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...
by Justin Askenazy | Feb 28, 2019 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON – State and local health experts Thursday stressed the need for more doctors and other health care providers, especially in rural areas, to combat the opioid epidemic at a Senate hearing. State health department directors, behavioral science professors and...
by Henry Erlandson | Feb 21, 2019 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON – An estimated half billion television viewers worldwide witnessed Neil Armstrong take mankind’s first steps on the moon in July 1969, an event that effectively ended the Cold War space race and spurred five ensuing NASA missions to the moon. Fifty years...
by Ester Wells | Feb 19, 2019 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Agribusiness leaders introduced new software technology Tuesday that they said would make American farmers more competitive by reducing uncertainty created by climate change and trade policies. DTN/The Progressive Farmer Director Mary Tangen stressed the...
by Gabrielle Bienasz | Feb 15, 2019 | Health & Science, National Security, Politics, Topics
Gays Against Guns chanted “How many more have to die?” and “Pass HR8″ throughout the capitol on Valentine’s Day. The New York-based organization began in the wake of the 2016 shooting at the Pulse gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla. Members from the group...
by Ester Wells | Feb 14, 2019 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Before Mia Davis created tabú, she rarely talked about sex. Her abstinence-only sex education and conservative Midwestern family’s values made it uncomfortable talking about her heavy, irregular period and chronic pelvic pain, let alone the fact that she...
by Ester Wells | Feb 14, 2019 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Scientists pushed Thursday for continued development and testing of gene editing techniques to determine whether altering human DNA is ethical. “We still don’t have full clarity, but we need research to be able to get that,” said Siva Subramanian,...
by Ester Wells | Feb 12, 2019 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — House members on Tuesday sought solutions to rising drug prices from a panel of health leaders and emphasized their commitment to lowering out-of-pocket costs for consumers. “Americans are desperate for a solution to help them afford the quality,...
by Ester Wells | Feb 7, 2019 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Health officials Thursday stressed that the higher cancer rates and lower life expectancy in rural America compared with urban areas requires more federal funding and more health care access. “At the end of the day, our communities and our chains are only...
by Samantha Handler | Feb 6, 2019 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Chad Riedy got really sick for the first time at 26. He has cystic fibrosis and after returning from his honeymoon, realized he was having trouble breathing and performing normal activities. He was admitted to the hospital for 7 days, and though his...
by Henry Erlandson | Jan 31, 2019 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Abortion foes Thursday condemned recent legislative moves across the country loosening restrictions on late-term abortions. Kristan Hawkins, president of Students for Life of America, condemned Democratic lawmakers who are passing abortion rights...
by Ester Wells | Jan 30, 2019 | Featured, Health & Science, Topics
WASHINGTON — Space Foundation CEO Tom Zelibor and industry leaders called Wednesday for development of space for commercial uses by entrepreneurs and businesses rather than a war for space domination among competing countries. “Today’s space race is being waged by...
