by Henry Rogers | Dec 1, 2021 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — In the summer of 1981, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported a rare type of pneumonia afflicting five otherwise healthy gay men in Los Angeles. The cases would be identified a year later as the first AIDS diagnoses in the U.S., and the...
by Mikayla Denault | Dec 1, 2021 | Education
ARLINGTON, Va. — Students usually worry about schoolwork and tests, but the looming threat of climate change adds additional stress to children’s futures. “We need to educate, we need to step up and we need to really ensure that our planet is protected and we’re...
by Henry Rogers | Nov 30, 2021 | Politics
WASHINGTON — With her sights set on next year’s midterms, Rep. Elise Stefanik unveiled her PAC’s first round of endorsements for female GOP congressional candidates this afternoon in hopes of replicating the record-breaking surge of Republican women elected to...
by Delaney Nelson | Nov 30, 2021 | Environment
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration should spend more money for research on pipeline leaks because a majority have gone undetected due to outdated data collection technology, leaving people unaware whether hazardous substances may be endangering their health,...
by Ali McCadden | Nov 30, 2021 | Living
WASHINGTON — When Dani Seltzer is invited to talk to schoolchildren or chats with people in her Arlington, Virginia, community about what homelessness looks like, she says the image in people’s minds at the start of her talks is usually an adult man or woman asking...
by Hannah Zhihan Jiang | Nov 23, 2021 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Hospital groups and some members of Congress are demanding Democrats drop the proposed reduction in federal funding for some hospitals that serve large numbers of uninsured patients in the Biden administration’s $1.7 trillion social spending bill,...
by Delaney Nelson | Nov 23, 2021 | Environment
WASHINGTON — Environmental experts recommended Tuesday that the Environmental Protection Agency allocate more resources on studying the health and environmental impacts of PFAS chemicals and prioritize getting information from affected communities in its research on...
by Baylor Spears and Mikayla Denault | Nov 23, 2021 | Education
WASHINGTON — From lack of technology and internet access to teacher shortages to outdated buildings or classrooms, the COVID-19 pandemic exposed and exacerbated longstanding problems of students and schools across the country. To address these continuing issues, the...
by Jason Harward | Nov 23, 2021 | Politics
WASHINGTON — With a global supply chain embroiled in pandemic lags, the Federal Trade Commission Thursday tabled until next Wednesday its decision on whether to study how large retailers have contributed to the supply shortages, especially among small...
by Yiming Fu | Nov 23, 2021 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — A proposed amendment to the Indian Health Care Improvement Act is intended to improve health care access for American Indians who live in urban areas, its advocates say. The Urban Indian Health Confer Act would require the Department of Healtah and...
by Ali McCadden | Nov 23, 2021 | Education
WASHINGTON — UNICEF launched a plan this month that aims to pay teachers’ salaries in Afghanistan without going through the Taliban-run government, which has been a sticking point for countries and international organizations that had provided billions in...
by Delaney Nelson | Nov 20, 2021 | Environment
WASHINGTON – Top federal disaster and weather officials called on Congress last week to invest in natural hazard-resilient infrastructure and data collection to reduce the deaths and financial losses caused by the increasing number and intensity of windstorms such as...
