Tag: Health

First Lady Michelle Obama will invite school children to the annual fall harvest of the White House kitchen garden, despite the garden's vegetables rotting during the government shutdown.ÃÂ (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Beltway Confidential

Michelle Obama to invite kids to harvest White House garden despite recent rotting, squirrel infestation

Ashe Schow · October 28, 2013 4:00 am

NPR: Antibiotics can’t keep up with ‘nightmare’ superbugs

Washington Examiner · October 22, 2013 4:00 am

FDA: Antibiotic recalled due to visible particles

Washington Examiner · October 16, 2013 11:20 pm

Retired Army Capt. William Swenson received a Medal of Honor on Tuesday for his heroics in Afghanistan four years ago.

Retired Army Capt. William Swenson receives Medal of Honor

Lisa Ruhl · October 15, 2013 4:00 am

Mother Forced by Obamacare to Choose Between ‘New Health Plan or Putting Food on the Table’

Daniel Halper · October 11, 2013 11:21 am

Protestors demonstrate against the government shutdown outside the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013, in Atlanta. About two dozen people protested outside the CDC on Tuesday afternoon, trying to cast a harsh spotlight on the temporary federal shutdown. The small group called on Congress to vote on a measure that would restart federal funding. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Government health and safety efforts slowed or halted by shutdown

MARY CLARE JALONICK · October 8, 2013 9:31 pm

First lady Michelle Obama, who has urged Americans to exercise more and eat healthier, has a new project: encouraging the public to drink more water. (AP/Joel Ryan)

Michelle Obama wants you to drink more water

Brian Hughes · September 12, 2013 4:00 am

Obama called Jerry Brown for Rim Fire update

Susan Crabtree · August 26, 2013 4:00 am

Joe Biden’s Son Evaluated After ‘an Episode of Disorientation and Weakness’

Daniel Halper · August 20, 2013 9:13 am

Will a critical mass of younger and healthier Americans decide to purchase insurance next year, or opt to pay the penalty for going uninsured instead? (Photo: Thinkstock)

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Obamacare’s design assumes insurance is a bad deal for younger population

Philip Klein · August 20, 2013 4:00 am

âFrom Colorado? Like pot? Want to be on the cover of Reason magazine?â Thatâs the pitch managing editor Katherine Mangu-Ward put up on the magazineâs website Thursday. (Photo: Thinkstock)

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Libertarian magazine looking for ‘businesslike’ stoner to appear on next cover

Sean Higgins · August 16, 2013 4:00 am

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie will make a decision in the next 24 hours on a sticky medical marijuana issue that could reverberate in the 2016 Republican presidential race. (AP Photos)

Chris Christie’s pot problem exacerbated by Rand Paul

Steve Contorno · August 15, 2013 4:00 am