Tag: Health

The Easton Home in Easton, Pa. Nursing homes and assisted living facilities are increasingly using sight, sound and other sensory cues to stimulate memory in people with Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Washington Secrets

Frailty Index: Elderly in need forgotten by family, friends, caregivers

Paul Bedard · April 12, 2016 10:12 pm

"The best way to confront something is before it becomes a crisis, you prevent it." (AP File Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Rubio on Zika: ‘There is no crisis’

Joel Gehrke · April 8, 2016 10:45 pm

The White House has urged Congress to approve more than $1.3 billion more to reach the $1.8 billion President Obama had requested earlier this year to fight Zika. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco, File)

White House blames Zika funding fight on GOP ‘animosity’

Susan Crabtree · April 6, 2016 6:14 pm

A report from the American Association of Medical Colleges projects a shortage ranging from 61,700 to 94,700, and says there will be a specific shortage of doctors with surgical specialties. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg)

Report predicts doctor shortage over the next decade

Robert King · April 5, 2016 8:52 pm

A new White House report paints a dire picture of a future in which climate change continues on its current track. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)

Energy and Environment

WH predicts litany of dire climate change consequences

Kyle Feldscher · April 4, 2016 5:25 pm

A number of important factors have contributed to the routine use of opioid analgesics for acute and chronic pain conditions in the U.S. (AP Photo)

The anatomy of the opioid addiction epidemic

Don Flattery · April 2, 2016 4:02 am

Investigations are underway, WHO said in a series of tweets Friday. It reiterated that the virus is no longer an emergency, but that additional small flareups are expected. (AP Photo)

New case of Ebola confirmed in Liberia

Kelly Cohen · April 1, 2016 3:14 pm

Health officials advise at least 95 percent of people should be vaccinated to create a so-called "herd immunity" to prevent outbreaks. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

Calif. works to limit new measles outbreak

Kelly Cohen · March 30, 2016 7:45 pm

The Food and Drug Administration approved an investigational test that screens blood donations for the Zika virus. (AP Photo)

FDA approves Zika blood test

Robert King · March 30, 2016 4:18 pm

A new report finds that newly enrolled Obamacare customers have higher rates of disease than individuals who had coverage prior to healthcare reform. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

Report: New Obamacare enrollees sicker and costlier

Robert King · March 30, 2016 3:10 pm

Key Bridge is visible as rowers on the Potomac River make their way along the Georgetown Waterfront, Monday, Oct. 12, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Energy and Environment

Potomac River gets highest-ever health rating

Anna Giaritelli · March 30, 2016 4:44 am

"The administration funneled $1.3 billion last year into the Basic Health Program without a congressional appropriation, a clear violation of the law," Kevin Brady and Fred Upton said. (AP Photos)

Lawmakers subpoena HHS for info about Obamacare payments

Joel Gehrke · March 29, 2016 9:38 pm