by Janea Wilson | Jan 28, 2020 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON–Congress should expand Medicaid to cover a pregnant woman’s prenatal health care as well as the delivery and the baby’s health care, the chairwoman of a House Education and Labor subcommittee said Tuesday. Rep. Frederica Wilson, D-Fla., said the...
by Alex Moore | Jan 15, 2020 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Congress should act quickly to change marijuana laws to allow researchers easier access to cannabis so they can conduct tests to determine whether it has medical value and what risks might be associated with using it medicinally, top government health...
by Janea Wilson | Jan 14, 2020 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON –The federal government can learn from some states’ successes in the 20-year battle against opioid addiction, the chairwoman of a House investigations subcommittee said Tuesday. During that time, more than 400,000 people have died from opioid...
by Brooke Fowler | Mar 21, 2019 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Sexual assaults of members of the military have risen in recent years, and some female veterans say they need better mental health services from the Department of Veterans Affairs, which already has implemented some new treatment plans for mental health...
by Heena Srivastava and Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff | Mar 21, 2019 | Featured, Health & Science, Living
WASHINGTON –– Gail Sasse gave birth to her son, Joey, in late February, but she didn’t feel close to the baby until recently. Joey spent the first days of his life in the NICU after he began experiencing tremors — a symptom of neonatal abstinence syndrome. He...
by Samantha Handler | Mar 19, 2019 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Departing Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said the agency should remain committed to his fight against vaping at a Brookings Institution event on Tuesday, saying its benefits in helping adults quit smoking should not come “at the...
by Charlotte Walsh | Mar 19, 2019 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — NASA on Tuesday unveiled new discoveries from its first asteroid sample retrieval mission, notably that the asteroid the scientists planned on sampling is a rare “active asteroid.” According to the mission’s principal investigator Dante Lauretta, an...
by Ester Wells | Mar 14, 2019 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Vehicle safety leaders and the mother of a drunk driving victim urged a House subcommittee Thursday to adopt comprehensive breathalyzer legislation and support new technology to prevent drunk driving. Helen Witty, national president of Mothers Against...
by Henry Erlandson | Mar 13, 2019 | Featured, Health & Science, National Security, Topics
WASHINGTON — The United States must prioritize its international partnerships and harness the private sector to maintain its position as the global leader in space, legislators said Wednesday. Several senators expressed a growing concern at a Committee on Commerce,...
by Ester Wells & Leslie Bonilla | Mar 13, 2019 | Featured, Health & Science
ALEXANDRIA, VA —School lunchrooms across Washington, DC will be serving an original recipe from five middle school students next year. The quinoa and chicken “Winter Bowl” recipe, created by a team from Takoma Park Middle School, won the 7th annual Real Food for Kids...
by Ester Wells | Mar 6, 2019 | Featured, Health & Science, Living
WASHINGTON — A health expert and the family members of elderly abuse victims told a Senate committee Wednesday that many nursing homes are unsafe and treat their patients abusively, including rape. Seminole, Florida resident Maya Fischer told the Senate Finance...
by Brooke Fowler | Mar 5, 2019 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON – High school student Ethan Lindenberger, who sought vaccinations last month without his mother’s approval, told a Senate committee Tuesday that anti-vaccination rhetoric is founded in fear and misinformation. Outside the hearing, hundreds of...
