Tag: Health

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Robert Redfield puts his mask back on after speaking at a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing on a âReview of Coronavirus Response Effortsâ on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020, in Washington.

CDC director says winter might be ‘most difficult time’ in US public health history

Zach Halaschak · December 2, 2020 7:22 pm

CDC shortens recommended quarantine time from 14 days to as few as seven in hopes of boosting compliance

Cassidy Morrison · December 2, 2020 4:13 pm

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson returns to 10 Downing Street in London, after attending the weekly session of PMQs, Wednesday, March 18, 2020. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia.

UK greenlights coronavirus vaccine for use to begin next week

Mica Soellner · December 2, 2020 12:52 pm

Beltway Confidential

Joe Biden’s foot flap

Hugo Gurdon · December 1, 2020 11:12 pm

Biden re-boots after ankle injury

Naomi Lim · December 1, 2020 6:03 pm

LA County supervisor enjoys outside seating at restaurant hours after voting to ban outdoor dining

Mike Brest · December 1, 2020 1:05 pm

The tax credit for carbon capture technology, created in 2008, was extended for 12 years in the spending bill signed by President Trump on Friday. (AP Photo/Branden Camp, File)

Trump can save lives in Africa by reversing Obama’s anti-coal policy

Caleb Rossiter, Kathleen Hartnett White · December 1, 2020 5:00 am

In this image provided by Duke University, lab research analyst Marshall Nichols does research relating to a new blood test on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013, in Durham, N.C. Duke University researchers are developing a blood test to more easily tell when a respiratory illness is due to a virus and not a bacterial infection, hoping to cut the dangerous overuse of antibiotics and speed the right diagnosis. (AP Photo/Duke Medicine, Shawn Rocco)

First blood test that may help diagnose Alzheimer’s disease on sale in US and Europe

Anthony Leonardi · November 30, 2020 6:18 pm

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, describes his interest in imposing stricter rules for oil and gas drilling on federal lands as a matter of fairness.

Grassley back in Senate after asymptomatic coronavirus case

Susan Ferrechio · November 30, 2020 6:10 pm

Moderna to ask FDA for emergency use authorization

Tyler Van Dyke · November 30, 2020 12:33 pm

Biden in walking boot after fracturing foot playing with dog

Callie Patteson · November 30, 2020 11:00 am

Dr. Deborah Birx, White House coronavirus response coordinator, speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Tuesday, March 31, 2020, in Washington.

Deborah Birx ‘deeply worried’ about post-Thanksgiving coronavirus surge

Tyler Van Dyke · November 29, 2020 9:56 pm