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April 12, 2018 Danger lurks for hospital patients in a place they probably don’t expect it — their bed. Hospitals claim to disinfect beds in between patients. Don’t believe it. Data from four New York hospitals prove beds are full of germs. Patients are nearly six times as likely to come down with Staph, Strep

April 4, 2018 Since President Trump ousted Veterans Administration Secretary David Shulkin, the question reverberating in Washington is whether Trump’s new pick, Admiral Ronny Jackson, is capable of heading a department with 360,000 employees and 9 million vets under its care. Senate Democrats carp he lacks experience running “a complex organization.” Experience is overrated. President

March 28, 2018 Patients, beware. When you’re admitted to a hospital, you’re routinely asked if you want to sign a Do Not Resuscitate order. Don’t assume it’ll apply only in extreme circumstances. New research shows having those three letters — DNR — on your chart could put you on course to getting less medical and

Guess who’s on the hook in one of the largest lawsuits ever? You. More than 100 health-insurance companies are suing you and the rest of America’s taxpayers. Insurers want you to bail them out for money they lost trying to sell ObamaCare plans — a whopping $15 billion. A ruling from the Court of Appeals

President Trump’s new tariffs on steel and aluminum imports are facing an avalanche of false criticism. Naysayers argue that tariffs will raise prices, spark a trade war and do nothing to bolster America’s military preparedness — the official rationale for the move. But in wartime, aluminum and steel are essential to make tanks, planes and

Top public-health officials descended on Capitol Hill last Thursday to sound the alarm about a grim future without antibiotics. These life-saving drugs are losing their mojo as germs adapt to them. It’s a process scientists call antibiotic resistance. In the US, 2 million people a year catch drug-resistant infections, 23,000 die and the toll “is

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday challenging laws in 22 states and the District of Columbia that force public employees to pay unions to represent them, even if they disagree with the union’s demands and politics. Mark Janus, a child-support specialist and public employee in Illinois, claims his First Amendment free-speech rights are

The media are jumping on stories of President Donald Trump’s past dalliances with Playboy Bunny Karen McDougal and porn star Stormy Daniels. They’re linking these women to the #MeToo movement. Don’t buy it. Real #MeToo women, battling workplace harassment and domestic abuse, want to be judged by their achievements, not their bra size. They’re the