Tag: Health

'Sex Education' written in chalk on green blackboard.

California approves controversial sex education framework for public schools

Kate Hardiman · May 13, 2019 10:15 pm

Former President Jimmy Carter, 93, sits for an interview about his new book "Faith: A Journey For All" which will debut at no. 7 on the NYT best sellers list, pictured before a book signing Wednesday, April 11, 2018, in Atlanta.

Jimmy Carter recovering from surgery after breaking hip

Zach Halaschak · May 13, 2019 8:47 pm

Trump administration breaks campaign promise, purges 200,000 VA healthcare applications

Scott Davis · May 13, 2019 4:03 am

Congress must make sure air ambulances are covered

Carter Johnson · May 13, 2019 12:00 am

FILE - This Dec. 25, 2018, file photo shows soda fountain dispenser at the Back Bowl bowling alley in Eagle, Colo. PepsiCo Inc. reports financial results on Wednesday, April 17, 2019.

Beltway Confidential

No evidence, no problem: The crumbling case for soda taxes

Guy Bentley · May 11, 2019 4:00 am

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra is interviewed in Sacramento, Calif.

Beltway Confidential

What if the homeless had a place to die with dignity?

Daniel Allott · May 9, 2019 12:00 pm

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., speaks during the Machinists Union Legislative Conference, Tuesday May 7, 2019, in Washington.

Cory Booker blames ‘undemocratic election’ for Georgia’s ‘fetal heartbeat’ law

Emily Brooks · May 8, 2019 11:36 pm

How to destroy nursing’s sacred covenant, with one bad decision

Grazie Pozo Christie · May 8, 2019 10:53 pm

Beltway Confidential

The UK’s ‘right’ to healthcare doesn’t stop a racial gap in maternal deaths

Hadley Heath Manning · May 8, 2019 9:57 pm

CNN guest: ‘When a woman is pregnant, that is not a human being inside of her’

Julio Rosas · May 7, 2019 9:57 pm

Surrounded by supporters of the bill, including Sen. Renee Unterman (from left), R - Buford, Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan, First Lady Marty Kemp, and House Speaker David Ralston, Gov. Brian Kemp signed HB 481, the "heartbeat bill", on Tuesday, May 7, 2019 in Atlanta, setting the stage for a legal battle as the state attempts to outlaw most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy.

Governor signs ‘heartbeat bill’: Georgia will ‘not back down’

Diana Stancy Correll · May 7, 2019 9:24 pm

State Rep. Brian Sims, D-Philadelphia, accompanied by other officials, speaks at a protest calling on Pennsylvania to add sexual orientation to its hate crime law at John F. Kennedy Plaza, also known as Love Park, Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014, in Philadelphia.

Pa. state Dem defends himself following backlash after harassing anti-abortion protester

Julio Rosas · May 7, 2019 9:09 pm