Tag: Health

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un appears at an event.

National Security

National security adviser: US keeping ‘close eye’ on North Korea after reports on Kim Jong Un’s health

Zach Halaschak · April 21, 2020 5:33 pm

The federal government has granted a three-year renewal of Florida's Medicaid managed care program. (iStock Image)

Beltway Confidential

Primary care shutdowns could turn coronavirus from a First World crisis to a Third World dystopia

Tiana Lowe Doescher · April 21, 2020 11:32 am

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un gestures as he watches a military parade in Pyongyang, North Korea, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015. North Korea is holding one of its biggest celebrations for the 70th anniversary of its ruling party's creation.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reportedly in ‘grave danger’ after surgery

Zach Halaschak · April 21, 2020 1:55 am

Closing wet markets is a matter of public health

Mattias Karlsson · April 21, 2020 12:00 am

Close up of woman slicing fresh vegetables.

Beltway Confidential

How to stay sane during quarantine

Tiana Lowe Doescher · April 20, 2020 6:30 pm

Three men were arrested and charged on Friday in connection with a bomb plot aimed at a Somali refugee community in western Kansas. Three men were arrested and charged on Friday in connection with a bomb plot aimed at a Somali refugee community in western Kansas. (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

Kansas federal judge blocks governor’s limit on religious gatherings

Anthony Leonardi · April 20, 2020 2:54 pm

The news signals he intends to comply with Robert Mueller's Russia probe. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Former Trump campaign aide Rick Gates asks to serve rest of prison sentence at home over coronavirus fears

Carlin Becker · April 20, 2020 12:27 am

Broadway star forced to have leg amputated after coronavirus complications

Carlin Becker · April 19, 2020 5:52 pm

We deserve answers: A family doctor’s perspective

Eugene Shmorhun · April 18, 2020 4:00 am

Beltway Confidential

White House guidelines still anticipate months to get back to normal

Philip Klein · April 17, 2020 2:31 pm

In this Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012 photo, Dr. Terry Rabinowitz, back to camera, talks with nurse Leslie Orelup at Helen Porter Nursing Home on in Burlington, Vt. New health insurance regulations in Vermont are giving a boost to telemedicine, the system that enables health care providers to offer consult with patients without being in the same room. Telemedicine isnât new, but the new regulations make it easier for physicians to be reimbursed for services performed by two-way video hookups. Fletcher Allen Telemedicine director Dr. Terry Rabinowitz says popular specialties are psychiatry and dermatology. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)

How telehealth will help us fight COVID-19

Gary Shapiro · April 16, 2020 4:00 am

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.

Public health officials survey COVID-19 cases, track recovery rates

Washington Examiner · April 15, 2020 9:00 pm