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China's Margaret Chan, director general of WHO, left, and David Nabarro, UN Special Envoy on Ebola, present an update on work being undertaken to strengthen WHO's health emergency preparedness and response capacities. (Sandro Campardo/Keystone via AP)

Scientists reach Ebola breakthrough

Robert King · July 31, 2015 1:45 pm

University of Miami pediatrician Judith L. Schaechter, M.D. (L) gives an HPV vaccination to a 13-year-old girl in her office at the Miller School of Medicine on September 21, 2011 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

CDC says teens still not getting HPV vaccine

Robert King · July 30, 2015 5:26 pm

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks at the 2015 International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail, and Transportation Workers (SMART) Conference, Tuesday, July 28, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Sanders plans legislation to expand Medicare

Robert King · July 30, 2015 3:15 pm

Rep. Jan Schakowsky (in blue) and other lawmakers celebrate the 50th anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid with a special cake on Capitol Hill. (Photo by Astrid Riecken/Getty Images)

Politicians celebrate Medicare anniversary with partisan rancor

Robert King · July 30, 2015 4:01 am

The reason premiums will be the same is that enrollee spending is low, growing 1.3 percent over the last five years, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said. (AP Photo)Â

Medicare drug premiums expected to remain flat

Robert King · July 29, 2015 9:18 pm

Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell gestures during a meeting in White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Burwell pushes Medicaid expansion for holdouts

Robert King · July 29, 2015 3:29 pm

The study offered a detailed look at the impact of baby boomers on Medicaid -- which offers nursing home and home care coverage for seniors. (Getty File Photo)

Gov’t to pick up baby boomers’ healthcare tab

Robert King · July 29, 2015 4:01 am

Enrollment in Obamacare exchanges and Medicaid expansion in various states are two factors that contributed to the increased spending. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Healthcare spending rises due to Obamacare, better economy

Robert King · July 28, 2015 8:20 pm

1.6 million minors each year use indoor tanning beds, a 'known contributor to skin cancer.' (AP Photo/Phil Coale)

Tanning troubles: Fewer people head indoors to seek rays

Robert King · July 28, 2015 4:01 am

In this Dec. 8, 2014, file photo, Sister Loraine Marie Maguire, of Little Sisters of the Poor, speaks to members of the media after attending a hearing in the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in Denver, Colo.

Christian schools ask Supreme Court to strike down Obamacare abortion mandate

Robert King · July 27, 2015 4:54 pm

Prescription for cheaper drugs contested

Robert King · July 26, 2015 4:01 am

On Friday, the FDA proposed putting added sugar on the nutritional label for packaged foods. (iStock)

FDA wants to add more sugar to nutrition labels

Robert King · July 24, 2015 7:07 pm