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

"It is frustrating that we hit this logjam for months," said Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., lead sponsor of the Senate right-to-try bill. The bill would let a terminally ill person who has tried all other treatments try an experimental drug. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Sen. Ron Johnson ‘frustrated’ right-to-try bill hasn’t moved in House

Robert King February 6, 2018 10:53 pm

The congressional GOP should allow states to emulate Romneycare, by structuring ACA funds as block grants to reward states for increasing overall insurance coverage by targeting public funds to fill gaps in private insurance. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

Let states emulate Romneycare: It covered more at less cost than Obamacare

Chris Pope February 6, 2018 10:08 pm

The rules, created by the Food and Drug Administration, mandate that the menu calories are posted on menu boards for people to see inside a restaurant. Retailers that oppose this say it's cumbersome and expensive to post information for food that is made to order, and there have been particular objections by those whose products are sold mostly through delivery. (AP Photo/Ed Ou, File)

House votes to loosen Obamacare’s menu labeling rules

Kimberly Leonard February 6, 2018 9:34 pm

The Supreme Court is set to hear NIFLA v. Becerra next month. The ruling will determine whether parts of California's Reproductive FACT Act violate pregnancy centers' right to free speech regarding abortion. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

California protects everything except free speech

Nicole Russell February 6, 2018 9:05 pm

Daily on Healthcare: Republicans again try to use healthcare to entice Democrats to fund government

Kimberly Leonard, Robert King, Philip Klein February 6, 2018 4:59 pm

Michael F. Neidorff, CEO of Centene Corporation, said a majority of the company's Obamacare insurance marketplace customers get tax subsidies. They are likely to still be customers because the cost of health insurance is either very low or free. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Obamacare insurer not concerned about loss of individual mandate

Robert King February 6, 2018 3:09 pm

The FDA already has a "compassionate use" program that allows use of an experimental drug outside of a clinical trial. But the Senate legislation would let patients bypass that program, which can help monitor the safety of the drug's use. (AP Photo)

Trump aims to get ‘right to try’ drug law across the finish line

Robert King February 6, 2018 5:01 am

Vice President Mike Pence will be a key fundraising and bankrolling figure as the Republican Party approaches what looks to be brutal midterm elections this year. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Mike Pence prioritizes Trump loyalists, swing districts in 2018 fundraising

David M. Drucker February 6, 2018 5:01 am

Sens. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., and Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., along with the backing of 57 other members, sent a letter to the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Monday asking for reauthorization of the community health centers program. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Senators urge long-term spending for community health centers

Kimberly Leonard February 6, 2018 1:50 am

House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., has warned GOP lawmakers to be prepared for a game of "ping pong" with the Senate over a spending bill that Congress must pass this week to keep the government funded. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

Get ready for a game of chicken on government funding this week

Susan Ferrechio February 6, 2018 1:45 am

The White House and Republicans in Congress are pushing for a new law allowing terminally ill patients bypass Food and Drug Administration regulations to get access to experimental treatments. (iStock)

Right-to-try advocates push for quick House vote

Robert King February 6, 2018 1:37 am

In late January, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., hosted a town hall to discuss socializing Medicare even further. No mainstream media carried the event. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Bernie Sanders puts lipstick on the ‘Medicare for all’ pig

Sally Pipes February 6, 2018 1:23 am