Tag: Health

Juul CEO steps down amid rise in vaping-related illnesses

Cassidy Morrison · September 25, 2019 12:33 pm

From left, Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., return to a secure area at the Capitol after informing reporters that former deputy national security adviser Charles Kupperman failed to appear to be interviewed in the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump, in Washington, Monday, Oct. 28, 2019. House Democrats are trying to determine if Trump violated his oath of office by asking a foreign country, Ukraine, to investigate his political opponent, former Vice President Joe Biden, and his son Hunter Biden.

Beltway Confidential

Bernie Sanders has an insane plan to forgive all medical debt

Tim Worstall · September 23, 2019 6:57 pm

Poll: Majority say healthcare workers shouldn’t be forced to perform procedures against their will

Jeffrey Cimmino · September 19, 2019 8:34 pm

Leana Wen attends the 2019 Time 100 Gala, celebrating the 100 most influential people in the world, at Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center on Tuesday, April 23, 2019, in New York.

What Planned Parenthood’s treatment of Leana Wen reveals about the abortion giant

Samantha Kamman · September 19, 2019 2:58 pm

New Jersey mayoral candidate saves woman’s life while campaigning

Zach Halaschak · September 18, 2019 5:27 pm

Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, center, speaks about immigration on the southern border during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 18, 2019.

Beltway Confidential

Chip Roy is right: We’re addicted to health insurance

Tiana Lowe Doescher · September 18, 2019 3:17 pm

Richmonder Coleman Wheeler emits a cloud of smoke from a vape pipe at a local vape shop in Richmond, Va., Friday, Jan. 18, 2019. Tobacco-friendly Virginia is preparing to raise the age limit on buying traditional and electric cigarettes from 18 to 21.

Up in smoke: India to ban vaping, violators could face up to six months in prison

Zach Halaschak · September 18, 2019 12:38 pm

Former President Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter talk about the future of The Carter Center and their global work during a town hall, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019, in Atlanta.

‘I hope there’s an age limit’: Jimmy Carter casts doubt on octogenarian president

Jon Brown · September 18, 2019 3:28 am

Afghanistan and Iraq veterans were the ‘ground zero’ of the opioid crisis: Study

Cassidy Morrison · September 17, 2019 8:03 pm

Luxury engagement Diamond ring in jewelry gift box.

‘I popped that sucker off’: California woman eats engagement ring in her sleep

Jon Brown · September 15, 2019 9:02 pm

Comedian James Corden addresses an event.

‘Believe me, I can see a dick’: James Corden rips into ‘fat shaming’ Bill Maher

John Gage · September 13, 2019 8:57 pm

FILE - This photo taken April 28, 2014 shows the Phoenix VA Health Care Center in Phoenix. The Department of Veterans Affairs says investigators have found no proof that delays in care caused any deaths at a VA hospital in Phoenix, deflating an explosive allegation that helped expose a troubled health care system in which veterans waited months for appointments while employees falsified records to cover up the delays. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

National Security

‘They feasted on him’: Cancer-stricken veteran bitten 100 times in VA facility ant infestation before dying

Russ Read · September 13, 2019 7:44 pm