Tag: Health

FILE - This Sept. 10, 2010 file photo shows the seafood counter in Whole Foods is shown in Hillsboro, Ore. The government is reminding pregnant women to stay away from certain fish that can be high in mercury. But the agency won't require package labeling on mercury content, which is what consumer groups had sought. The draft advice issued Tuesday by the Food and Drug Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency is unlikely to clear up confusion over exactly what seafood pregnant women and young children should eat and what they should avoid. Consumer groups have sued the agency, saying its warnings haven't been clear enough about what fish could pose a risk. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

FDA: Pregnant women should eat low-mercury seafood

MARY CLARE JALONICK · June 10, 2014 6:10 pm

FILE - In this May 30, 2014 file photo, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Dr. Margaret Hamburg answers questions during an interview at The Associated Press in Washington. While Hamburg acknowledged that opioids are overprescribed, she again emphasized the importance of keeping the drugs accessible to Americans with chronic pain _ a group estimated at about 100 million, or about 40 percent of all U.S. adults (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

Federal views diverge on proper use of painkillers

Matthew Perrone · June 10, 2014 5:07 pm

Hillary: I’m Probably on Blood Thinners for Life

Hillary: I’m Probably on Blood Thinners for Life

Daniel Halper · June 10, 2014 12:59 am

President Obama's goal is to reduce emissions to 42 percent by 2030. (Thinkstock)

Energy and Environment

White House goes all-hands-on-deck for power plant rules

Zack Colman · June 9, 2014 4:00 pm

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Examiner Editorial: CBO gives up on projecting long-term costs of Obamacare

Washington Examiner · June 8, 2014 9:00 pm

HHS Extends Head Start Participation to Same-Sex Marriage Families

Jeryl Bier · June 5, 2014 11:15 am

Beltway Confidential

There are better ways to fight asthma, school absenteeism than proposed EPA carbon rules

Spencer Brown · June 5, 2014 10:00 am

Cancer clinic accused of dragging out chemo treatments for more government money

Cancer clinic accused of dragging out chemo treatments for more government money

Kelly Cohen · June 4, 2014 8:39 pm

FILE - In a Monday, April 5, 2010, file photo, Shane Nantz kicks up a cloud of pollen as he mows the front yard of his west Charlotte, N.C., home. Seasonal allergy sufferers can try newly FDA-approved types of immnotherapy, once-a-day tablets containing freeze-dried grass extract that dissolve quickly under the tongue, steadily lessening the excessive immune reaction much like the shots. (AP Photo/The Charlotte Observer, Todd Sumlin, File)

New allergy tablets offer alternative to shots

Linda Johnson · June 2, 2014 10:54 am

FILE - This June 25, 2013 file photo shows President Barack Obama wiping perspiration from his face as he speaks about climate change at Georgetown University in Washington. The Obama administration is poised to unveil first-ever rules limiting greenhouse gas emissions from the power plants that dot the U.S. map. President Barack Obama says the rules are essential to curb climate change, but critics disagree. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Obama makes public health pitch for carbon rules

Josh Lederman · May 31, 2014 10:11 am

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Dr. Margaret Hamburg answers questions during a newsmaker interview at the Associated Press in Washington, Friday, May 30, 2014. Hamburg said the agency will soon advise consumers on the appropriate levels of mercury in seafood. In a wide-ranging interview with The Associated Press, Hamburg said the agency does not plan to require labels, as requested by consumer groups, but will issue guidance on how much mercury can be present in different kinds of products. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

FDA taking another look at mercury in seafood

mary-clare, jalonicklauran-neergaard · May 31, 2014 8:56 am

Big Apple schools will now change the way fitness reports are distributed to families. But changing the delivery route doesn't address the expansive government encroachment on our children's health based on dubious science. (Thinkstock)

The data-mining body monitors in our schools

Michelle Malkin · May 30, 2014 4:47 pm