Tag: Health

Assistant Secretary for Health Adm. Brett Giroir, M.D. center, joined by Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway, left, and U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy director James Carroll, speaks with reporters about opioids in the Briefing Room of the White House, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

‘No question’: Coronavirus testing czar admits cases are surging

Mike Brest · July 20, 2020 3:03 pm

FILE - In this May 31, 2012 file photo, a man leaves a 7-Eleven store with a Double Gulp drink, in New York. If New York City bans big sodas, what's next? Large slices of pizza? Double-scoop ice cream cones? Tubs of movie-theater popcorn? The 16-ounce strip steak? Opponents of the proposed ban may use that slippery-slope argument along with other legal strategies to try to block the first-in-the-nation rule. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Big, fat disappointment: Dietary guidelines are broken, and government again failed to fix them

Washington Examiner · July 20, 2020 4:00 am

Dr. Steven Birnbaum works with a patient in a CT scanner at Southern New Hampshire Medical Center in Nashua, N.H. (AP/Jim Cole)

Cancer screenings still down due to pandemic

David Hogberg · July 17, 2020 8:15 pm

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee speaks before signing a measure that puts the state on track to create the first 'public option' health insurance in the US, Monday, May 13, 2019, in Olympia, Wash. The new law is a hybrid system that will see private insurers offer state-defined plans.

Washington water park loses lawsuit against Inslee's public health orders

Washington Examiner · July 17, 2020 4:00 pm

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks about foreign policy at The Graduate Center at CUNY, Thursday July 11, 2019, in New York.

Democratic Party tells members of Congress not to attend convention in person

Spencer Neale · July 17, 2020 2:35 am

Illinois governor files lawsuit to require schoolchildren to wear masks

Spencer Neale · July 17, 2020 1:28 am

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., spoke out against arms sales to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Bahrain, telling the Senate Thursday, "They don't like us."

Rand Paul questions government authority to mandate coronavirus vaccinations

Spencer Neale · July 16, 2020 11:57 pm

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks during his inauguration ceremony, in Austin, Texas, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019.

Texas health officials remove over 3,000 ‘probable’ coronavirus cases from overall count

Andrew Mark Miller · July 16, 2020 6:56 pm

Gov. Tom Wolf speaks at a campaign rally in Philadelphia.

Pennsylvania governor tightens restrictions amid coronavirus case surge

Spencer Neale · July 16, 2020 1:32 am

More than 600,000 newly jobless Floridians have lost health insurance

Washington Examiner · July 15, 2020 10:00 pm

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam gestures as he delivers his State of the Commonwealth address before a joint session of the Virginia General Assembly as Lt. gov. Justin Fairfax, left, and House Speaker Kirk cox, R-Colonial Heights, right, listen at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., Monday, Jan. 15, 2018.

Virginia Gov. Northam announces adoption of nation’s first coronavirus workplace safety standards

Spencer Neale · July 15, 2020 9:21 pm

FILE - In this Nov. 27, 2013 file photo, the North Korean-flagged cargo ship Chong Chon Gang sits in Sherman Bay near Colon City, Panama. Panama Canal officials say on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014 that the seized ship is free to leave because the owner has paid a fine. Three of the ship's operators still face charges, while 32 crew members are free to return to North Korea. The vessel was detained in July 2013 when a search revealed it was carrying weapons from Cuba. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco, File)

At sea for 35 days, sailors mysteriously contract coronavirus

Spencer Neale · July 14, 2020 2:43 pm