Low, leaden clouds overhead that Friday morning 158 years ago this month set a somber tone. A locomotive chugged out of Washington railroad depot at precisely 8 a.m. It took two hours to reach Baltimore, just 40 miles away. The little train wasn’t allowed to travel faster than 20 miles per ...
The nation’s top health insurers — UnitedHealthcare, Cigna and Aetna — announced recently that they would cut their use of prior authorizations for treatment. It would be great news, if true. They constantly strong-arm us, our staff and our patients. We devote hours — hours that ...
Over the 20th century, tobacco smoking killed 100 million people, most of whom lived in today’s rich countries. However, that picture is changing, and the health burdens of smoking are now moving from high-income to low- and middle-income countries. Some estimates even suggest that 1 billion ...
When two women rushed the stage during Gov. Ron DeSantis’ speech at a New Hampshire GOP fundraiser shouting “Jews Against DeSantis,” the reaction from the crowd was mostly confusion. Who were these people? And why would Jews have a problem with the Florida governor? The answer from one ...
Red flag laws are back in the news with a $40 million lawsuit filed by a Virginia teacher who was shot earlier this year by one of her students. Abigail “Abby” Zwerner, a first-grade teacher at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia, was shot and seriously injured by a ...
Federal authorities on Thursday arrested a 21-year-old U.S. servicemember thought to be responsible for leaking hundreds of classified documents pertaining to the Russia-Ukraine war and other international issues. The leak has left Washington scrambling to address the fallout, including ...