Tag: Health

Donnie Cardenas recovers from the flu at the Palomar Medical Center in Escondido, Calif. The San Diego County resident said he was battling a heavy cough for days before a spike in his temperature sent him into the emergency room on Jan. 10. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Congress looks to reauthorize pandemic program as flu cases swell

Kimberly Leonard · January 30, 2018 5:01 am

As of August 2016, fentanyl and its analogs (drugs that mimic chemical structure and therefore effect) are consistently killing more people than either heroin or prescription opioids. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

The opioid crisis has moved beyond prescription pills to deadly fentanyl

Washington Examiner · January 30, 2018 5:01 am

Accepted current medical practice both among clinical professionals and the insurance industry suggests that people really should be open to considering e-cigarettes as a form of "medicine," at least in some cases. (iStock Photo)

Beltway Confidential

E-cigarettes are what the doctor ordered

Eli Lehrer · January 29, 2018 4:44 pm

According to an update by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the flu is now widespread in every state except Hawaii. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Baby boomers hit harder than usual by flu season

Kimberly Leonard · January 26, 2018 6:02 pm

Bureaucrats, not doctors, are making healthcare so expensive

Marion Mass, kenneth-fisher · January 26, 2018 5:01 am

The CDC found that areas with local transmission of Zika saw a 21 percent increase in births with outcomes linked to the mosquito-borne virus in the last half of 2016 from the first half of 2016. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

CDC finds more birth defects in areas affected by Zika

Robert King · January 25, 2018 6:36 pm

Michigan State University President Lou Anna Simon announced she would resign Wednesday amid an ongoing scandal involving one of the school's medical doctors. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)

Michigan State president announces resignation in wake of Larry Nassar scandal

Associated Press · January 25, 2018 2:33 am

The analysis from Avalere Health hypothesizes that people who were previously uninsured were able to receive ongoing medical care for chronic conditions. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Costs rising for Obamacare’s Medicaid enrollees: Analysis

Kimberly Leonard · January 24, 2018 4:33 pm

Dr. Bandy Lee, a psychiatrist from Yale University, has faced pushback after she warned members of Congress about President Trump's mental fitness. (screenshot)

Yale psychiatrist claims she received death threats after briefing lawmakers on Trump’s mental fitness

Diana Stancy Correll · January 24, 2018 5:10 am

No one should ever again be under the illusion that vaping is as dangerous as smoking. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

Beltway Confidential

Landmark e-cigarette report explodes myth that vaping is as toxic as smoking

Guy Bentley · January 23, 2018 4:20 pm

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said, "I was assaulted by my neighbor and it's not a life or death thing, but I'd like to have a police car come by," according to the audio of the senator's 911 call. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Audio released of Rand Paul’s 911 call after being assaulted

Caitlin Yilek · January 23, 2018 3:26 pm

Thousands of high school and college students gathered at the National Mall on Friday for the 45th annual March for Life.Ã¢â¬Â© (Rebekah Clark)

Red Alert Politics

Young people march on DC to support life of the unborn

Rebekah Clark · January 20, 2018 5:01 am