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

The International Planned Parenthood Federation is one of the organizations among the four that no longer receives U.S. funding under the Trump administration's "Mexico City Policy." (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg)

Four organizations forgo funding following Mexico City abortion policy

Kimberly Leonard February 8, 2018 11:57 pm

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., (left) and Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., (right) of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee are two of the Advancing Cutting-Edge Research Act's cosponsors. It would give the National Institutes of Health more flexible authority to conduct research on how to address the opioid epidemic. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senators aim to spur creation of non-addictive painkillers

Robert King February 8, 2018 11:38 pm

Plan to expand access to association health plans would mean higher premiums on the Obamacare exchanges. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Ending Obamacare’s cost-cutting panel would cost $17 billion

Robert King February 8, 2018 10:20 pm

The drug is legal under federal law, but FDA officials have recommended it be categorized as a Schedule 1 drug, which would effectively mean that scientists would be unable to study its effects. (AP Photo/Mary Esch, File)

Scientists warn Trump administration that banning kratom will result in more opioid deaths

Kimberly Leonard February 8, 2018 10:11 pm

President Trump said veterans need to have healthcare choices outside of Veterans Affairs medical facilities. Now, Congress must act decisively to send to the president's desk a bill that empowers veterans with more control over their healthcare. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Trump jump-starts stalled veteran healthcare negotiations

Dan Caldwell February 8, 2018 9:07 pm

The official, March Bell, is the chief of staff for the Office of Civil Rights in the Department of Health and Human Services. (Examiner file)

Democrats raise concerns about anti-abortion ties of top civil rights official

Kimberly Leonard February 8, 2018 8:00 pm

The goal is to bolster the healthcare bills to help compensate for the loss of the individual mandate. (iStock photo)

Senators battle over changes to Obamacare bills

Robert King February 8, 2018 7:48 pm

On Thursday, leaders from the House and Senate were on track to reaching a spending deal that would fund the government continuously for two years. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Congress on track for Thursday vote to avoid government shutdown, lay groundwork for budget deal

Susan Ferrechio February 8, 2018 6:36 pm

Daily on Healthcare: Say goodbye to Obamacare’s ‘death panel’…and to cost containment

Kimberly Leonard, Robert King, Philip Klein February 8, 2018 5:25 pm

CVS Health will pay for four months of parental leave and freeze premium increases to employee healthcare. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

CVS to boost wages and benefits following GOP tax law

Kimberly Leonard February 8, 2018 2:45 pm

Republican leaders said Wednesday they support the deal as a way to ensure more defense spending, and note it would also create a bipartisan committee that will try to recommend new budgeting reforms. (iStock photo)

Conservatives accuse GOP of ditching fiscal restraint with new spending deal

Pete Kasperowicz February 8, 2018 12:54 pm

The Food and Drug Administration keeps a database of reported medical device failures, injuries, and even deaths, but navigating it presents an obstacle to most users. (Al Drago/CQ Roll Call) (CQ Roll Call via AP Images)

FDA must make medical device complaints transparent

Terry Turner February 8, 2018 5:01 am