Tag: Health

"It is not a question of 'if,' it's a question of 'when,'" said Sen. Marco Rubio. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Rubio predicts ‘total freak out’ when Zika hits U.S.

Joel Gehrke · June 3, 2016 8:53 pm

The teen birth rate dropped by 8 percent last year, reaching 22.3 live births for every 1,000 teenage girls. (iStock Photo)

Teen birth rate plummets to record low

Paige Winfield Cunningham · June 2, 2016 4:27 pm

The Department of Health and Human Services "circumvented" Congress by illegally diverting billions of dollars from the Treasury to insurance companies in Obamacare's exchanges. (AP Photo)

Obama filches billions to pay for his dog’s breakfast

Washington Examiner · June 2, 2016 4:05 am

Obama has requested $1.9 billion in funding to help public health professionals across the country prepare for and fight the Zika virus. (Paulo Fridman/Bloomberg, File)

White House: GOP’s Zika plan is to ‘deny … there is a problem’

Susan Crabtree · June 1, 2016 7:00 pm

The superbug strain of the bacteria E. coli was found in a 49-year-old woman in Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Deadly superbug found in U.S.

Robert King · May 26, 2016 7:13 pm

The FDA is putting off a decision on whether to approve a controversial drug that patient advocates and some senators say is the only hope for children with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. (iStock Photo)

FDA delays decision on controversial drug

Robert King · May 25, 2016 4:16 pm

The 2009 increase in the cigarette tax will spare up to 70,000 teens from premature death, a White House adviser says.

WH adviser: Obama cigarette tax saves thousands of lives

Joseph Lawler · May 24, 2016 8:46 pm

Report shows that the NFL funded part of a brain injury study at NIH as part of a $30 million donation. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Dems: NFL improperly influenced brain research

Robert King · May 23, 2016 6:27 pm

It’s a challenging year, both in terms of the political dynamic being a presidential and a congressional election.

Medical research bill stuck in limbo

Robert King · May 23, 2016 4:01 am

UN proposals threaten global health, economy

Linda Dempsey · May 21, 2016 4:04 am

President Obama met with members of his healthcare team about the Zika virus. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Obama pushes Congress on Zika: ‘We’ve got to get moving’

Susan Crabtree · May 20, 2016 5:39 pm

Nutrition label gets a makeover

Robert King · May 20, 2016 3:37 pm