Tag: Health

Obama to visit Atlanta health center to talk Ebola

Josh Lederman · September 12, 2014 6:06 pm

California Gov. Jerry Brown speaks before signing a bill mandating the paid leave that supporters say will guarantee that workers don't lose their jobs or their paychecks if they or a family member gets sick, in Los Angeles Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

California mandates sick days for workers

MICHAEL R. BLOODJULIET WILLIAMS · September 11, 2014 12:27 am

In 5-week salmonella trial, defense takes 1 hour

Russ Bynum · September 10, 2014 9:21 pm

5 students fall ill after eating unknown substance

Washington Examiner · September 10, 2014 6:56 pm

Haiti's Health Minister Florence Duperval Guillaume, left, leads a tour for first lady Sophia Martelly through a warehouse housing a donation of kits to treat chikungunya, in the Cite Soleil slum, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014. The U.S. medical aid group Direct Relief donated millions of kits to treat the mosquito-borne virus that has sickened tens of thousands across the Caribbean over the past year. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

Haiti gets help for mosquito-borne virus outbreak

Washington Examiner · September 10, 2014 6:52 pm

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Salt high: School lunches dish 26% of a kid’s daily sodium intake

Paul Bedard · September 10, 2014 1:40 am

FILE - In this Aug. 15, 2011 file photo, California Secretary of State Debra Bowen certifies one of the new legislative and congressional maps as California Citizens Redistricting Commission member Vincent Barabba watches at the Capitol in Sacraamento. Bowen, beset by frequent absences, has moved from her house into a mobile home park. Two months before Californians go to the polls to choose a governor, the state's top elections official tearfully acknowledged Friday, Sept. 5, 2014, that she has been consumed by a "debilitating" depression that has often kept her away from the office.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

California election boss describes her depression

Washington Examiner · September 6, 2014 8:55 pm

Sierra Leone to have lockdown amid Ebola crisis

Clarence RoyMacaulay · September 6, 2014 4:47 pm

NIH finds old ricin, other forgotten germs in labs

Lauran Neergaard · September 6, 2014 1:49 am

White House asks for $30M for CDC’s Ebola efforts

Andrew Taylor · September 5, 2014 11:40 pm

A health worker, right, sprays a man with disinfectant chemicals as he is suspected of dying due to the Ebola virus as people, rear, look on in Monrovia, Liberia, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014. As West Africa struggles to contain the biggest ever outbreak of Ebola, some experts say an unusual but simple treatment might help: the blood of survivors. The evidence is mixed for using infection-fighting antibodies from survivors' blood for Ebola, but without any licensed drugs or vaccines for the deadly disease, some say it's worth a shot. (AP Photo/Abbas Dulleh)

WHO: Use Ebola survivors’ blood to treat patients

MARIA CHENGCLARENCE ROY-MACAULAY · September 5, 2014 7:51 pm

Premiums for benchmark health insurance plans under Obamacare will go down in 15 major cities, a new study showed.ÃÂ (iStock image)

Some may see lower insurance premiums soon

Kelly Cohen · September 5, 2014 12:45 pm