Tag: Health

House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., remains in critical condition, according to the hospital. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Hospital: Steve Scalise remains in critical condition following baseball practice shooting

Jack O'brien · June 14, 2017 6:49 pm

Talk about a lose-lose. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Obamacare repeal and replace heads back into the fire

Robert Ehrlich · June 12, 2017 6:11 pm

Nearly 80 ducklings have been found dead in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Examinations by federal clinicians showed that the cause of death was "high levels of parasites that develop and grow in snails that live in the pool." (Steve/Wikipedia)

Energy and Environment

Duck-killing parasites infest Lincoln Memorial’s iconic pool

John Siciliano · June 9, 2017 5:53 pm

Proposals for tobacco flavor bans have spread rapidly across the Bay Area and are under active consideration in Oakland and San Francisco. (iStock photo)

Beltway Confidential

Proposed ban on e-cigarette flavors suffers well-deserved setback

Guy Bentley · June 8, 2017 5:39 pm

As lawmakers in California and New York will soon learn, even progressives balk at handing nearly one-sixth of their earnings in exchange for "free" healthcare. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Beltway Confidential

State-level single-payer healthcare faces death by sticker-shock

Sally Pipes · June 7, 2017 6:29 pm

"Whether you know it or not, you're helping lead this nation. I want to thank you for that. I want to thank you for what you're going to do for the country, but you're going to have to want to keep doing it, and by doing that America is going to be a lot better place, so thank you," Bush told the group. (Image courtesy screenshot/Instagram)

National Security

Watch: George Bush and Paul Ryan meet with veterans at Dallas gym

Melissa Quinn · June 6, 2017 2:50 pm

As millennials increasingly prefer to try different types of cuisines, restaurants like the behind-the-times Applebee's will not receive their support. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

Beltway Confidential

Hey, Buffalo Wild Wings and company: Don’t blame millennials for your dying restaurants

Liz Wolfe · June 6, 2017 2:38 am

The state of emergency declaration, signed by Republican Gov. Doug Ducey, directs the state's department of health services to respond quickly to the drug epidemic. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey declares state of emergency over opioids

Kimberly Leonard · June 5, 2017 6:51 pm

Many insurance plans don't cover traditional hearing aids, saddling consumers with thousands of dollars in out-of-pocket expenses. (iStock photo)

Affordable hearing aids should be a bipartisan issue

Gary Shapiro · June 5, 2017 12:00 pm

Dr. Tricia Derges, right, stands with Missouri Rep. Lynn Morris after they testified in support of legislation expanding eligibility for Missouri's assistant physician law at a Senate committee hearing at the state Capitol in Jefferson City, Mo. Derges' application had been denied because Missouri took so long to implement the 2014 assistant physician law, but she could become eligible under new legislation recently passed by the legislature. (AP Photo/David A. Lieb)

Missouri looks to ease doctor shortage with ‘assistant physicians’

Anna Giaritelli · June 5, 2017 4:01 am

Unhealthy Agency

Ethan Epstein · June 2, 2017 7:15 am

Few people fully understand what Obamacare actually does. Once they learn, support plummets. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Beltway Confidential

Obamacare’s newfound popularity could prove fleeting

Sally Pipes · June 1, 2017 4:53 pm