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The outbreak has claimed more than 10,000 lives, a majority from the West African countries of Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia, according to the WHO. [AP Photo]Â

WHO slow to act on Ebola, doctors group says

Robert King · March 23, 2015 3:45 pm

Insulin can cost an uninsured patient between $120 to $400 per month. By comparison, some generics would only cost about $4. (AP Photo)

Why can’t you get cheaper insulin?

Robert King · March 21, 2015 4:00 pm

The state agency came up with "good cause" to continue funneling money to providers suspected of fraud. (iStock Photo)

Wealthy would pay 15 percent more in Medicare ‘doc fix’

Robert King · March 20, 2015 9:53 pm

Nearly 100,000 waiting on correct Obamacare tax forms

Robert King · March 20, 2015 6:11 pm

The federal government recovered about $1 billion less in healthcare fraud and waste investigations in 2014 compared to the year before. (iStock Photo)

Sequestration hinders healthcare abuse and fraud settlements

Robert King · March 20, 2015 3:53 pm

U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks to students during a discussion on criminal justice reform at Bowie State University, in Bowie, Md., Friday, March 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Rand Paul did not file to run for president

Robert King · March 19, 2015 8:40 pm

Demonstrators rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, March 4, 2015, as the court heard arguments in the King v. Burwell case. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner File)

Survey shows most people unaware of Obamacare subsidies case

Robert King · March 19, 2015 3:00 pm

The drugs Harvoni and Sovaldi, made by Gilead, threw Medicare for a loop when they hit the market.

New cures and treatments could cause pricey headaches

Robert King · March 19, 2015 9:00 am

Senators push research to end breast cancer

Senators push research to end breast cancer

Robert King · March 18, 2015 5:43 pm

The Ebola outbreak in West Africa has reached a critical juncture: With the number of cases decreasing, authorities fear big-donor countries may turn manpower and funding elsewhere to what they believe are more pressing problems. (AP Photo)

Ebola could make comeback as spotlight on it fades

Robert King · March 18, 2015 9:00 am

In this photo taken Feb. 4, 2015, biologist Olivier Mbaya works with serum samples from healthy volunteer participants in a European study of an experimental Ebola vaccine, at the Vaccine Research Center at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

More U.S. patients being monitored for Ebola

Robert King · March 18, 2015 12:14 am

A new study confirms low vaccination rates are likely to blame for the Disneyland measles outbreak that has infected more than 170 people. (AP Photo)

Researchers confirm low vaccination rates sparked measles outbreak

Robert King · March 17, 2015 6:09 pm