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...
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...
by Janea Wilson | Feb 18, 2020 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — A crucial issue in fighting the spread of the coronavirus is ensuring that countries with travel-related cases of the virus, like the U.S., take steps to prevent a spread that cannot be contained, the head of the National Institute of Allergies and...
by Cassidy Wang | Feb 14, 2020 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON—Democrats challenged Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar to explain the Trump administration’s attempt to cut Medicaid funding in the proposed fiscal 2021 budget, which they said would further undermine health care coverage, at a Senate Finance...
by Suzy Vazquez | Feb 12, 2020 | Featured, Health & Science, Politics
WASHINGTON — In response to numerous states enacting laws in 2019 that prohibit or restrict abortion, a House subcommittee held a hearing to evaluate H.R. 2975, The Women’s Health Protection Act. The bill would prohibit bans and medically unnecessary...
by Rupa Palla | Feb 12, 2020 | Featured, Health & Science, Technology, Topics
WASHINGTON – Space weather – the reactions between the sun, solar wind and Earth’s magnetic field – poses significant threats to global commerce and human life that need to be better understood, experts told a Senate committee Wednesday. Members of the Senate...
by Janea Wilson | Feb 11, 2020 | Featured, Health & Science, Politics
WASHINGTON — Preventing another water-safety crisis requires the Environmental Protection Agency to write specific rules about the use of lead and copper pipes for water, said the chairman of a key House environmental subcommittee Tuesday. Federal rules on lead and...
by Virginia Langmaid | Feb 11, 2020 | Featured, Health & Science, Politics
WASHINGTON — The United States must act quickly to keep pace with Chinese and Russian competition in space, a House leader on space told a forum of industry representatives Tuesday. “When we are talking about major investments in our infrastructure, we can’t leave...
by Joshua Irvine | Feb 6, 2020 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON – House Democrats pushed through a resolution Thursday rebuking President Donald Trump’s initiative to give states leeway to limit Medicaid benefits for some low-income recipients. The resolution, which passed 223-190, attacks an initiative by the Trump...
by Angelina Campanile | Feb 5, 2020 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Juliana Keeping is overcome with mixed emotions every time she celebrates her son’s birthday. Eli, 7, has cystic fibrosis. Another year older means another $300,000 in medical bills. “I’m deeply frustrated with the current system,” said Keeping, who...
by Martha Castro | Feb 5, 2020 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON— Experts on disease control said on Wednesday that quarantines and travel bans on China are not enough to control the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak and said the U.S. should provide more assistance to China and collaborate with other nations. “We don’t have a...
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...
