Outside the Beltway

Conferences, sporting events, and even school has been canceled to avoid spreading the pandemic.

Republicans are half as likely to take the outbreak seriously.

Looking back to a story from 2018.

What’s new isn’t necessarily what’s most important.

Suicide has become a bigger threat to members of the military and veterans than combat. That needs to change.

The Trump Administration has apparently decided that it will not be providing the flu vaccine to migrants being held in facilities at the southern border.

The Ebola outbreak that began last year in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is still a problem, and still threatening to spread.

The original ‘scandal’ was silly. The follow-up is sillier.

While mildly embarrassing, it’s unlikely to have much impact on the race.

Thanks largely to anti-vaccination propaganda, the Centers for Disease Control reports that measles cases in the U.S. are at a level unseen in a quarter century.

In a recent speech, President Trump made claims about abortion that are manifestly untrue but which his pro-life supporters continue to believe.

Despite some obstacles, America’s armed forces drink other professions under the table.

Tragedy piled on top of tragedy.

Mandatory vaccination laws raise personal liberty issues that ought to be taken seriously, but in the end, public health concerns weigh heavily in favor of laws mandating vaccination.

A decade-long study once again establishes that there is no link between childhood vaccination and autism.

Measles cases in the United States are surging thanks to the lies spread by the anti-vaccination movement.

Despite aggressive vaccination efforts, measles cases surged worldwide last year. You can “thank” that anti-vaccination movement.

Measles cases are on the rise in Europe due to the fact that, despite all the evidence to the contrary, people still believe the lies of the anti-vaccination movement.

Either the President of the United States is a knowing liar or he is very easily duped. Neither is a comforting thought.

There are twice as many suicides as homicides in America.

The Trump Administration’s School Safety Commission isn’t getting off to a very good start.

Just when you think the President has hit rock bottom, it gets worse.

Organizing protests was the easy part. The hard part for those who would seek to expand gun regulations is yet to come.

An estimated 200,000 Americans have Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. Dental professionals are 23 times more likely to be afflicted.

Thanks for nothing, anti-vaxxers.

A true, albeit largely anonymous, hero of humanity has passed away.

Concerns about the Zika Virus are leading some doctors to call for the 2016 Summer Olympics to be moved or postponed.

Bernie Sanders was more aggressive in last night’s debate than he has been in the past, but it’s likely too little, too late.

Mass shootings rightly grab our attention. But the obscure the overall picture of violent crime.

A new report finds that the problems at the Secret Service are far deeper than previously known.

If you’re under 21 in Hawaii, you’re still technically an adult but you can’t buy tobacco.

Vaccination has eliminated a disease that used to be a serious threat from the Americas.

The debate over whether kids need to be vaccinated against communicable diseases baffles me.

The numbers on the Ebola outbreak are bad, but they aren’t as bad as had been feared.

Much like the disease itself, Ebola panic seems to have disappeared as the midterm elections become ever more distant in the rear view mirror.

A Maine Judge has largely rejected the efforts of the State of Maine to restrict the movements of Kaci Hickcox

We may have our first legal challenge to an Ebola quarantine order by tomorrow

The first person to be quarantined under the new policy announced by New York and New Jersey is raising concerns about the way she was treated, and whether the policy is even the right idea.

A surprise move from Governors Christie and Cuomo that sounds like a good idea but may not be as effective, or legal, as it sounds.

A new outbreak, or hopefully just an isolated case.

As usual, politicians and pundits are helping to create a climate of fear and concern about Ebola that is not justified by the facts.

America’s “Patient Zero” doesn’t appear to have spread Ebola very far, but continued vigilance is called for. And, we need to focus on the part of the world where there really is an Ebola Crisis.

The president is frustrated.