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Melania hosting meeting on opiod epidemic

Melania Trump has invited experts and people affected by addiction to opioids to the White House for a listening session and discussion about the epidemic. The first lady is hosting Thursday’s event in the State Dining Room and has invited journalists to attend a portion of the meeting to help… Read More

Liberal celeb SLAMMED for lying about senator

Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel tried to use a tough-talking conservative as a comedic punching bag — but he’s finding out this politician punches back. Sen. Bill Cassidy defended his healthcare bill Wednesday after Kimmel accused the Louisiana Republican of lying to him about it, heightening the tension around the last-ditch… Read More

Officials warn: Seniors in serious danger in Florida

Florida seniors shuffled out of stifling assisted-living centers Thursday while caregivers fought a lack of air conditioning with Popsicles and cool compresses after eight people died at a nursing home in the post-hurricane heat. Dozens of the state’s senior centers still lacked electricity days after Hurricane Irma hit the state,… Read More

6 die in nursing home, post-Irma

Six patients at a sweltering nursing home died in Hurricane Irma’s aftermath, raising fears Wednesday about the safety of Florida’s 4 million senior citizens amid widespread power outages that could go on for days. Hollywood Police Chief Tom Sanchez said investigators believe the deaths at the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood… Read More

Sanders, GOP duel over healthcare

Americans would get health coverage simply by showing a new government-issued card and would no longer owe out-of-pocket expenses like deductibles, according to legislation Sen. Bernie Sanders released Wednesday. In other words: Free! Of course, there’s a catch. The Vermont socialists’ description of the legislation omitted some pretty important specifics… Read More

Trump’s U.S. Surgeon General sworn in (good pick?)

President Donald Trump’s pick for U.S. Surgeon General, a renowned anesthesiologist, was sworn in Tuesday in Washington, D.C. Dr. Jerome Adams will serve as the nation’s chief doctor during Trump’s term. Adams is already very familiar and trusted by Vice President Mike Pence, who nominated him as then Indiana’s governor… Read More

[Health Alert] 40 countries affected by contaminated eggs

A European Union official says 40 countries now have been affected by a Europe-wide contaminated egg scandal, including 24 EU members and 16 non-members. Vytenis Andriukaitis, the official in charge of health and food safety for the European Commission, said Tuesday in Estonia that only four countries in the 28-nation… Read More

Wow! Couple claims they see Jesus in their sonogram (must see!)

A Pennsylvania couple was surprised to recognize a religious figure in the sonogram of their unborn baby – the parents-to-be swear they see the image of Jesus Christ in the photo. Alicia Zeek says she at first did not believe what she was seeing when doctors handed her the sonogram… Read More

Breakthrough! U.S. clears gene therapy for childhood leukemia

Opening a new era in cancer care, U.S. health officials have approved a breakthrough treatment that genetically engineers patients’ own blood cells into an army of assassins to seek and destroy childhood leukemia. The Food and Drug Administration said the approval on Wednesday was historic, the first gene therapy to… Read More