Tag: Health

More groups are deciding to cancel events at President Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort, several days after the president made controversial remarks in response to violence in Charlottesville, Va. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

More charities pull events from Mar-a-Lago

Robert King · August 18, 2017 10:05 pm

The Arizona Republican was diagnosed with a brain tumor last month soon after having surgery to remove a blood clot above his eye. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

John McCain completes first round of chemo

Robert King · August 18, 2017 8:35 pm

It's time for the administration to stand up for the rule of law and end the CSR bailouts. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Trump must dump the unconstitutional health insurance industry bailouts from Obamacare

Sally Pipes · August 18, 2017 3:58 pm

Mylan has agreed to repay $465 million to the federal government for overbilling for its lifesaving EpiPen allergy antidote. The settlement comes at the end of an investigation that found Mylan avoided paying state Medicaid programs higher rebates for the EpiPen by improperly naming it as a generic medication. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Mylan agrees to pay back government $465 million for EpiPen overbilling

Kimberly Leonard · August 17, 2017 8:01 pm

The Cleveland Clinic's Florida campus will not host its annual fundraiser gala at President Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach next year, an event it has held there for eight consecutive years and that typically raises about $1 million for the hospital's equipment and programs. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Cleveland Clinic cancels annual fundraiser at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago

Kimberly Leonard · August 17, 2017 6:03 pm

The overdose death rate rose to 3.7 per 100,000 teens in 2015 from 3.1 the previous year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Rate of teen deaths from opioids rises

Kimberly Leonard · August 16, 2017 3:40 pm

Since prenatal screening tests were introduced in the early 2000s, close to 100 percent of couples who received a positive test for Down syndrome decided to abort. (iStock Photo)

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Disappearance of Down syndrome children in Iceland reveals the slippery slope of prenatal testing to abortion

Kevin Burke · August 16, 2017 2:14 pm

A report showed the use or implied use of tobacco in top-grossing movies rose 72 percent from 2010 to 2016. (Image courtesy screenshot)

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A myth that won’t die: Movies cause teen smoking

Guy Bentley · August 15, 2017 4:13 pm

The vast majority of abortions done in the second trimester are dismemberment abortions where living babies are literally torn limb from limb. (AP Photo/Jocelyn Gecker)

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This piece of pro-life legislation should be an election year issue

Frank Pavone · August 11, 2017 4:06 pm

"Building upon the recommendations in the interim report from the president's Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis, President Donald J. Trump has instructed his administration to use all appropriate emergency and other authorities to respond to the crisis caused by the opioid epidemic," Trump said in a statement. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump officially declares opioid epidemic a national emergency

Josh Siegel · August 10, 2017 10:29 pm

Formal declaration would lead to greater access to grant funding and would waive rules to expand access to opioid treatments. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)

Emergency declaration could cut red tape on fighting opioids

Robert King · August 10, 2017 8:33 pm

The Trump administration is drawing up paperwork to make an official declaration, the president said Thursday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump: Opioid crisis a ‘national emergency’

Kimberly Leonard · August 10, 2017 7:17 pm