Tag: Health

Alex Trebek poses in the press room at the 46th annual Daytime Emmy Awards at the Pasadena Civic Center on Sunday, May 5, 2019, in Pasadena, Calif.

Alex Trebek gives ‘mind-boggling’ update on his cancer treatment

Zach Halaschak · May 29, 2019 3:33 pm

Eric and Evas Nelson, from Sandwich, Mass., and parents of a transgender child, wait for Boston Mayor Marty Walsh to arrive to raise a flag supporting the transgender community at City Hall, Thursday, March 30, 2017, in Boston. The flag-raising event was organized after the "Free Speech Bus," painted with the words "boys are boys" and "girls are girls," parked outside City Hall earlier in the day.

World Health Organization: Being transgender is not a ‘mental disorder’

Diana Stancy Correll · May 28, 2019 9:26 pm

Pope Francis delivers his speech during a meeting of the Italian Bishops Conference, at the Vatican, Monday, May 20, 2019.

Pope weighs in as states debate abortion: It’s like hiring a ‘hitman to solve a problem’

Julio Rosas · May 25, 2019 10:03 pm

In this Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016 file photo, nurse practitioner Juliana Duque uses a fetal heart monitor on a patient who is in her first trimester of pregnancy at the Borinquen Medical Center, in Miami. The CDC has advised pregnant women to avoid travel to the nearby neighborhood of Wynwood where mosquitoes are apparently transmitting Zika directly to humans. The patient also had a test for Zika following her exam.

No, pro-lifers are not merely pro-birth

Kyle Blanchette · May 25, 2019 4:00 am

Insulin can cost an uninsured patient between $120 to $400 per month. By comparison, some generics would only cost about $4. (AP Photo)

Colorado residents won’t pay more than $100 per month for insulin

Diana Stancy Correll · May 24, 2019 9:25 pm

Two Saudi oil tankers and a Norwegian-flagged vessel were damaged in what Gulf officials described Monday as a "sabotage" attack off the coast of the United Arab Emirates.

Beltway Confidential

Yoga, oil slicks, and the hypocrisy of Khomeinism

Tom Rogan · May 24, 2019 6:57 pm

House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., prepares for a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 30, 2019.

Rep. Jerry Nadler, top Trump inquisitor, falls ill during NYC press conference

Julio Rosas · May 24, 2019 4:28 pm

Members of the transgender community take part in a rally on the steps of the Texas Capitol, Monday, March 6, 2017, in Austin, Texas. The group is opposing a "bathroom bill" that would require people to use public bathrooms and restrooms that correspond with the sex on their birth certificate.

Beltway Confidential

Science deals a setback to Obamacare’s transgender rule

Eddie Scarry · May 24, 2019 4:27 pm

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson pauses for applause as he delivers his State of the State address Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019, in Jefferson City, Mo.

Missouri governor signs bill banning abortions after eight weeks

Cassidy Morrison · May 24, 2019 4:07 pm

The National Center for Transgender Equality, NCTE, and the Human Rights Campaign gather on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House in Washington, Monday, Oct. 22, 2018, for a #WontBeErased rally.

Trump HHS moves to roll back Obamacare protections for transgender patients

Cassidy Morrison · May 24, 2019 1:57 pm

Donald Trump and Joe Scarborough.

Scarborough: People closest to Trump told us that they feared ‘he was in mental decline’

Julio Rosas · May 24, 2019 12:45 pm

A dozen years after he was a janitor there, man graduates from New York University

John Gage · May 23, 2019 11:29 pm