by Ester Wells | Jan 10, 2019 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Sen. Bernie Sanders and several Democratic House members proposed legislation Thursday to cut prescription drug prices, saying U.S. prices are higher than in most other developed countries. “How many Americans have to die before Congress takes on...
by Rachel Frazin | Mar 22, 2018 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON – Between 50 and 70 percent of the young prisoners in state juvenile justice systems have a mental disability, but an analysis of those systems found that only one state — Indiana — requires all teachers in such facilities to have special education...
by Paola de Varona | Mar 15, 2018 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — As lawmakers hammer out a 2018 federal budget, women’s health and family planning is proving to be a contentious issue, but the fight is not limited to Capitol Hill. Last month, Planned Parenthood and several local governments and allied health care...
by Libby Berry | Mar 8, 2018 | Featured, Health & Science, Politics
WASHINGTON – Despite early concerns about its effects on reproductive health care in the developing world, Congress is unlikely to repeal policy that restricts international organizations’ ability to offer abortion services if they receive U.S. funding, Sen. Jeanne...
by Jakob Lazzaro | Mar 8, 2018 | Featured, Health & Science, Politics
WASHINGTON — Touting Oregon’s efforts to combat the opioid crisis, Gov. Kate Brown told a Senate committee Thursday that states need the federal government to step up its efforts by providing more money and moving beyond punishment of drug users to prevention. “Right...
by Renzo Downey | Feb 27, 2018 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON – Congress needs to stop stalling and take action to ensure the rising number of near misses by planes and the dangers of unregulated drones in commercial air space are addressed, the top Democrat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee...
by Priyanka Godbole | Feb 27, 2018 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON – More help is needed to protect female scientists from unwanted sexual advances and intimidation, experts from various scientific institutions told a congressional committee Tuesday, and urged the lawmakers to pass legislation to combat sexual harassment...
by Anna Laffrey | Feb 22, 2018 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — In the wake of mass shootings like the ones in Las Vegas or at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, people often wonder whether improving mental health care would have prevented the perpetrators from committing mass murder....
by Caroline Vakil | Feb 15, 2018 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON – Employers need to provide more treatment and recovery services to those affected by the opioid epidemic, said Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI) during a congressional hearing Thursday. 70 percent of U.S. companies offer programs to help employees facing substance...
by Caroline Vakil | Feb 7, 2018 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON–After SpaceX successfully launched its heavy-lift rocket into orbit yesterday, aerospace enthusiasts had something to celebrate: the first privately owned spacecraft to reach orbit. SpaceX “made incredibly hard look easy and fun,” Boeing official John...
by Priyanka Godbole | Feb 1, 2018 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON – There still is no effective drug treatment for the most common form of arthritis – osteoarthritis – and all types of the disease combined cost about $304 billion a year in medical care and lost wages so more federal research funding is needed, arthritis...
by Rachel Frazin | Jan 25, 2018 | Featured, Health & Science, Living
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service is “unprepared to police the mail arriving in our country” that contains illegal drugs, especially opioids, the head of a Senate homeland security investigations subcommittee said Thursday. Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, said the...
