Tag: Health

The problems plaguing Flint's decaying underground iron and lead water pipes can be found throughout the U.S. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio File)

Energy and Environment

Avoiding the road to Flint

Bonner Cohen · June 15, 2016 4:04 am

The FDA already has taken steps to allow gay men to donate their blood, last year lifting a comprehensive ban that applied to men who had sex with another man even once. Now, they must abstain from sex for just one year. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)

Dems call for ending ban on gay blood donations

Paige Winfield Cunningham · June 14, 2016 8:27 pm

"The president believes that when it comes to these types of questions, that we're going to rely on scientific advice," White House press secretary Josh Earnest told reporters Tuesday. (AP Photo)

WH signals no change to gay blood donor policy

Susan Crabtree · June 14, 2016 7:18 pm

The White House rolled out a list of proposals on Monday aimed at reducing the list, through which it can take years for people to get a donor. (AP Photo)

Obama aims to reduce organ waiting list

Robert King · June 13, 2016 5:17 pm

The Constitution is a relic of the past

Washington Examiner Staff · June 13, 2016 4:01 am

The ACLU is arguing the insurance program —œdiscriminates on the basis of sex, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and the Affordable Care Act.—£ (AP Photo)

ACLU sues to force insurance to cover transition treatment

Mariana Barillas · June 6, 2016 9:06 pm

As marijuana goes mainstream, who’s to blame when things get deadly?

Rudy Takala · June 4, 2016 4:01 am

"It is not a question of 'if,' it's a question of 'when,'" said Sen. Marco Rubio. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Rubio predicts ‘total freak out’ when Zika hits U.S.

Joel Gehrke · June 3, 2016 8:53 pm

The teen birth rate dropped by 8 percent last year, reaching 22.3 live births for every 1,000 teenage girls. (iStock Photo)

Teen birth rate plummets to record low

Paige Winfield Cunningham · June 2, 2016 4:27 pm

The Department of Health and Human Services "circumvented" Congress by illegally diverting billions of dollars from the Treasury to insurance companies in Obamacare's exchanges. (AP Photo)

Obama filches billions to pay for his dog’s breakfast

Washington Examiner · June 2, 2016 4:05 am

Obama has requested $1.9 billion in funding to help public health professionals across the country prepare for and fight the Zika virus. (Paulo Fridman/Bloomberg, File)

White House: GOP’s Zika plan is to ‘deny … there is a problem’

Susan Crabtree · June 1, 2016 7:00 pm

The superbug strain of the bacteria E. coli was found in a 49-year-old woman in Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Deadly superbug found in U.S.

Robert King · May 26, 2016 7:13 pm