Tag: Health

Congress has missed the "deadline" to fund public health officials' plan to combat the Zika virus, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said on Thursday. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

GOP missed Zika funding deadline, White House says

Nicole Duran · April 28, 2016 7:32 pm

While the gap between the teen birth rate for Hispanics and blacks compared to whites shrank, the rate remains —œtwice as high—? for black and Hispanic teens nationwide than whites, according to the CDC. (AP Photo)

Teen birth rate falls rapidly for minorities

Robert King · April 28, 2016 6:46 pm

The Washington Post noted that Hillary Clinton drinks tea and uses a humidifier to try and stop the coughing spells. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Two things we shouldn’t make fun of politicians for

Ashe Schow · April 26, 2016 3:53 pm

The legislation from Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., delves into a long-running battle between optometrists and retailers of contact lenses over 30 million consumers' ability to choose where they get their contacts. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Retailers see red in contact lens bill

Robert King · April 25, 2016 4:01 am

Billionaire conservative donor Charles Koch said it is "possible" that Clinton would be a better president than the eventual Republican presidential nominee. (Screen shot)

Sunday show round-up: What you missed

Curt Mills · April 24, 2016 10:22 pm

—œCigarettes are causing cancer, obviously, and a dozen other diseases," Sanders said on —œMeet the Press." "And there is almost the question as to why it remains a legal product in this country.—? (iStock photo)

Sanders thinks about banning cigarettes

Curt Mills · April 24, 2016 3:18 pm

The hospital allowed the show to film one person who was dying and another with significant diseases. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

N.Y. hospital fined for letting ABC film dying patient

Anna Giaritelli · April 21, 2016 10:52 pm

Motown legend Aretha Franklin openly speculated as to whether music icon Prince died from the Zika virus. (AP Photos)

Aretha Franklin speculates about Zika’s role in Prince death

Robert King · April 21, 2016 8:09 pm

The issue of opioid addiction should be viewed holistically, with emphasis on access to help and treatment at all stages of addiction and recovery. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)

Confronting the heroin and opioid epidemic

Rep. Bob Gibbs · April 20, 2016 4:04 am

Obamacare, as constructed, attempted to fix a dysfunctional health care payment system by creating an even more complicated system on top of it, filled with subsidies, coverage mandates, and other artificial government incentives. The result has been a system that plucked Americans out of coverage they like and forced them to pay more for less. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Conservatives vindicated by Obamacare’s mounting failures

Washington Examiner · April 20, 2016 4:01 am

"We are starting to see [the disorders], but we don't know how frequent it is going to be, but at least we have seen them and that is concerning," said Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institutes of Health's Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Zika may be linked to another brain disorder

Robert King · April 17, 2016 2:17 pm

About 4.7 million students smoked in 2015, roughly the same amount as in 2011.

CDC: Just as many kids smoking

Robert King · April 14, 2016 5:26 pm