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The USDA recommends that food should only be stored for no longer than two hours, and only one hour if the temperature is more than 90 degrees, said spokesman Chris Bernstein. (AP Photo)Â

Don’t sicken your guests at your Memorial Day BBQ

Robert King · May 23, 2015 9:00 am

St. James Terminal,Â Â a U.S. Department of Energy ownedÂ marine unloading and distribution point for crude oil located southwest of Baton Rouge, La., is shown in this file photo. (AP Photo/U.S. Department of Energy)

House seeks to sell oil reserves to fast-track health cures

Robert King · May 21, 2015 3:14 pm

Peter Pan maker to pay $11.2 million over salmonella poisoning

Robert King · May 20, 2015 6:47 pm

The Obama administration sent the wrong tax form to 800,000 people who purchased health insurance through the healthcare.gov website. (AP Photo)

31 million people can’t afford healthcare

Robert King · May 20, 2015 3:19 pm

"Additional cuts will further erode â¦ providers' ability to provide that care," said Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill. (Getty File Photo)

Who will foot the bill for House ‘cures’ measure?

Robert King · May 20, 2015 9:00 am

Cancer charities used public’s $187 million for cruises, dating sites: FTC

Robert King · May 19, 2015 5:59 pm

46 cases challenge Obamacare’s contraception mandate

Robert King · May 19, 2015 9:00 am

China's Margaret Chan, director-general of the World Health Organization, speaks during the opening of the 68th World Health Assembly at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, May 18, 2015. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)

World Health Organization pursues reforms after Ebola criticism

Robert King · May 18, 2015 1:58 pm

The pharmaceutical industry has taken heat from Congress and states over the past year for high-cost specialty drugs that insurers and public health programs such as Medicare are struggling to afford.

Pressure mounts on drug makers’ price claims

Robert King · May 17, 2015 9:00 am

You don't have to be on a cruise to get the deadly norovirus, with a public health agency warning you can easily get the stomach bug from a swim at your local pool. (iStock)

CDC warns of contracting norovirus from swimming

Robert King · May 15, 2015 4:57 pm

A man takes part in the celebrations to mark Liberia being an Ebola free nation in Monrovia, Liberia, Monday, May 11, 2015. (AP Photo)Â

Experts call for major reforms at WHO to handle next outbreak

Robert King · May 15, 2015 9:00 am

The drug that got the most money from Part D was Sovaldi, which the agency paid out $3.1 billion in 2014. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

House cures bill advances on heavy bipartisan support

Robert King · May 14, 2015 4:36 pm