Tag: Health

Closeup of a nurse filling vials with a patient's blood samples.

‘Wake up call’: 1M new STD infections daily

Kimberly Leonard · June 6, 2019 2:00 pm

In this undated photo made available by WPLG local 10 station shows weekend anchor Todd Tongen. The weekend news anchor at Miami TV station WPLG has died at 56. Tongan worked at the news station for nearly three decades. Tongen was found dead in his home.

Florida news anchor who killed himself ‘thought he had’ dementia Robin Williams suffered from

Dominick Mastrangelo · June 6, 2019 1:27 pm

In this Jan. 30, 2019, file photo, Insys Therapeutics founder John Kapoor leaves federal court in Boston.

Drug manufacturer to pay $225 million to end opioid investigations

Zach Halaschak · June 6, 2019 12:46 am

Anti-abortion demonstrators put their hands to their hearts as they recite the Pledge of Allegiance.

UN official calls US abortion policy ‘extremist hate’ and ‘torture’

Zach Halaschak · June 5, 2019 10:24 pm

Former critical care doctor William Husel is seen Wednesday, June 5, 2019 in a photo provided by the Franklin County Sheriffâs Office. Husel was arrested and charged with murder Wednesday in the deaths of 25 hospital patients who authorities say were deliberately given overdoses of painkillers. He pleaded not guilty to 25 counts of murder, and a judge set bail at $1 million.

Ohio doctor faces 25 counts of murder in overdose deaths

Regina Barton · June 5, 2019 9:27 pm

In this Aug. 10, 2015, photo, Christine Jelinek, a postdoctoral fellow at Johns Hopkins University, prepares to load a tray of vials containing cerebral spinal fluid into a liquid chromatograph in Baltimore. Dr. Akhilesh Pandey, a researcher at Johns Hopkins University, said his research analyzes both adult and fetal tissue, and by identifying which proteins are present, he can get clues that could be used to help detect cancer in adults earlier.

Beltway Confidential

Fetal tissue research, an abhorrent and needless use of taxpayer money, is done

Mary Vought · June 5, 2019 8:44 pm

Senator Chuck Grassley, R-IA, takes questions from a reporters outside the Senate chamber on Capitol Hill, Thursday, April 4, 2019.

85-year-old Chuck Grassley on why he runs 12 miles a week: ‘So I don’t get fat, I guess’

Caitlin Yilek · June 5, 2019 6:48 pm

A postdoctoral fellow at Johns Hopkins University works alongside a tray of vials containing cerebral spinal fluid in Baltimore. Dr. Akhilesh Pandey, a researcher at Johns Hopkins University, said his research analyzes both adult and fetal tissue, and by identifying which proteins are present, he can get clues that could be used to help detect cancer in adults earlier.

Trump administration bans government scientists from using aborted fetal tissue in research

Kimberly Leonard · June 5, 2019 4:48 pm

‘Not worthy of protection’: 17-year-old rape victim legally euthanized in Netherlands after ‘insufferable’ pain

John Gage · June 4, 2019 9:54 pm

In this Feb. 11, 2019 photo, Gov. Janet Mills delivers her State of the Budget address to the Legislature at the State House in Augusta, Maine.

Bill legalizing assisted suicide reaches Maine governor’s desk

Grayce McCormick · June 4, 2019 7:13 pm

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, center, Notre Dame cathedral rector Patrick Chauvet, left, listen to French chief architect of Historical Sites Philippe Villeneuve as they visit Notre Dame de Paris cathedral, Wednesday May 15, 2019 in Paris.

French authorities advise residents to test for lead after Notre Dame fire

Regina Barton · June 4, 2019 6:08 pm

In this Friday, May 17, 2019 photo, Starr Roden, left, a registered nurse and immunization outreach coordinator with the Knox County Health Department, administers a vaccination to Jonathan Detweiler, 6, at the facility in Mount Vernon, Ohio.

Confirmed measles cases rise to 981, most in 27 years

Cassidy Morrison · June 3, 2019 3:39 pm