Tag: Health

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Steve Baluyot of the Biological Defense Research Directorate Naval Medical Research Center in Bethesda, Md., loads unknown samples into capillary tubes for a Rugidized Advance Pathogen Identification Device analysis October 25, 2001 at the New York Department of Health, Public Health Laboratories, in New York, N.Y. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Jim Varhegyi/Getty Images)

National Security

Military lab accidentally ships live anthrax samples

David Brown · May 27, 2015 9:11 pm

(Image courtey Twitter/@MyPlate)

Government s’mores: Strawberries instead of chocolate, yogurt instead of marshmallows

Pete Kasperowicz · May 25, 2015 6:49 pm

Often called "flesh-eating bacteria," vibrio, which live in raw oysters or undercooked shellfish, can cause skin lesions, damage organs and even death. (AP)

E. coli infections down, ‘flesh-eating’ bacteria up

Paige Winfield Cunningham · May 14, 2015 9:31 pm

A recent analysis found that 36 percent of all nursing homes certified by Medicare or Medicaid get one to two stars on a five-star government rating system. (AP Photo)

Many nursing homes get poor marks

Robert King · May 14, 2015 2:43 pm

New evidence for trying to save extremely premature babies

Paige Winfield Cunningham · May 7, 2015 5:31 pm

The Affordable Care Act doesn't require insurers to update or improve billing practices, which have long led to confusion for consumers. (AP Photo)Â

Medical billing is in the dark ages

Paige Winfield Cunningham · May 7, 2015 5:00 am

Panera Bread Co. is starting a "No-No List."Â (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Panera lists ingredients it’s ditching

Paige Winfield Cunningham · May 5, 2015 2:40 pm

President Obama introduces Surgeon General Vivek Hallegere Murthy during an event to highlight investments in precision medicine. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Congress hears precision medicine challenges

Paige Winfield Cunningham · May 5, 2015 9:00 am

A class action lawsuit claims large brewer MillerCoors is allegedly calling its Blue Moon product a "craft beer" to charge consumers more money. (AP Photo)Â

Blue Moon sued over ‘craft beer’ claims

Robert King · May 5, 2015 9:00 am

Look for tax cuts from a GOP president

Washington Examiner Staff · April 20, 2015 9:00 am

Most troubling was the concern about the potential motivation for why a liver doctor might perform a lung surgery that didn't appear to be needed. (Getty)

Patient died after VA doc and resident wife did unneeded procedure; then doc was promoted

Luke Rosiak · April 17, 2015 9:00 am

FDA: Kind bars not so kind to your health

Robert King · April 15, 2015 9:00 am