Healthcare

Measles vaccine.

US loses measles elimination status amid surge in cases: Report

Claire Carter · November 13, 2026 10:50 pm

Apartment complex in DC

Black mold’s link to fatal DC shooting: What to know

President Donald Trump speaks about TrumpRx in the Old Eisenhower Executive Office Building.

How Democratic healthcare ad blitz helped sink GOP Senate candidates

Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed speaks at an election night event, early Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026, in Detroit.

Abdul el Sayed teases ‘TrumpCare’ in support of universal healthcare

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Senators launch investigation into RFK Jr. over alleged lies in confirmation testimony

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., suggested prohibiting insurers from providing narrow networks of doctors who patients can see, dropping coverage for a prescription in the middle of the year, or leaving the Obamacare exchanges. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Elizabeth Warren: ‘Time for us to go on the offense’ on healthcare

Kimberly Leonard January 25, 2018 7:08 pm

The CDC found that areas with local transmission of Zika saw a 21 percent increase in births with outcomes linked to the mosquito-borne virus in the last half of 2016 from the first half of 2016. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

CDC finds more birth defects in areas affected by Zika

Robert King January 25, 2018 6:36 pm

"If we have an attitude that this doesn't matter, then we are going to continue to get this poison coming through our mail system," said Sen. Rob Portman, chairman of a subcommittee that found it is easy to buy fentanyl over the Internet. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Senators criticize lack of ‘urgency’ in keeping opioids out of US

Robert King January 25, 2018 5:29 pm

Daily on Healthcare: Senate sets up vote for 20-week abortion ban…Idaho aims to upend state’s Obamacare plans

Kimberly Leonard, Robert King, Philip Klein January 25, 2018 5:16 pm

Idaho state officials believe they could be an example for other states after it moved to allow insurers to sell cheaper plans that do not carry the same protections as Obamacare. (iStock)

Idaho poised to upend states’ Obamacare plans

Kimberly Leonard January 25, 2018 2:16 am

On Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell moved to start debate on a Senate bill to pass the Pain-Capable Childhood Protection Act, which would ban abortions after 20 weeks. (Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., pictured above, is the lead sponsor.) The House passed its own version last year. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate sets up vote for 20-week abortion ban

Robert King January 25, 2018 1:13 am

Congressional investigators posed as first-time buyers of fentanyl and found six online sellers able to easily ship the drug from overseas to the U.S. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Powerful opioid easy to buy online, Congress finds

Robert King January 24, 2018 10:06 pm

Work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are seen as one way to save money on the farm bill. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Trump administration wants work requirements for food stamps

Kimberly Leonard January 24, 2018 8:44 pm

On Wednesday Vox tweeted, "The Goldwater Rule suggests that it's unethical for mental health professionals to assess the mental state of a sitting president. But Trump has made questions about his mental fitness unavoidable." Except, that's not what the rule states.(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

No, Vox. That’s not what the ‘Goldwater Rule’ is

Becket Adams January 24, 2018 8:16 pm

Alex Azar is a former health official at HHS, where he served as deputy secretary under former President George W. Bush. He also is a former top executive for pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Senate confirms Alex Azar to be Trump’s health secretary

Kimberly Leonard January 24, 2018 7:42 pm

According to a Wednesday report, Cecile Richards is stepping down from leading Planned Parenthood. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Cecile Richards to step down as Planned Parenthood president: Report

Caitlin Yilek January 24, 2018 6:59 pm

The lawsuit is the first to be filed against the Trump administration's guidelines on Medicaid work requirements. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Kentucky Medicaid beneficiaries sue Trump administration over work requirements

Kimberly Leonard January 24, 2018 6:17 pm