Tag: Health

In this Friday, Jan. 24, 2014 photo, an EMS worker wheels a patient through the emergency department at Grady Memorial Hospital, in Atlanta.

Majority of Republicans favor Medicaid overhaul: Poll

Kimberly Leonard · April 24, 2019 4:00 pm

Taxes and restrictions on sugary drink consumption will save lives and improve health

Natalie D. Muth and Rachel K. Johnson · April 24, 2019 4:00 am

In this March 27, 2019, file photo, a woman receives a measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine at the Rockland County Health Department in Pomona, N.Y.

How the measles virus is infecting hundreds, after being eliminated in 2000

Cassidy Morrison · April 23, 2019 12:00 am

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Democratic U.S. Representative candidate from New York, speaks during an event at the First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California, U.S., on Friday, Aug. 3, 2018. Ocasio-Cortez campaigned on abolishing ICE en route to her stunning upset primary victory in a New York City district against a top House Democrat.

Beltway Confidential

AOC praises chronically dysfunctional VA: ‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’

Becket Adams · April 22, 2019 11:09 pm

National Security

Recruit who put boot camp on hold to beat cancer becomes a Marine 1,000 days later

Julio Rosas · April 22, 2019 6:11 pm

Cancer patients need fair access to treatments

Danielle Doheny · April 20, 2019 4:13 am

Jack and Susanna Quinn.

Washington Secrets

DC power couple Jack and Susanna Quinn recovering from surgeries

Paul Bedard · April 19, 2019 1:43 pm

Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar speak during the panel The Opioid Crisis, at the National Governor Association 2018 winter meeting, on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018, in Washington.

HHS Secretary Alex Azar doesn’t want drug access to become an equation

William Smith · April 18, 2019 8:29 am

A pediatrician vaccinating a young girl.

Beltway Confidential

State Republicans can either tighten vaccine laws or have blood on their hands

Tiana Lowe Doescher · April 17, 2019 8:53 pm

CORRECTS DATE TO OCT. 18, 2017 FROM JULY 12, 2017 - In this Oct. 18, 2017, photo, Asbestos Removal Technologies Inc., job superintendent Ryan Laitila, right, sprays amended water as job forman Megan Eberhart holds a light during asbestos abatement in Howell, Mich. Asbestos fibers can become deadly when disturbed in a fire or during remodeling, lodging in the lungs and causing problems including mesothelioma, a form of cancer. The materialâs dangers have long been recognized. But a 1989 attempt to ban most asbestos products was overturned by a federal court, and it remains in widespread use.

Energy and Environment

EPA aims to ‘close the door’ on companies using asbestos

Josh Siegel · April 17, 2019 6:00 pm

Emilia Clarke attends HBO's "Game of Thrones" final season premiere at Radio City Music Hall on Wednesday, April 3, 2019, in New York.

Beltway Confidential

After ‘Game of Thrones,’ why Emilia Clarke is here to stay

Madeline Fry Schultz · April 17, 2019 4:57 pm

Rambo Islas, 8 months, is held by his mother Maria Islas, as he gets a shot for a vaccine administered by RN, Nicole Ives at the Dallas County Health & Human Services immunization clinic in Dallas on Friday, March 8, 2019.

Anti-vax organization sues New York over measles vaccine mandate

Daniel Jativa · April 17, 2019 1:15 pm