Author: Gabrielle M. Etzel

One person was killed and five were wounded in a shooting at an Indianapolis, Indiana, Waffle House on Monday, according to police statements. Indianapolis Metropolitan Police officers were dispatched to a Waffle House location in the southwestern corner of the city at approximately 12:30 am on Monday morning following the report of a person being…

The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Health and Human Services are working together to investigate whether the practices of pharmaceutical middlemen are contributing to generic drug shortages across the healthcare sector. “When you’re prescribed an important medication by your doctor and you learn the drug is out of stock, your heart sinks,” HHS…

A new male contraceptive is showing promising results in the early stages of human clinical trials, meaning it could launch a new era of reproductive technologies. “I think we as a society, especially younger men, millennials, are realizing that we need to change the overbearing reliance on women as a whole as the main users…

Public health experts are raising concern about the growing number of measles outbreaks across the United States, saying that unvaccinated children are most at risk of contracting severe disease. “Those of us in healthcare are definitely leaning into this and paying attention,” Patricia Stinchfield, president of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, told the Washington…

Former President Donald Trump, on Saturday, slammed President Joe Biden for the several criminal and civil indictments against him launched by the Department of Justice but joked that they have strengthened his support heading into the 2024 election. “It’s hard to say it’s good to be indicted, but it sure as hell has helped the…

Health officials this week announced that a resident in rural central Oregon diagnosed with plague was likely infected by their pet cat.  Deschutes County Health Services confirmed on Wednesday that a local resident had been diagnosed with the disease, making it the first human infection of plague since 2015. The patient’s pet cat had also…

Former President Donald Trump reacted to special counsel Robert Hur’s report on Saturday morning, saying the lack of charges against President Joe Biden for classified documents violations is a political attack against him. “THIS IS AN ATTACK ON SLEEPY JOE’S POLITICAL OPPONENT, ME,” Trump posted on Truth Social on Saturday. “ IT IS LARGE SCALE…

Political analysts speculate that the chief hurdle in President Joe Biden’s 2024 reelection campaign may be that voters do not see him as having the qualities of a capable president. Biden’s mental acuity has come into question following a special counsel report into his handling of classified documents found at the president’s private residence and…

Tensions between President Joe Biden and Attorney General Merrick Garland have continued to escalate following the special counsel report stating that the president has diminished mental faculties. Although Biden initially appointed Garland to the position with the ostensible intention to restore order and independence in the Department of Justice, anonymous sources at the White House…

Florida sued the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Thursday over the agency’s attempt to block the state government’s efforts to implement cost-sharing provisions for expanded child health insurance subsidies. “This is something Florida cares deeply about,” Florida Agency for Health Care Administration Secretary Jason Weida told the Washington Examiner in an exclusive…