Tag: Health

Eli Lilly begins human trials for new coronavirus treatment

Cassidy Morrison · June 1, 2020 2:12 pm

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The ‘you just want to kill grandma’ crowd goes conveniently silent

Tiana Lowe Doescher · June 1, 2020 12:14 pm

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How COVID-19 will increase tobacco abuse

Kevin Gomez · June 1, 2020 4:00 am

U.S. deterrence policy has generated plenty of criticism from Capitol Hill. But that has been aimed at the administration's supposedly narrow view of what constitutes an attack and unwillingness to spell out likely responses.

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For some reason, the WHO still says you probably shouldn’t wear a mask

Timothy P. Carney · May 29, 2020 1:45 pm

Pennsylvania lawmaker reveals coronavirus diagnosis

Washington Examiner · May 28, 2020 4:23 pm

A worker at the Alternative Herbal Health Services cannabis dispensary weighs medicinal marijuana in San Francisco. The Senate Judiciary Committee invited Attorney General Eric Holder to discuss ways to resolve conflicts between state and federal marijuana laws. (Getty Images)

Louisiana legislators approve expanding medical marijuana program

Washington Examiner · May 28, 2020 3:00 pm

A recent analysis found that 36 percent of all nursing homes certified by Medicare or Medicaid get one to two stars on a five-star government rating system. (AP Photo)

Nearly half of all coronavirus deaths in US are from long-term care facilities: Report

Carly Ortiz-Lytle · May 27, 2020 3:02 pm

FDA is standing in the way of Bill Gates’s coronavirus testing

Ross Marchand · May 27, 2020 4:00 am

Dental hygienist Melanie Kraemer, left, examines a patient on the Aspen Dental MouthMobile Tuesday March 19, 2019 in Greenville, South Carolina.

Dentists turn away patients amid protective equipment shortages

Washington Examiner · May 26, 2020 5:00 pm

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, left, flanked by Attorney General Xavier Becerra, right, answers a question concerning a lawsuit the state will likely file against President Donald Trump over his emergency declaration to fund a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, in Sacramento, Calif.

California city says it has ‘no legal responsibility to enforce’ Newsom’s coronavirus restrictions

Andrew Mark Miller · May 22, 2020 6:43 pm

Hand holding bottle of CBD oil against marijuana plant.

Canadian scientists say strain of cannabis could prevent or treat coronavirus

Anthony Leonardi · May 21, 2020 8:08 pm

a old woman or grandma is wearing a respirator or surgical mask and is looking out the window while she is in quarantine because of the coronavirus

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COVID-19 shows we’re more risk averse than post-World War II Americans

Michael Barone · May 20, 2020 7:14 pm