Tag: Health

This photo taken Feb. 12, 2014 shows California Olive Oil Council Executive Director Patricia Darragh posing with a collection of California olive oil at the All Things Olive shop in Washington. It's a pressing matter for the tiny U.S olive oil industry. Shoppers are more often pouring European oil _ it's cheaper and viewed as more authentic than the American competition. And that's pitting U.S. producers against importers of the European oil. Some liken the battle to the California wine industry's struggles to gain acceptance decades ago. The tiny California olive industry says European olive oil filling U.S. shelves often is mislabeled and lower grade. They're pushing the federal government to give more scrutiny to imported varieties. One congressman-farmer even goes as far as suggesting labels on imported oil say "extra rancid" rather than extra virgin. Stricter standards might help American producers grab more market share from the dominant Europeans.

FDA will allow labels saying olive oil improves heart health, with a catch

Kimberly Leonard · November 19, 2018 7:40 pm

FDA unveils new study to avoid testing drugs on dogs

Diana Stancy Correll · November 16, 2018 10:15 pm

Red Alert Politics

Notre Dame students demand pornography filter

Kate Hardiman · November 16, 2018 7:12 pm

Ground turkey recall

Jennie-O recalls 91,338 pounds of turkey ahead of Thanksgiving

Anna Giaritelli · November 16, 2018 7:08 pm

An attendant weighs marijuana at the Far West Holistic Center dispensary, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018, in Detroit.

Bipartisan duo seek to make it easier for veterans to use medical marijuana

Maria Biery · November 15, 2018 10:34 pm

CDC finds suicide rates increasing among American workers

Diana Stancy Correll · November 15, 2018 6:00 pm

Beltway Confidential

Abortion pills on demand, flouting safety and the law

Kimberly Ross · November 15, 2018 5:30 pm

Beltway Confidential

Birth control has minor risks, but it won’t kill you

Tiana Lowe Doescher · November 14, 2018 9:00 pm

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg reacts to applause as she is introduced at the Georgetown University Law Center campus in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg to resume working out next week, after cracking three ribs

Diana Stancy Correll · November 14, 2018 1:30 am

Paul Singer, founder and president of Elliott Management Corp., speaks during the Bloomberg Invest Summit in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, June 7, 2017. This invitation-only event brings together the most influential and innovative figures in investing for an in-depth exploration of the challenges and opportunities posed by the constantly changing financial, economic and regulatory landscape.

Athenahealth sold for $5.7 billion after activist fund Elliott Management pulls bid

Joe Williams · November 12, 2018 3:35 pm

A person smokes a Juul e-cigarette in this arranged photograph taken in the Brooklyn Borough of New York on Sunday, July 8, 2018.

Beltway Confidential

The FDA’s inane Big Government war on vaping escalates in stupidity

Tiana Lowe Doescher · November 9, 2018 11:23 pm

A Joe Camel advertisement is visible above New York's Times Square at 42nd Street and 8th Avenue, Thursday July 10, 1997.

Joe Camel ad illustrator calls JUUL ads to teens ‘more egregious’

Robert King · November 6, 2018 9:39 pm