Robert King

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Most middle and high schools start around 8 a.m. or earlier, although scientists say that should be 8:30. (iStock photo)

CDC: Kids go to school too early

Robert King · August 6, 2015 5:00 pm

A doctor speaks with a patient.

4 factors affecting your 2016 healthcare bill

Robert King · August 6, 2015 4:01 am

Half the nation's doctors don't like Obamacare-mandated penalties for hospital readmissions and poor healthcare quality, a new survey finds. (iStock Photo)

Some doctors don’t like Obamacare quality penalties: Survey

Robert King · August 5, 2015 2:22 pm

A patient is taken to the operating theatre in the recently opened Birmingham Queen Elizabeth Hospital on February 7, 2011 in Birmingham, England. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Obamacare program unfairly penalizes safety-net hospitals: Senators

Robert King · August 5, 2015 4:01 am

The next frontier in fighting drug-resistant superbugs. Instead of trying to directly kill germs, the new goal is to disable bacteria's ability to sicken in the first place. (AP Photo/Kevin Rivoli)

Teamwork needed to save 37,000 lives from superbugs

Robert King · August 4, 2015 7:30 pm

The FDA warned hospitals Friday that the Hospira infusion pump series called Symbiq is susceptible to a cyberattack and they should immediately switch to another pump. (AP Photo)Â

Feds warn life-saving pumps could be hacked

Robert King · August 4, 2015 4:01 am

A figure is printed in a 3D printer at the International Consumer Electronics Show Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo)Â

FDA approves first 3D-printed drug

Robert King · August 3, 2015 8:50 pm

In this Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011 file photograph, physician assistant Jon Bigler looks at a patient's leg at Ashland Health Center in Ashland, Kan. (AP Photo)Â

Top docs approve of Obamacare

Robert King · August 3, 2015 6:21 pm

An individual finishes the process of picking and signing up for health insurance through the Affordable Care act. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Obamacare customers mostly unsatisfied with plans

Robert King · August 3, 2015 1:14 pm

Kraft Heinz is voluntarily recalling 36,000 cases of Kraft individually wrapped cheese singles. (AP Photo)

Kraft recalls cheese slices due to choking hazard

Robert King · August 3, 2015 1:04 pm

The Supreme Court on Monday said it would not take up an anti-abortion group's request to get key documents from the federal government on Planned Parenthood.Â (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

New target for undercover abortion videos?

Robert King · July 31, 2015 10:37 pm

Net sales of medical devices increased from about $95 billion in 2005 to $136 billion in 2014, a 43 percent increase over the period, according to a GAO report. (AP Photo)Â

Sales of medical devices soar since Obamacare’s passage

Robert King · July 31, 2015 3:19 pm