

Robert King · August 14, 2015 9:36 pm

Presidential candidate and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., wrote a letter Friday to Valeant Pharmaceuticals inquiring about two heart drugs. (AP Photos)

Dems demand explanation for rising price of heart drugs

Robert King · August 14, 2015 3:58 pm

Federal regulators have approved a kid-sized version of popular painkiller OxyContin. (AP Photo)

FDA approves painkiller OxyContin for kids

Robert King · August 14, 2015 2:43 pm

A new study funded by the National Institutes of Health found that people who cut dietary fats lost 68 percent more body fat than people who cut carbohydrates. (AP Photo)Â

Study says cut fats, not carbs, to lose the most weight

Robert King · August 13, 2015 5:55 pm

Since 1975, the annual rates of all bicyclists dying by getting struck by a car decreased by 44 percent. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Bicycle mortality rate for children drops

Robert King · August 13, 2015 5:12 pm

A cardiologist shows a heart valve that's used in a minimally invasive procedure called transcatheter aortic valve replacement. (AP Photo/Gosia Wozniacka)

Group questions fast-track approval of medical devices

Robert King · August 13, 2015 2:43 pm