Tag: Health

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died of a heart attack, according to a report out Sunday. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Report: Scalia died of a heart attack

Curt Mills · February 14, 2016 7:30 pm

The House approved a bill Friday modifying new menu labeling requirements under Obamacare. (AP Photo/Ed Ou)

House passes changes to calorie labeling on menus

Paige Winfield Cunningham · February 12, 2016 5:52 pm

Bipartisan measure would loosen the requirements for food establishments. (AP Photo/Ed Ou, File)

House poised to lighten Obamacare calorie mandate

Paige Winfield Cunningham · February 12, 2016 5:01 am

By failing to fully cooperate with our investigation, these organizations have compelled our panel to subpoena these documents in order to acquire information that is vital to the completion of our work,? Representative Marsha Blackburn said in a statement. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Congressional panel subpoenas Planned Parenthood video groups

Anna Giaritelli · February 12, 2016 1:11 am

"I just bit into a Twix bar and I go, 'Man this Twix bar's got something really hard in it,'" Marco Rubio said. "And I go, 'Oh my gosh, I cracked my tooth.'" (AP Photo and Photo courtesy of Evan-Amos, via Wikimedia Commons)

Marco Rubio breaks tooth on Twix bar

Anna Giaritelli · February 11, 2016 11:16 pm

Two U.S. women with Zika suffer miscarriages

Paige Winfield Cunningham · February 11, 2016 2:29 pm

Kasich to slash Planned Parenthood funds in Ohio

Anna Giaritelli · February 11, 2016 3:35 am

Agency also announced measures to expand access to healthy food. (Jake May/The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP)

Energy and Environment

USDA to help Flint residents get tested for lead in blood

Kyle Feldscher · February 10, 2016 8:07 pm

Southern California Gas Co. has said in news releases and FAQs on its website that since the crisis began, just two air samples briefly showed elevated concentrations of the substance. (AP Photo/Michael Owen Baker, File)

Energy and Environment

Dem wants feds to investigate California methane leak

Kyle Feldscher · February 10, 2016 3:49 pm

A House Democrat says the federal government needs to step in to ensure that airlines don't make airplane seats too narrow for Americans who are getting heavier and heavier each year.

Dem wants wider airplane seats for wider Americans

Pete Kasperowicz · February 10, 2016 1:01 pm

Energy and Environment

Emails show Mich. officials knew of a deadly outbreak in Flint in 2014

Kyle Feldscher · February 10, 2016 12:32 am

Obama: Don’t ‘panic’ over the Zika virus

Kelly Cohen · February 8, 2016 1:33 pm