Tag: Health

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.

Italy bans unvaccinated children from public schools

Daniel Jativa · March 12, 2019 5:06 pm

This cover image released by Harper shows "Mostly Sunny: How I Learned to Keep Smiling Through the Rainiest Days" by Janice Dean.

In ‘Mostly Sunny’ Janice Dean casts light and warmth

Salena Zito · March 12, 2019 3:01 pm

Immigrants who have been caught crossing the border illegally are housed inside the McAllen Border Patrol Station in McAllen, Texas, where they are processed on Tuesday, July 15, 2014.

Border Patrol diverted $45M in operations budget to cover migrant healthcare costs

Anna Giaritelli · March 11, 2019 7:34 pm

Cindy Steinberg, National Director of Policy and Advocacy for U.S. Pain Foundation, recovering from back pain after a workplace accident, testifies on "Managing Pain During the Opioid Crisis" before a Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019, in Washington.

Feds battle opioid abuse with a circular firing squad

Henry I. Miller and Josh Bloom · March 11, 2019 4:00 am

Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Sergei Kislyak.

Chris Cuomo: Biden could beat me in a pushup contest

Caitlin Yilek · March 8, 2019 3:46 am

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks during a Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 5, 2019, to examine vaccines, focusing on preventable disease outbreaks.

Beltway Confidential

Why mandatory vaccination is not opposed to libertarian principles

Tiana Lowe Doescher · March 5, 2019 11:04 pm

Trump FDA chief Scott Gottlieb resigns

Kimberly Leonard · March 5, 2019 8:22 pm

Suicides and substance abuse-related deaths hit a record high in 2017

Cassidy Morrison · March 5, 2019 5:01 am

OxyContin is Purdue's No.1 drug, although sales have decreased recently due to generics. (AP Photo/Douglas Healey).

OxyContin maker considers bankruptcy as lawsuits pile up

Kimberly Leonard · March 4, 2019 6:42 pm

Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway speaks to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Friday, Feb. 22, 2019.

Kellyanne Conway stresses destigmatizing opioid addiction

Cassidy Morrison · March 1, 2019 6:36 pm

Beltway Confidential

Why red states are so happy

Madeline Fry Schultz · March 1, 2019 5:00 am

Health savings accounts’ best-kept secrets

Kat Tretina · March 1, 2019 5:00 am