Robert King

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"Protect yourself from the sun by wearing a hat and clothes that cover your skin," said CDC Director Tom Frieden. (AP File)

Skin cancer rates double over past three decades

Robert King · June 2, 2015 5:39 pm

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced Tuesday a new policy that opens agency data to certain people. (AP Photo)Â

Federal health data could lead to new tools for patient care

Robert King · June 2, 2015 5:26 pm

A doctor speaks to a patient as a sphygmomanometer, or blood pressure meter, lies on his desk on September 5, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Adam Berry/Getty Images)

Bill to repeal device tax advances in House

Robert King · June 2, 2015 4:34 pm

Survivors of pediatric cancer are living longer, a new study found. (AP)

4 big developments in the fight to cure cancer

Robert King · June 2, 2015 4:01 am

A doctor speaks with a patient.

Sticker shock: Find out now if you’re going to pay 10 percent more for health insurance next year

Robert King · June 1, 2015 7:37 pm

Major joint replacement accounted for $6.6 billion in Medicare payments in fiscal 2013, according to new Medicare data released Monday.Â (iStock)

Joint replacement tops Medicare payments

Robert King · June 1, 2015 3:17 pm

Anthrax mix-up likely due to testing error

Anthrax mix-up likely due to testing error

Robert King · May 30, 2015 4:01 am

Dugway Proving Ground military base, about 85 miles southwest Salt Lake City, Utah. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it is investigating what the Pentagon called an inadvertent shipment of live anthrax spores to government and commercial laboratories in as many as nine states, as well as one overseas, that expected to receive dead spores. (AP Photo/Jim Urquhart, File)

Suspect anthrax samples turn up in Australia

Robert King · May 29, 2015 3:44 pm

The Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday it is working with the airline industry to conduct a study based on the emotional and mental health issues of pilots and barriers to reporting such issues.Â (AP File)

Crashes prompt mental health review of pilots

Robert King · May 28, 2015 3:41 pm

Aetna is the second major insurer to ditch America's Health Insurance Plans this year, following UnitedHealth Group, which said earlier this year that AHIP no longer represents its best interests. (AP Photo)

Insurers outraged over new measure to cap Medicaid costs

Robert King · May 28, 2015 9:00 am

Gallup said obesity rates were highest in Southern and Midwestern states and lowest in Western and Northeastern states, a pattern that has continued since Gallup started tracking the rates in 2008. (Getty Image)

Mississippi the fattest state again

Robert King · May 27, 2015 7:38 pm

Nearly two thirds of the new overhead created by Obamacare, $172.2 billion, goes to increased private insurer's administrative costs and profits due to rising enrollment. (AP Photo)Â

Obamacare to add nearly $300 billion in overhead: Study

Robert King · May 27, 2015 3:14 pm