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VA wants to make telephone appointments for mental healthcare permanent

VA wants to make telephone appointments for mental healthcare permanent

by Maia Pandey | Mar 17, 2022 | Featured, Health & Science

A typical therapist’s waiting room may contain a few unremarkable chairs, a handful of outdated magazines and the quiet bustle of a receptionist’s desk.  But in Veterans Affairs facilities, patients can sometimes be bombarded by swaths of military paraphernalia and...
AHEAD OF MIDTERMS, TEXAS REPUBLICANS SET OMINOUS AGENDA FOR TRANS PEOPLE

AHEAD OF MIDTERMS, TEXAS REPUBLICANS SET OMINOUS AGENDA FOR TRANS PEOPLE

by Jenny Huh | Feb 24, 2022 | Featured, Health & Science

WASHINGTON – Six-year-old Isa says she doesn’t mind being a girl with a penis. “Yep, very happy,” said Isa, formerly Isaac, who, according to her mother Violet A., has identified herself as a girl since she started speaking at two. Though she’s too young to know that...
Blast from the Past: Aging Committee members introduce old-school bipartisan legislation

Blast from the Past: Aging Committee members introduce old-school bipartisan legislation

by Zachary Kessel | Feb 10, 2022 | Featured, Health & Science

WASHINGTON – For Senate Special Committee on Aging Chairman Bob Casey (D-Pa.) and ranking member Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Thursday’s hearing on dual-enrollment in Medicare and Medicaid was an opportunity to tout an accomplishment all too rare in today’s political climate:...
Bipartisan agreement on expanding telehealth options amid mental health crisis

Bipartisan agreement on expanding telehealth options amid mental health crisis

by Maia Pandey | Feb 2, 2022 | Featured, Health & Science

WASHINGTON — Increasing access to telehealth services, which many have come to rely upon during the pandemic, provided a point of agreement between lawmakers in a Tuesday hearing to address the national mental health crisis. “Too long Americans have shied away from...
Experts: Workforce shortages, stigma add to mental health and substance abuse crises

Experts: Workforce shortages, stigma add to mental health and substance abuse crises

by Maia Pandey | Feb 1, 2022 | Featured, Health & Science

WASHINGTON — Communities and healthcare providers urgently need federal funding to address twin mental health and substance abuse crises, healthcare experts and advocates told senators on Tuesday “Almost 130 million Americans live in areas with less than one mental...
S.D. Anti-Trans Bill Suggests Another Spike in Similar GOP-Driven Efforts Nationwide

S.D. Anti-Trans Bill Suggests Another Spike in Similar GOP-Driven Efforts Nationwide

by Jenny Huh | Jan 26, 2022 | Featured, Health & Science, Topics

WASHINGTON — Less than a month into the new year, the South Dakota Senate passed an anti-transgender measure, an early indication that the record-number of similar bills introduced or signed into law nationwide last year may continue, according to experts.  “It is...
“Take pride in your flavor”: Menthol cigarette use highest among marginalized groups targeted by tobacco industry, report finds

“Take pride in your flavor”: Menthol cigarette use highest among marginalized groups targeted by tobacco industry, report finds

by Maia Pandey | Jan 26, 2022 | Featured, Health & Science, Topics

WASHINGTON — About one in five lesbian-, gay- and bisexual-identifying adults smoke cigarettes, compared to about one in seven adults who identify as straight — placing LGB Americans among the top 10 populations disproportionately affected by tobacco use, according to...
Health Action Conference Tackles Intersection Between Health Access and Racial Justice

Health Action Conference Tackles Intersection Between Health Access and Racial Justice

by Ali Bianco | Jan 25, 2022 | Featured, Health & Science, Living

WASHINGTON – A father slept by his sister’s side as she cried in the hospital after losing four of her limbs to unchecked diabetes. The family didn’t have insurance, so they couldn’t have treated her condition earlier.  Laura Guerra-Cardus witnessed their struggle...

Advocates call for simplification of veterans’ toxic exposure health care coverage

by Charlotte Varnes | Jan 19, 2022 | Featured, Health & Science, Topics

WASHINGTON –– Health care coverage for veterans exposed to toxins needs to be streamlined, advocates told lawmakers on Tuesday. “We are a country that loves its veterans — certainly, we purport to,” actor and veterans advocate Jon Stewart told the House Committee on...
Scientists edge closer to pollution-free fusion energy amid recent breakthroughs

Scientists edge closer to pollution-free fusion energy amid recent breakthroughs

by Henry Rogers and Zinya Salfiti | Dec 8, 2021 | Health & Science

WASHINGTON — Recent research breakthroughs in nuclear fusion have sped up the timeline to bring the pollution-free energy source to the U.S. energy grid by decades, experts say, renewing interest among scientists and lawmakers in the technology’s potential...
Congress Reviews Biden’s Proposal to Regulate Fentanyl

Congress Reviews Biden’s Proposal to Regulate Fentanyl

by Hannah Zhihan Jiang | Dec 7, 2021 | Health & Science

WASHINGTON — Federal officials are urging a U.S. House committee to support President Joe Biden’s proposal to strengthen regulations on all fentanyl-related substances, with one calling it the most dangerous drug he’s seen. The Biden administration recommended...
Survivors, family members call for opioid crisis accountability

Survivors, family members call for opioid crisis accountability

by Jason Harward and Zinya Salfiti | Dec 3, 2021 | Health & Science

WASHINGTON — Protesters gathered outside the Department of Justice Friday demanding the Attorney General’s Office pursue a criminal lawsuit against the Sackler family, owners of the billion-dollar pharmaceutical company that manufactures the prescription drug...
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