Tag: Health

Dental hygienist Melanie Kraemer, left, examines a patient on the Aspen Dental MouthMobile Tuesday March 19, 2019 in Greenville, South Carolina.

Dentists turn away patients amid protective equipment shortages

Washington Examiner · May 26, 2020 5:00 pm

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, left, flanked by Attorney General Xavier Becerra, right, answers a question concerning a lawsuit the state will likely file against President Donald Trump over his emergency declaration to fund a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, in Sacramento, Calif.

California city says it has ‘no legal responsibility to enforce’ Newsom’s coronavirus restrictions

Andrew Mark Miller · May 22, 2020 6:43 pm

Hand holding bottle of CBD oil against marijuana plant.

Canadian scientists say strain of cannabis could prevent or treat coronavirus

Anthony Leonardi · May 21, 2020 8:08 pm

a old woman or grandma is wearing a respirator or surgical mask and is looking out the window while she is in quarantine because of the coronavirus

Beltway Confidential

COVID-19 shows we’re more risk averse than post-World War II Americans

Michael Barone · May 20, 2020 7:14 pm

According to those familiar with the matter, the Trump administration is blacklisting certain words from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's 2019 budget. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

CDC updates guidance to note coronavirus ‘does not spread easily’ from contaminated surfaces

Emma Colton · May 20, 2020 5:06 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.

Study forecasts US coronavirus deaths tripling by end of 2020

Anthony Leonardi · May 19, 2020 7:54 pm

Elderly ICE detainee seeking release to avoid coronavirus dies by suicide: Lawyer

Anna Giaritelli · May 19, 2020 3:27 pm

Florida Republican gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis gestures as he debates.

On reopening decisions, look at data, not at models

Washington Examiner · May 18, 2020 12:00 am

U.S. deterrence policy has generated plenty of criticism from Capitol Hill. But that has been aimed at the administration's supposedly narrow view of what constitutes an attack and unwillingness to spell out likely responses.

Beltway Confidential

Wear the face mask. It’s a service to others

Kaylee McGhee White · May 14, 2020 5:56 pm

‘She survived’: 113-year-old woman, thought to be Spain’s oldest, beats coronavirus

Zach Halaschak · May 13, 2020 1:46 am

Pritzker says expected peak in COVID-19 cases pushed to mid-June

Washington Examiner · May 12, 2020 4:00 pm

Medical workers wearing personal protective equipment wheel bodies to a refrigerated trailer serving as a makeshift morgue at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, Monday, April 6, 2020, in New York. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.

Beltway Confidential

We’re starting to see downward trend in coronavirus cases

Philip Klein · May 12, 2020 1:10 pm