Robert King

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A pair of Canada Geese. (Getty Image)

Bird flu hits Michigan

Robert King · June 8, 2015 8:49 pm

The Supreme Court gave Obamacare supporters a victory Monday when it declined to take up a challenge from Maine seeking to strip Medicaid coverage for teens. (AP Photo)

Supreme Court won’t hear Maine Medicaid case

Robert King · June 8, 2015 3:39 pm

Rep. Diana Degette vigorously defended the bill and rejected notions it would hoist unsafe devices or drugs onto the American public. (AP File Photo)

‘Cures’ bill raises safety concerns for experts

Robert King · June 7, 2015 9:00 am

Passengers flying from Busan, South Korea, receive temperature checks for MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) as they arrive at Hong Kong Airport, Friday, June 5, 2015. The current frenzy in South Korea over MERS brings to mind the other menacing diseases to hit Asia over the last decade -- SARS, which killed hundreds, and bird flu. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

World health group to help South Korea contain disease

Robert King · June 5, 2015 9:55 pm

In this Friday, Sept. 27, 2013, photo, Cindy Whitehead holds a tablet of flibanserin in her office at Sprout Pharmaceuticals in Raleigh, N.C. The daily pill is designed to increase libido in women by acting on brain chemicals linked to mood and appetite. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)

‘Female Viagra’ recommended for FDA approval

Robert King · June 4, 2015 10:18 pm

The National Institutes of Health Mark O. Hatfield Clinical Research Center in Bethesda, Md. (AP Photo)

Insect-infested NIH facility shut down for poor quality

Robert King · June 4, 2015 9:52 pm

The world has learned little from the worst outbreak of Ebola in human history. (Getty Images)

World not prepared for global pandemic: Aid group

Robert King · June 4, 2015 3:25 pm

Felue Chang who is newly insured under an insurance plan through the Affordable Care Act receives a checkup from Dr. Peria Del Pino-White at the South Broward Community Health Services clinic on April 15, 2014 in Hollywood, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Economic impact of Obamacare hotly debated

Robert King · June 4, 2015 9:00 am

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

Most employers not dropping insurance due to Obamacare: Analysis

Robert King · June 3, 2015 4:10 pm

Some higher-income seniors will have to pay up to $80 more a month for Medicare in the next few years, a new analysis finds.Â

Wealthy seniors face higher Medicare premiums

Robert King · June 3, 2015 3:07 pm

This Feb. 19, 2015 photo shows Referee Module No. 2 of the Whole System Live Agent Test at Dugway Proving Ground in Dugway, Utah. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating that aspect of what went wrong at Dugway Proving Ground, the Army installation in Utah that sent the anthrax to government and commercial labs in nine states across the U.S. and to an Army lab in South Korea. (Kristin Murphy/The Deseret News via AP)

America not ready for a bioterror attack: Experts

Robert King · June 3, 2015 4:01 am

Hisham Uadadeh walks out of Leading Insurance Agency after enrolling in a health insurance plan under the Affordable Care Act on February 13, 2014 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Florida, Texas hit hardest if Obamacare subsidies struck down

Robert King · June 2, 2015 11:08 pm