Tag: Health

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis answers questions at a news conference at an emergency management warehouse about the spread of the corona virus Friday March 13, 2020 in Tallahassee, Fla.

Florida governor cites ‘much better’ coronavirus trends, says state has ample hospital capacity

Washington Examiner · July 22, 2020 2:00 pm

Pedestrians cross a street as one of them prepares his face mask in western Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. Iran is preparing for the possibility of "tens of thousands" of people getting tested for the new coronavirus as the number of confirmed cases spiked again Saturday, Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said, underscoring the fear both at home and abroad over the outbreak in the Islamic Republic.

Antibody study shows coronavirus infections much higher than previously reported

Andrew Mark Miller · July 21, 2020 8:26 pm

‘Extreme dysfunction’: New York City dropped $52M on a coronavirus hospital that served fewer than 80 patients

Madison Dibble · July 21, 2020 7:01 pm

Publix to require face masks in Florida stores as retailers adopt their own rules

Washington Examiner · July 20, 2020 4:00 pm

Assistant Secretary for Health Adm. Brett Giroir, M.D. center, joined by Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway, left, and U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy director James Carroll, speaks with reporters about opioids in the Briefing Room of the White House, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

‘No question’: Coronavirus testing czar admits cases are surging

Mike Brest · July 20, 2020 3:03 pm

FILE - In this May 31, 2012 file photo, a man leaves a 7-Eleven store with a Double Gulp drink, in New York. If New York City bans big sodas, what's next? Large slices of pizza? Double-scoop ice cream cones? Tubs of movie-theater popcorn? The 16-ounce strip steak? Opponents of the proposed ban may use that slippery-slope argument along with other legal strategies to try to block the first-in-the-nation rule. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Big, fat disappointment: Dietary guidelines are broken, and government again failed to fix them

Washington Examiner · July 20, 2020 4:00 am

Dr. Steven Birnbaum works with a patient in a CT scanner at Southern New Hampshire Medical Center in Nashua, N.H. (AP/Jim Cole)

Cancer screenings still down due to pandemic

David Hogberg · July 17, 2020 8:15 pm

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee speaks before signing a measure that puts the state on track to create the first 'public option' health insurance in the US, Monday, May 13, 2019, in Olympia, Wash. The new law is a hybrid system that will see private insurers offer state-defined plans.

Washington water park loses lawsuit against Inslee's public health orders

Washington Examiner · July 17, 2020 4:00 pm

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks about foreign policy at The Graduate Center at CUNY, Thursday July 11, 2019, in New York.

Democratic Party tells members of Congress not to attend convention in person

Spencer Neale · July 17, 2020 2:35 am

Illinois governor files lawsuit to require schoolchildren to wear masks

Spencer Neale · July 17, 2020 1:28 am

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., spoke out against arms sales to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Bahrain, telling the Senate Thursday, "They don't like us."

Rand Paul questions government authority to mandate coronavirus vaccinations

Spencer Neale · July 16, 2020 11:57 pm

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks during his inauguration ceremony, in Austin, Texas, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019.

Texas health officials remove over 3,000 ‘probable’ coronavirus cases from overall count

Andrew Mark Miller · July 16, 2020 6:56 pm