Health

Tim Johnson | MCT | Getty Images Americans began flocking to Lake Chapala, Mexico, more than five decades ago, attracted by great weather, cheap real estate and the quaint cobblestone streets of the town of Ajijic. As I write this, I’m sitting in a little village on the shores of …

Jabin Botsford | The Washington Post | Getty Images White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci talks with reporters and members of the media outside the West Wing at the White House in Washington, DC on Tuesday, July 25, 2017. If you went into a lab to design a terrible week …

Aaron P. Bernstein | Reuters Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, accompanied by Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) and Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), speaks with reporters following the successful vote to open debate on a health care bill on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 25, 2017. Now that the Senate has fallen …

Christophe Morin | Bloomberg | Getty Images Attendees stand near Amazon.com Web Services signage during the Station F startup campus launch party in Paris, France, on Thursday, June 29, 2017. A health start-up called Grail is developing one of the most ambitious technologies in Silicon Valley. And Amazon wants a …

Getty Images A first responder for Livingston County Michigan, draws the blood of Amaria Roberson, age 5 of Flint, to screen her blood for lead on January 26, 2016 at Eisenhower Elementary School in Flint, Michigan. Free lead screenings are performed for Flint children 6-years-old and younger, one of several …

Jabin Botsford | The Washington Post | Getty Images Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., left, and Senate Majority Whip Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas speak with reporters and members of the media after they and other Senate Republicans had a meeting with President Donald Trump. A seven-year Republican effort …

Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Monday, July 17, 2017. President Donald Trump took a shot at Congress on Tuesday morning after the latest Republican plan to replace the Affordable Care Act collapsed amid party divisions. “We were let down by all of the Democrats …

Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Representatives speak with customers at a UnitedHealthcare store in Queens, New York. UnitedHealth, the largest U.S. health insurer, reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit, driven by growth across its businesses and raised its full-year earnings forecast. The insurer’s results comes after a second attempt …

Aaron P. Bernstein | Reuters Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, accompanied by Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) and Sen. John Thune (R-SD), speaks to the media about plans to repeal and replace Obamacare on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 27, 2017. U.S. Senate Republicans said Tuesday they will seek to bring …

Getty Images People in need of medical attention wait outside Greensville County High School, in Emporia, Virginia, June 25, 2017, for free medical aid by Remote Area Medical. The nonprofit volunteer medical relief corps provides free health care to people in remote areas of the US. Both Collins and Cox …