Robert King

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Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals said in a press release that the supplement research could be contradicted by multiple other studies. (AP Photo)Â

Supplement makers slammed for including stimulant in diet products

Robert King · April 24, 2015 5:27 pm

A kit of Naloxone, a heroin antidote that can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose, is displayed at a press conference about a new community prevention program for heroin overdoses in which New York police officers will carry kits of Naloxone, on May 27, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

CDC wants more use of drug that reverses overdoses

Robert King · April 24, 2015 4:35 pm

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence's response to the HIV outbreak comes despite his own misgivings about needle exchange programs. (AP Photo)Â

Pence defends needle exchanges to combat Indiana HIV outbreak

Robert King · April 24, 2015 3:44 pm

Rep. Tim Murphy, R-Pa., Chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, questions a witness during a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing looking into the effectiveness of vaccines in the wake of a measles outbreak and the exceptionally severe flu season, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, February 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

House fights over prescription drug abuse

Robert King · April 23, 2015 6:16 pm

Congress looks to pass legislation this summer to speed up the approval of new medicines,Â as part of the 21st Century Cures Initiative intended to speed up development of new cures and spur research. (AP Photo)

House pushes to speed up drug approvals

Robert King · April 23, 2015 9:00 am

Dr. Oz says critics trying to ‘silence’ him

Dr. Oz says critics trying to ‘silence’ him

Robert King · April 22, 2015 2:27 pm

A late 2014 measles outbreak at Disneyland in California was linked to unvaccinated children.

Large study finds no link between measles vaccine and autism

Robert King · April 21, 2015 9:10 pm

Blue Bell Ice Cream is seen on shelves of an Overland Park grocery store prior to being removed on April 21, 2015 in Overland Park, Kansas. Blue Bell Creameries recalled all products following a Listeria contamination. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

Blue Bell recalls all ice cream products due to bacteria

Robert King · April 21, 2015 4:47 pm

"The evidence for homeopathy's effectiveness is between scant and nil," said Adriane Fugh-Berman, a pharmacology professor at Georgetown University Medical Center. (AP Photo)Â

Skeptics slam homeopathic drugs at FDA hearing

Robert King · April 21, 2015 9:00 am

Imprimis to offer competitor after outrage over 5,000-percent price hike for anti-parasite treatment.Â (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Pro-reform group: Drug prices rising for no reason

Robert King · April 20, 2015 7:54 pm

More than a third of the malaria-fighting drugs tested over the past decade in Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa were either fake or bad quality, seriously undermining efforts to combat the disease, a study said. (AP Photo/David Longstreath)

Shoddy and fake drugs create new pandemic in developing nations

Robert King · April 20, 2015 6:25 pm

Oxycontin is one of the few painkillers available that employ abuse-deterrent technology. (Getty File Photo)

Congress makes fervent push for abuse-deterrent painkillers

Robert King · April 18, 2015 9:00 am