Tag: Health

In this Aug. 17, 2018 photo, family and friends who have lost loved ones to OxyContin and opioid overdoses leave pill bottles in protest outside the headquarters of Purdue Pharma, which is owned by the Sackler family, in Stamford, Conn. The Sackler familyâs ties to OxyContin and the painkillerâs role in the deadly opioid crisis are bringing the Sacklers a new kind of attention and complicating their philanthropic legacy.

World Health Organization removes guidelines downplaying opioid addiction risk after criticism from US legislators

Grayce McCormick · June 20, 2019 9:21 pm

9/11 first responder in hospice care issues final plea to Congress

Mike Brest · June 20, 2019 8:45 pm

Suicide rates.

Suicide rate peaks to highest since World War II

Zach Halaschak · June 20, 2019 1:30 pm

WATCH: Angela Merkel filmed shaking during German national anthem

Zach Halaschak · June 20, 2019 11:22 am

A pregnant woman hooked to an IV in the hospital.

Baby girl doing well after receiving in utero surgery for spina bifida at 23 weeks

Anthony Leonardi · June 19, 2019 7:07 pm

Hand holding bottle of CBD oil against marijuana plant.

CBD is the new snake oil

Robert L. DuPont · June 17, 2019 4:50 pm

Beltway Confidential

Teen Vogue promotes prostitution to an audience of minors, and that’s not even its biggest problem

Madeline Fry Schultz · June 17, 2019 4:22 pm

Vice President Joe Biden speaks with Dr. Matthias Gromeier, left, Dr. A. Eugne Washington, middle, and Dr. John Sampson, right, in a laboratory at Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, N.C. Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016. Vice President Joe Biden visited Duke University Medical Center to speak about his Cancer Moonshot initiave.

The facts about Biden’s sweeping, incautious promise to end cancer

Kimberly Leonard · June 17, 2019 11:44 am

This May 29, 2019 photo released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection shows some of 1,036 migrants who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border in El Paso, Texas, the largest that the Border Patrol says it has ever encountered.

Border Patrol agents fall prey to illnesses plaguing migrant holding centers

Anna Giaritelli · June 16, 2019 7:55 pm

Police investigating bootleg liquor in relation to Dominican Republic mystery deaths

Alana Goodman · June 15, 2019 7:05 pm

A member of the police honor guard has his badge covered in mourning as he arrives for the funeral mass for New York City police officer Brian Moore, Friday, May 8, 2015, at the St. James Roman Catholic church in Seaford, N.Y. As many as 30,000 police officers from across the United States are expected to pay their respects at the Long Island funeral for the young police officer slain on patrol.

Three NYPD officers commit suicide in 10 days

Zach Halaschak · June 15, 2019 2:16 pm

Writer and political activist Gloria Steinem speak to the crowd during the Women's March rally in D.C.

Beltway Confidential

Where Gloria Steinem and conservatives can agree: Commercial surrogacy is harmful to women

Madeline Fry Schultz · June 14, 2019 5:58 pm