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Nurses wear masks as a precaution against the MERS virus as they attend an International Conference of Nurses in Seoul, South Korea. (Baek Seng-ryul/Yonhap via AP)

MERS spreads to Thailand

Robert King · June 19, 2015 3:48 pm

Martha Baker, a Registered Nurse, (R) delivers 13,000 petition signatures demanding healthcare expansion to the office of Florida State Rep. Jose Oliva, whose Hialeah district includes the highest number of Obamacare sign ups in the nation, as the Florida legislative body debates accepting Affordable Care Act funding on May 28, 2015 in Hialeah, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Primary care providers view Obamacare along partisan lines

Robert King · June 18, 2015 5:22 pm

"Bath salts" are actually synthetic drugs that are marketed to appear like regular bath salts used to perfume water in a bath, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration. (iStock)

Supreme Court chucks bath salts conviction

Robert King · June 18, 2015 4:54 pm

Texas Department of Motor Vehicles shows the design of a proposed Sons of Confederate Veterans license plate.

Supreme Court: Texas can reject Confederate license plates

Robert King · June 18, 2015 2:55 pm

Calories are listed next to menu items at a Chipotle Mexican Grill July 18, 2008 in New York City. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)

House seeks delay of menu-labeling rule

Robert King · June 17, 2015 7:04 pm

Workers wearing masks and goggles, spray disinfectant as a precaution against the spread of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome virus at Gimpo International Airport in Seoul, South Korea. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

No need for travel bans due to MERS: World Health Org.

Robert King · June 17, 2015 3:04 pm

Trans fats are going away. Now what?

Trans fats are going away. Now what?

Robert King · June 17, 2015 4:01 am

Ã¢â¬ÅWe want as strong a vote as we can,Ã¢â¬ï¿½ Rep. Fred Upton said, hoping that the bill will get to President Obama by the end of the year. (AP File)

House lawmakers defend ‘cures’ bill

Robert King · June 16, 2015 8:00 pm

An employee at the Ferrara Bakery in New York's Little Italy displays a tray of raspberry drop cookies, Friday, June 27, 2008 in New York. New York's trans fat ban was the first to be adopted by an American city. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

FDA bans trans fats

Robert King · June 16, 2015 1:33 pm

Nearly 73 percent of Americans say prescription drug prices are unreasonable, and pharmaceutical companies are to blame, according to a new poll. (Getty Images)

Most Americans upset over high drug prices: poll

Robert King · June 16, 2015 1:24 pm

As taxpayers fill out returns leading up to Tax Day on Wednesday, they are for the first time encountering questions about the Obamacare tax. (AP Photo)Â

Obamacare set to affect more small businesses in 2016

Robert King · June 16, 2015 9:00 am

Target Chairman and CEO Brian Cornell, left, and CVS Health President and CEO Larry Merlo, right, meet up in New York, Monday, June 15, 2015, to announce a strategic agreement. Under the agreement, CVS Health will acquire, rebrand and operate Target's pharmacies and clinics. (Stuart Ramson/AP Images for Target and CVS Health)

CVS to buy Target’s pharmacies and clinics

Robert King · June 15, 2015 5:45 pm