Tag: Health

Fentanyl, a synthetic drug 50 times stronger than heroin, and its variations were responsible for nearly 60 percent of all overdose deaths in 2016. Fentanyl's deadly potency, cheap cost, and widespread availability have made it the new scourge of the opioid epidemic. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Sen. Rob Portman: Closing the loophole that lets drug traffickers exploit the Postal Service

Rob Portman · February 16, 2018 5:01 am

According to the U.S. State Department, 24 Americans stationed at the U.S. Embassy in Cuba experienced mysterious "health attacks." (AP Photo/Desmond Boylan)

US officials experienced ‘widespread brain network dysfunction’ in mystery health incidents: Report

Katie Leach · February 16, 2018 2:12 am

The number of children who died from the flu climbed to 63 this past week, and additional deaths are expected to be announced soon. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Flu shot 36 percent effective in adults this year

Kimberly Leonard · February 15, 2018 10:59 pm

Rehospitalization is not only unpleasant and frightening for a patient, but also extremely costly. (iStock photo)

Obamacare hasn’t helped solve the problem of rehospitalization

Matthew Kandrach · February 15, 2018 12:00 pm

In this photo from Monday, a mobile emergency room is set up outside Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta. The annual analysis released Wednesday by the nonpartisan Office of the Actuary within the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services projects that healthcare spending will grow by an average of 5.5 percent each year during the period up to 2026, reaching $5.7 trillion. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Health spending will quicken, government analysis says

Kimberly Leonard · February 14, 2018 9:20 pm

Rep. Matt Gaetz says Rep. Bob Goodlatte has helped him write, and has promised to co-sponsor, a bill that would ease restrictions. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Rep. Matt Gaetz partners with Bob Goodlatte to write medical marijuana bill

Philip Wegmann · February 14, 2018 6:21 pm

Scott Whitaker is the president and CEO of AdvaMed. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Scott Whitaker: Medical device industry wants to end payment logjams

Kimberly Leonard · February 13, 2018 5:01 am

The White House budget proposal unveiled Monday offers several measures to help lower drug prices. However, none of the proposals directly address the problem of expensive, specialty drugs, experts say. (iStock)

Trump budget’s reforms unlikely to make big dent in high drug prices, experts say

Robert King · February 13, 2018 1:07 am

Todd Nelson, right, gets a flu shot from nurse Nicole Simpson at the Salvation Army in Atlanta, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

63 children dead from flu

Robert King · February 9, 2018 4:47 pm

The International Planned Parenthood Federation is one of the organizations among the four that no longer receives U.S. funding under the Trump administration's "Mexico City Policy." (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg)

Four organizations forgo funding following Mexico City abortion policy

Kimberly Leonard · February 8, 2018 11:57 pm

This September 2017 undated photo provided by the Warren family via Gerber shows 14-month-old Lucas Warren of Dalton, Ga. Lucas' contagious smile won over executives at Gerber baby food who have made him their "spokesbaby" this year. Lucas is Gerber's first spokesbaby with Down syndrome in the company's history. (Courtesy Warren family/Gerber via AP)

Beltway Confidential

Gerber sends the right message in picking Down Syndrome Gerber baby

Mary Vought · February 8, 2018 4:57 pm

Consumers in at least 15 states bought Ambetter insurance plans through Centene with the expectation that they and their families would be covered, only to find out all too late that their policies are not what they seemed. (iStock)

The problems with inadequate health insurance networks

donna-christensen · February 8, 2018 5:01 am