Tag: Health

Former President George W. Bush, center, poses for a photo with first lady of Namibia Penehupifo Pohamba, left, and first lady of Ethiopia Roman Tesfaye, right, during the "Investing in our Future" forum at the Kennedy Center in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014, with first lady Michelle Obama and former first lady Laura Bush as part of the U.S.-Africa Summit. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Beltway Confidential

George W. Bush: ‘Taking care of women is good politics’

Ashe Schow · August 6, 2014 8:22 pm

Opioids are at the center of a major public health issue. (iStock)

Beltway Confidential

A quick reminder that America’s war on drugs is really complicated

Justin Green · August 5, 2014 9:04 pm

A plane taxies after arriving at Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Marietta., Ga., Saturday, Aug. 2, 2014. Officials at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta expect an American who is infected with the Ebola virus to be transported for treatment today. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

American nurse with Ebola to leave Liberia Tuesday

Washington Examiner · August 3, 2014 8:08 pm

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CDC head: U.S. Ebola outbreak not ‘in the cards’

Brian Hughes · August 3, 2014 1:47 pm

Kellogg’s sales hurt as dieters drop Special K

Candice Choi · July 31, 2014 7:15 pm

With more and more states opting to decriminalize marijuana, whether for medical or recreational purposes, new laws will be required to control the possibility of driving while high.

VIDEO — The lowdown on driving high: little research on marijuana DUIs

Lisa Ruhl · July 31, 2014 5:33 pm

A protester waves a Texas flag and anti-immigration signs during a protest against people who immigrate illegally, Saturday, July 19, 2014, in Conroe, Texas. (AP/Conroe Courier, Jason Fochtman)

Immigrant kids and the fear of disease

Steve Chapman · July 24, 2014 2:26 pm

Michelle Obama takes credit for more people drinking water

Washington Secrets

Michelle Obama takes credit for more people drinking water

Paul Bedard · July 23, 2014 8:12 pm

Dems seek gains with women in birth control loss

Donna Cassata · July 16, 2014 9:05 pm

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents work at a processing facility in Brownsville,Texas. (AP/Eric Gay, Pool)

Obama administration hides the dangerous consequences of illegal immigration

Jed Babbin · July 16, 2014 9:00 pm

From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Washington Secrets

Fed study: Snorers doze off driving twice as much as non-snorers

Paul Bedard · July 8, 2014 6:18 pm

FILE - This May 27, 2014 file photo shows first lady Michelle Obama, with Eric Goldstein, chief executive officer, Office of School Support Services, New York City Department of Education, left, and Donna Martin, School Nutrition Program, Burke County Board of Education, in Georgia, during a discussion with school leaders and experts on school nutrition in an event in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. Obama stressed the importance of students, parents, school officials, community leaders, and health advocates coming together to protect and advance the progress that has been made in schools across our country. She is in the biggest fight of her tenure as she pushes back against a House Republican effort to soften a key component of the anti-childhood obesity effort at the center of her legacy. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

First lady bucks GOP on school lunch rules

Darlene Superville · July 5, 2014 9:42 pm