Tag: Health

Washington becomes first state to ban nonstick chemicals in food packaging

Anna Giaritelli · April 10, 2018 4:00 am

Beltway Confidential

The crusade against JUUL and other vaping products is childish, even for tobacco control

Paul Blair · April 6, 2018 9:23 pm

A entrance sign stands outside Salisbury Memorial Hospital where former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia, were taken after being found critically ill in Salisbury, England, Wednesday, March 7, 2018. Britain's counterterrorism police took over an investigation Tuesday into the mysterious collapse of the former spy and his daughter, now fighting for their lives. The government pledged a "robust" response if suspicions of Russian state involvement are proven. Sergei Skripal and his daughter are in a critical condition after collapsing in the English city of Salisbury on Sunday.

National Security

Sergei Skripal ‘no longer in critical condition’ after nerve agent attack

Anna Giaritelli · April 6, 2018 2:54 pm

Afshin Afshar takes a sip from a coffee drink he bought at a Philz Coffee shop in San Francisco, Friday, March 30, 2018. Coffee sellers will have to post ominous warnings in California because each cup contains a chemical linked to cancer, a judge ruled. The culprit is a byproduct of the bean roasting process that is a known carcinogen and has been at the heart of an eight-year legal struggle between a tiny nonprofit group and Big Coffee companies.

California cancer: Coffee warnings threaten public health and business nationwide

Breanne Kincaid · April 6, 2018 4:00 am

Hawaii governor signs doctor-assisted suicide bill into law

Kimberly Leonard · April 5, 2018 9:57 pm

Surgeon general urges public to stock opioid overdose antidote

Kimberly Leonard · April 5, 2018 4:01 am

Royer Borges, who's son Anthony Borges was shot multiple times, speaks to members of the media in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Prosecutors intend to seek the death penalty for the former student charged with killing 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School last month even though attorneys for Nikolas Cruz indicated he would plead guilty if his life was spared.

Student who was shot five times protecting his Parkland classmates released from hospital

Katelyn Caralle · April 4, 2018 4:19 pm

Doctor after YouTube attack: You’d think after mass shootings across America we would see an end to this

Naomi Lim · April 3, 2018 11:33 pm

CDC finds ‘nightmare bacteria’ prevalent in US

Robert King · April 3, 2018 6:53 pm

The White House has been closed to tours since March 9.

White House lit up blue for World Autism Awareness Day

Naomi Lim · April 3, 2018 1:42 am

Mental health experts question claims in Defense Secretary Jim Mattis’ transgender study

Travis J. Tritten · April 2, 2018 7:16 pm

FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with parents and teachers, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington

Trump proclaims April 2 is World Autism Awareness Day

Katelyn Caralle · April 2, 2018 5:08 pm