by Cassie Sun | Nov 6, 2025 | Featured, Health & Science, Topics
WASHINGTON — For the first time in seven years, China did not purchase a single bushel of soybeans from the United States this summer as the two countries remain in economic conflict. This comes just one year after China purchased 27 million metric tons of American...
by Gabe Hawkins | Nov 6, 2025 | Featured, Health & Science, Politics
WASHINGTON — Republican senators and witnesses criticized the affordability of the ACA on Thursday, claiming the health care plan drives up costs and stifles competition. In a contentious hearing with the Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on...
by Aanika Sawhney and Ashley Wong | Oct 29, 2025 | Featured, Health & Science, Politics
WASHINGTON — In an attempt to curb a national humanitarian crisis when SNAP benefits — the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program that feeds nearly one in eight Americans — are set to be suspended nationwide on Nov. 1 due to the government shutdown, Democrats and...
by Misha Manjuran Oberoi | Oct 29, 2025 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — At a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee hearing on biotechnology and U.S. competitiveness, lawmakers and witnesses warned that America risks losing its industry dominance. China now accounts for 30% of global clinical trial starts,...
by Misha Manjuran Oberoi | Oct 14, 2025 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Health care administrators across rural America say financial pressures are mounting as federal support programs expire and Medicaid cuts take effect, putting many facilities at risk of closure. In Hugo, Colorado — a town of fewer than 1,000 people — that...
by Misha Manjuran Oberoi | Oct 9, 2025 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON – At an Oct. 8 Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP) hearing, lawmakers examined how artificial intelligence is reshaping health care — from easing paperwork to raising new safety concerns, including reports of chatbot-linked teen...
by Alison Miller | Oct 9, 2025 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON – Lawmakers and experts argued that the U.S. supply chain’s overreliance on foreign-manufactured medicines, particularly from China and India, poses both health and national security risks during a Senate hearing on Wednesday. The Senate Special...
by Desiree Luo and Cassie Sun | Oct 7, 2025 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON – Bill Nye, the “Science Guy,” called for Congress to reject the White House’s proposed cuts to NASA’s funding. Nye is a long-time television personality and CEO of the Planetary Society, a nonprofit organization that promotes space exploration. He gathered...
by Cassie Sun | Oct 1, 2025 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump just announced a plan for TrumpRx, a new, government-run, direct-to-consumer online pharmacy. It comes a day after Trump’s deadline for pharmaceutical companies to lower costs on prescription drugs. On July 31, Trump wrote a letter...
by Kally Proctor | Sep 30, 2025 | Health & Science, Politics
WASHINGTON – Representative Haley Stevens (D–Mich.) announced Thursday that she will introduce articles of impeachment against Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. “Enough is enough,” Stevens said in a statement. “We need leaders who put...
by Samanta Habashy | Mar 24, 2025 | Featured, Health & Science, Topics
WASHINGTON — Five days after discovering their 16-year-old son Daniel Puerta unresponsive in bed, Jaime Puerta and his wife decided to discontinue life support as they stood beside him in the Los Angeles Children’s Hospital. Puerta kissed his son’s nose one last time....
by Sasha Draeger-Mazer | Mar 11, 2025 | Featured, Health & Science, Topics
WASHINGTON – White lab coats dotted the crowd gathered in the shadow of the Lincoln Memorial on Friday afternoon. Some attendees accessorized with oversized cardboard syringes, while others wore safety goggles pushed up onto their foreheads; this was – you guessed it...
