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Union leaders call on Trump to invoke Defense Production Act to speed delivery of protective gear to frontline workers

Union leaders call on Trump to invoke Defense Production Act to speed delivery of protective gear to frontline workers

by Khadija Islow | Apr 1, 2020 | Featured, Health & Science

President Donald Trump should invoke his authority under the Defense Production Act to expedite the delivery of masks, gloves and gowns to frontline workers who are at a high risk of contracting the coronavirus, union leaders said Tuesday. “While the rest of America...
Fauci asked questions about coronavirus by NBA player Stephen Curry on Instagram Live

Fauci asked questions about coronavirus by NBA player Stephen Curry on Instagram Live

by Khadija Islow | Mar 27, 2020 | Featured, Health & Science

It is doubtful that the COVID-19 pandemic will disappear this summer like many other respiratory viruses that go away as the weather gets warmer, Dr. Anthony Fauci told more than 45,000 users during an Instagram Live session on Thursday. The director of the National...
Women could lose insurance coverage for birth control if the Supreme Court rules in favor of the Trump administration

Women could lose insurance coverage for birth control if the Supreme Court rules in favor of the Trump administration

by Suzy Vazquez and Cassidy Wang | Mar 20, 2020 | Featured, Health & Science, Politics

WASHINGTON — Rachel Fey remembers struggling to get health insurance to cover her birth control costs – more than $400 out of pocket for three months of her pills. For some women, paying for food and shelter often doesn’t leave enough left over to pay for birth...
Wisconsin congressional delegation split on coronavirus response

Wisconsin congressional delegation split on coronavirus response

by Joshua Irvine | Mar 12, 2020 | Featured, Health & Science, Politics, Topics

WASHINGTON — Wisconsin’s congressional delegation was unified in authorizing $8.3 billion to combat the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, but much of lawmakers’ rhetoric on what the World Health Organization has labeled a global pandemic has split along partisan...
Underfunding public health hurting America’s response to coronavirus, experts say

Underfunding public health hurting America’s response to coronavirus, experts say

by Khadija Islow | Mar 10, 2020 | Featured, Health & Science

WASHINGTON–The United States ability to respond to the coronavirus outbreak is the result of underfunding of public health organizations over the last decade, the former White House Ebola coordinator and a top of Trust for America’s Health said. Nadine Garcia,...
American Hostages in Iranian prisons are in danger of contracting coronavirus

American Hostages in Iranian prisons are in danger of contracting coronavirus

by Khadija Islow | Mar 5, 2020 | Health & Science, Politics

WASHINGTON — Hostages are being held in crowded prisons in Iran where coronavirus cases are surging, said a family member of two American hostages in Iran during a briefing on Thursday. “I’m horrified for my brother and father. They are cooped up in overly...
Families of American hostages in Iran urge Congress to provide more assistance

Families of American hostages in Iran urge Congress to provide more assistance

by Martha Castro and Khadija Islow | Mar 5, 2020 | Featured, Health & Science, Politics

WASHINGTON— Families of American hostages in Iran on Thursday called on the House to approve a bill that would increase government assistance to Americans wrongfully detained abroad and impose sanctions on foreign officials responsible for the detainments. “Any...
State officials ask for more federal funding to control coronavirus outbreak

State officials ask for more federal funding to control coronavirus outbreak

by Janea Wilson | Mar 4, 2020 | Health & Science

WASHINGTON—Financial support is what is most needed by local governments to fight coronavirus Illinois Department of Public Health Director Ngozi Ezike told the House Committee on Homeland Security on Wednesday. Ezike said the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...
Government falling short on fighting opioid epidemic, experts tell House

Government falling short on fighting opioid epidemic, experts tell House

by Khadija Islow | Mar 3, 2020 | Featured, Health & Science, Topics

WASHINGTON– The United States is in the fourth wave of the substance abuse crisis as; methamphetamines combined with drugs like fentanyl are overshadowing opiod abuse in some parts of the country, said a top official at the Department of Health and Human Services said...
How Democrats and Republicans clash on paid leave policy

How Democrats and Republicans clash on paid leave policy

by Gregory Svirnovskiy | Feb 27, 2020 | Featured, Health & Science

WASHINGTON — Joan Lunden co-hosted her first Good Morning America episode just seven weeks after giving birth to her first child in 1980. She was lucky — ABC provided paid maternity leave when each of her children was born. Lunden is a mother to seven...
Black doulas emphasize their importance alleviating maternal health crisis

Black doulas emphasize their importance alleviating maternal health crisis

by Janea Wilson | Feb 27, 2020 | Health & Science

WASHINGTON—Samantha Griffin became a doula six years ago to try to ensure that women of color made it through childbirth because black women account for one-third of the 700 women who die each year from a pregnancy-related complication. “If you go out every day in the...
Azar announces new coronavirus case, House members call for increasing Trump’s $2.5 billion emergency funding request to fight the disease

Azar announces new coronavirus case, House members call for increasing Trump’s $2.5 billion emergency funding request to fight the disease

by Janea Wilson | Feb 26, 2020 | Featured, Health & Science

WASHINGTON—The 15th travel-related case of coronavirus in the United States was confirmed Tuesday afternoon by Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar at a House committee meeting where some members said President Donald Trump isn’t asking for enough money to...
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