Tag: Health

In this Sept. 27, 2017 photo, kratom capsules are displayed in Albany, N.Y. The Food and Drug Administration said in a notice Wednesday that manufacturers of supplements containing kratom should take their products off the market. (AP Photo/Mary Esch)

FDA cracks down on kratom

Robert King · February 21, 2018 6:49 pm

After the Trump administration's announcement on Tuesday that it will expand short-term health plans, the media pushed back with so-called objective experts in the field. (iStock)

Beltway Confidential

Look at the conflicts of interest among healthcare ‘experts’ knocking Trump

Tom Rogan · February 20, 2018 9:45 pm

This past week, the medical director for Aetna admitted to denying treatment despite not even reviewing the cases put before him and his team. (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg)

Denied: Insurers at Aetna admit to bad behavior while patients suffer

Kevin Campbell · February 19, 2018 5:01 am

This 2016 photo released by the New York Police Department shows an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle. Nikolas Cruz, who admitted to committing Wednesday's mass shooting at a Florida high school, used a semiautomatic AR-15 rifle to carry out his attack, and several doctors' groups are now asking President Trump and Congress to restrict access to firearms in light of the shooting. (NYPD via AP)

Doctors groups call on lawmakers to limit access to firearms

Kimberly Leonard · February 16, 2018 7:55 pm

Fentanyl, a synthetic drug 50 times stronger than heroin, and its variations were responsible for nearly 60 percent of all overdose deaths in 2016. Fentanyl's deadly potency, cheap cost, and widespread availability have made it the new scourge of the opioid epidemic. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Sen. Rob Portman: Closing the loophole that lets drug traffickers exploit the Postal Service

Rob Portman · February 16, 2018 5:01 am

According to the U.S. State Department, 24 Americans stationed at the U.S. Embassy in Cuba experienced mysterious "health attacks." (AP Photo/Desmond Boylan)

US officials experienced ‘widespread brain network dysfunction’ in mystery health incidents: Report

Katie Leach · February 16, 2018 2:12 am

The number of children who died from the flu climbed to 63 this past week, and additional deaths are expected to be announced soon. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Flu shot 36 percent effective in adults this year

Kimberly Leonard · February 15, 2018 10:59 pm

Rehospitalization is not only unpleasant and frightening for a patient, but also extremely costly. (iStock photo)

Obamacare hasn’t helped solve the problem of rehospitalization

Matthew Kandrach · February 15, 2018 12:00 pm

In this photo from Monday, a mobile emergency room is set up outside Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta. The annual analysis released Wednesday by the nonpartisan Office of the Actuary within the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services projects that healthcare spending will grow by an average of 5.5 percent each year during the period up to 2026, reaching $5.7 trillion. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Health spending will quicken, government analysis says

Kimberly Leonard · February 14, 2018 9:20 pm

Rep. Matt Gaetz says Rep. Bob Goodlatte has helped him write, and has promised to co-sponsor, a bill that would ease restrictions. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Rep. Matt Gaetz partners with Bob Goodlatte to write medical marijuana bill

Philip Wegmann · February 14, 2018 6:21 pm

Scott Whitaker is the president and CEO of AdvaMed. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Scott Whitaker: Medical device industry wants to end payment logjams

Kimberly Leonard · February 13, 2018 5:01 am

The White House budget proposal unveiled Monday offers several measures to help lower drug prices. However, none of the proposals directly address the problem of expensive, specialty drugs, experts say. (iStock)

Trump budget’s reforms unlikely to make big dent in high drug prices, experts say

Robert King · February 13, 2018 1:07 am