Tag: Health

Mexican Health Ministry representatives give migrants free shots for the flu, hepatitis B, tetanus, and preventible children's diseases.

US resists urging by experts to give illegal immigrants flu shots

Anna Giaritelli · August 29, 2019 4:00 am

Sen. Mike Lee: The growing challenge of aging alone

Sen. Mike Lee · August 29, 2019 4:00 am

Crow digs in a garbage in search of food.

Study finds fast food in trash is giving American crows high cholesterol

Tim Pearce · August 28, 2019 3:18 pm

Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wis., stands with his family for a ceremonial photo with Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, left, in the Rayburn Room of the Capitol after the new 113th Congress convened on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, in Washington. The official oath of office for all members of the House was administered earlier in the House chamber.

GOP Rep. Duffy and wife offer more insight into decision to step down from Congress

Mike Brest · August 27, 2019 8:12 pm

Beltway Confidential

On opioids, states must avoid getting addicted to quack lawsuits

Quin Hillyer · August 27, 2019 8:05 pm

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, left, and his wife Rosalynn visit a Habitat for Humanity project in Leogane, Haiti, Monday Nov. 7, 2011.

‘Excited’: Jimmy Carter, 94, returns to building houses after hip surgery

Caitlin Yilek · August 27, 2019 3:42 pm

Doctors strip 25% of Florida man’s skin off after he contracts flesh-eating disease

Tim Pearce · August 26, 2019 8:48 pm

Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks about her work and gender equality following a ceremony where she received a SUNY Honorary Degree from the University at Buffalo, Monday, Aug. 26, 2019, in Buffalo N.Y.

Ginsburg makes first public appearance since finishing treatment for pancreatic cancer

Melissa Quinn · August 26, 2019 6:25 pm

In this May 22, 2014 photo, patrons enter an Olive Garden Restaurant in Short Pump, Va. Olive Garden is hurting itself by piling on too many breadsticks, according to an investor that's disputing how the restaurant chain is run. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Olive Garden calls out fake claims they support Trump after boycott trends

John Gage · August 26, 2019 3:28 pm

President Donald Trump pauses while speaking during a bilateral meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi at the G-7 summit in Biarritz, France, Monday, Aug. 26, 2019.

CNN anchor says it’s ‘past time to stop tiptoeing around questions about Trump’s instability’

Caitlin Yilek · August 26, 2019 11:36 am

Vaping teenager. Young girl smoking an electronic cigarette in vape bar.

Beltway Confidential

Why nobody cares about teen smoking

Guy Bentley · August 26, 2019 10:00 am

This Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017 photo shows an arrangement of pills of the opioid oxycodone-acetaminophen in New York.

Fake buyers raiding medicine cabinets at open houses to steal opioids from home sellers

Cassidy Morrison · August 26, 2019 4:00 am