Tag: Health

President Obama won't fix the agency which is meant to provide veterans' benefits, and plainly intends to stop private medicine stepping into the breach to make up for its shortcomings. (AP Photo)

Veteran scandal — the self-interested duping the blind

Washington Examiner · August 3, 2016 4:01 am

7-year-old fighting rare disease dies day after honorary Marine ceremony

Anna Giaritelli · August 2, 2016 8:52 pm

The report found that in the 41 states are at risk of the two types of Aedes mosquitoes that carry the Zika virus, fewer than one-third use "highly effective" forms of birth control such as intrauterine devices or a contraceptive shot. (iStock photo)

CDC calls for lower birth control costs with outbreak of Zika

Maria Biery · August 2, 2016 5:18 pm

The funds are intended to tide over states and territories until Congress provides emergency funding to fight Zika, which has now been found in more than 1,600 Americans and is spreading locally in Florida. (AP Photo)

States get more Zika funding

Paige Winfield Cunningham · August 2, 2016 3:27 pm

Why is the FDA leaving doctors in the dark?

Sally Pipes · August 2, 2016 4:03 am

"The biggest problem we have is we have a very dishonest media," Donald Trump said late Monday at an event in Mechanicsburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump: NY Times will hate me no matter what

Anna Giaritelli · August 2, 2016 1:00 am

The administration needed to release stricter travel warnings earlier in 2016, Rep. Lamar Smith said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republican blasts Obama for weak travel restrictions for Zika countries

Kyle Feldscher · August 1, 2016 8:43 pm

Gov. Rick Scott also called on the CDC to activate an emergency response team to help assist the Florida Department of Health to investigate, collect samples and assist with mosquito control efforts. (AP Photo/Danica Coto)

Obama sends CDC team to Florida to fight Zika

Susan Crabtree · August 1, 2016 6:19 pm

"We learned today that four people in our state likely have the Zika virus as a result of a mosquito bite," Rick Scott said in a statement. (AP Photo)

Florida: Mosquitoes are transmitting Zika in the U.S.

Robert King, Pete Kasperowicz · July 29, 2016 2:13 pm

The president has charged the NIH with forming a cohort of 1 million Americans who will allow researchers to sequence their DNA and store it in a massive database to be used for research purposes. (AP Photo)

Researchers outline problems with Obama’s precision medicine initiative

Paige Winfield Cunningham · July 28, 2016 6:00 pm

Lawmakers want nursing levels to be boosted and arbitration agreements prohibited. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

Dems call for nursing home reforms

Robert King · July 27, 2016 9:21 pm

The CDC is providing $67 million to state health departments and to create seven regional labs that will specialize in detecting and identifying superbug threats. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

CDC ramps up to fight superbugs

Robert King · July 27, 2016 4:26 pm