Tag: Health

A pediatrician vaccinating a young girl.

Beltway Confidential

State Republicans can either tighten vaccine laws or have blood on their hands

Tiana Lowe Doescher · April 17, 2019 8:53 pm

CORRECTS DATE TO OCT. 18, 2017 FROM JULY 12, 2017 - In this Oct. 18, 2017, photo, Asbestos Removal Technologies Inc., job superintendent Ryan Laitila, right, sprays amended water as job forman Megan Eberhart holds a light during asbestos abatement in Howell, Mich. Asbestos fibers can become deadly when disturbed in a fire or during remodeling, lodging in the lungs and causing problems including mesothelioma, a form of cancer. The materialâs dangers have long been recognized. But a 1989 attempt to ban most asbestos products was overturned by a federal court, and it remains in widespread use.

Energy and Environment

EPA aims to ‘close the door’ on companies using asbestos

Josh Siegel · April 17, 2019 6:00 pm

Emilia Clarke attends HBO's "Game of Thrones" final season premiere at Radio City Music Hall on Wednesday, April 3, 2019, in New York.

Beltway Confidential

After ‘Game of Thrones,’ why Emilia Clarke is here to stay

Madeline Fry Schultz · April 17, 2019 4:57 pm

Rambo Islas, 8 months, is held by his mother Maria Islas, as he gets a shot for a vaccine administered by RN, Nicole Ives at the Dallas County Health & Human Services immunization clinic in Dallas on Friday, March 8, 2019.

Anti-vax organization sues New York over measles vaccine mandate

Daniel Jativa · April 17, 2019 1:15 pm

No, moderate drinking is not as bad for you as smoking

Jackson Shedelbower · April 16, 2019 2:43 pm

One woman’s path to ‘profound gratitude’ for life after her husband suffered a major brain injury

Cassidy Morrison · April 16, 2019 4:00 am

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, speaks during South by Southwest on Saturday, March 9, 2019, in Austin, Texas.

AOC claims social media is a ‘public health risk,’ causes ‘addiction’

John Gage · April 15, 2019 6:47 pm

New competition for Title X funds means women no longer have to go to abortion clinics for healthcare

Patrina Mosley · April 15, 2019 4:00 am

Ground beef sickens people in 6 states: CDC

Diana Stancy Correll · April 13, 2019 12:10 am

In this Thursday, April 11, 2019 photo, pedestrians walk past the Lucky Lee's restaurant in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York. The owner has drawn backlash for touting offerings of âcleanâ American-Chinese cuisine, renewing debate about cultural appropriation in the restaurant world.

Manhattan restaurateur apologizes for describing her Chinese food as ‘clean’

Diana Stancy Correll · April 12, 2019 8:42 pm

U.S. deterrence policy has generated plenty of criticism from Capitol Hill. But that has been aimed at the administration's supposedly narrow view of what constitutes an attack and unwillingness to spell out likely responses.

Rural areas behind in the fight against opioids

Cassidy Morrison · April 12, 2019 4:00 am

Magazine - Your Land

Replacing ‘Jeopardy!’ host Alex Trebek will prove a difficult task

Jay Caruso · April 12, 2019 4:00 am