Tag: Health

Whether the VA and its bureaucracy are up to the task of providing healthcare of sufficient quality is a settled question. They cannot do it. (AP Photo)

Veterans deserve to be rid of the Veterans’ Administration

Washington Examiner · September 6, 2016 4:01 am

Last year was the first time in the past decade that any state saw a drop in the obesity rate. (AP Photo/Rodrique Ngowi)

Obesity rates drop in four states

Robert King · September 1, 2016 3:41 pm

Respondents to a Kaiser Family Foundation poll released Thursday said that as president, Hillary Clinton would do a better job than Donald Trump in nine health areas. (AP Photo)

Poll: Voters trust Clinton more than Trump on healthcare

Paige Winfield Cunningham · September 1, 2016 7:00 am

Mike Pence did not adopt the view of other Donald Trump supporters, who have sought to make Clinton's physical and mental well-being a top issue on the campaign trail. (AP Photo)

Pence: Clinton’s ‘bad ideas’ more concerning than her health

Ryan Lovelace · August 30, 2016 9:20 pm

Turning the tables, Kaine questions Trump’s health

Becket Adams · August 30, 2016 5:49 pm

A new paper published by the NBER says minimum wage increases may harm the health of some workers. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Beltway Confidential

How does the minimum wage affect your health?

Jason Russell · August 30, 2016 5:42 pm

Harold Bornstein settled both lawsuits before they went to a jury trial. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Trump doctor sued for overmedicating patients who died

Paige Winfield Cunningham · August 30, 2016 4:56 pm

Use of contraception increased so much among teens that it not only drove down the pregnancy rate, but also compensated for the increased sexual activity. (AP Photo)

Study: Better birth control use driving down teen pregnancy

Paige Winfield Cunningham · August 30, 2016 3:16 pm

In recent weeks former New York City Major Rudy Giuliani has gone on record saying Clinton looks "tired" and "sick." (AP Photo/La Industria de Trujillo)

Giuliani: Questioning Clinton’s health a ‘public service’

Daniel Chaitin · August 30, 2016 2:41 am

HHS is projected to have $20.996 billion in "unobligated balances" that could be redirected to the Zika fight, Chuck Grassley and James Lankford reminded Sylvia Burwell in a letter. (AP Photo)

Senators: Feds should redirect foreign aid to fight Zika

Joel Gehrke · August 29, 2016 8:19 pm

Beltway Confidential

Byron York: Obamacare is failing. Why isn’t Donald Trump talking about it?

Byron York · August 29, 2016 3:35 am

'We're dealing with two older candidates,' he says, predicting Trump would release his if Clinton does here. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Carson urges Clinton, Trump to release their medical records

Gabby Morrongiello · August 28, 2016 6:40 pm