by Kelly Norris | Sep 28, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s child care plan proposes a payment cap of 10 percent of a family’s income for expenses, while Republican nominee Donald Trump would increase access for families to open tax-free saving accounts,...
by Rishika Dugyala & Fallon Schlossman | Sep 27, 2016 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Protesters spread dozens of empty shoes in front of the Department of Health of Human Services Tuesday, symbolically representing those affected by Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and unable to attend the event. Loetta Vann,...
by Kelly Norris | Sep 26, 2016 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON – Locally based exercise and health programs are the most effective way to improve American longevity, according to several municipal and community health leaders. A panel, meeting Monday at the Newseum, focused on integrating mental health, exercise and...
by David Gernon | Sep 26, 2016 | Business, Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — The recent spate of price increases for prescription drugs got more attention Monday as a Minnesota lawmaker called for new policies to combat rising drug prices in the pharmaceutical industry. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn, at the Center for American...
by Marissa Page | Sep 26, 2016 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON – Federal health officials are taking steps to contain nationwide opioid addiction by addressing it at the onset — by scaling back prescriptions, a top Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official said Monday. The number of opioid-related deaths has...
by Kelly Norris | Sep 21, 2016 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON – Mylan CEO Heather Bresch on Wednesday once again defended her company’s EpiPen pricing, which had reached $608.61 for a two-pack of the epinephrine auto-injector, telling a skeptical House committee that a generic version at half the price should be...
by Drew Gerber | Mar 20, 2016 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — While the U.S. Navy is better known for its role in protecting Americans from enemies abroad, it also works in labs throughout the world, combatting an unseen enemy: infectious disease. And now, U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit 6 (NAMRU-6) based in Lima,...
by Tyler Kendall | Mar 17, 2016 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON—When some of the nation’s most powerful women got together Thursday at the Treasury Department, they meant business. The Women in Finance and Technology Symposium addressed improving financial inclusion for women, closing the gender gap in science and...
by Jack Corrigan | Mar 17, 2016 | Environment, Health & Science, Politics
WASHINGTON — Congressmen held nothing back Thursday in their scathing attacks on Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy for doing too little to solve the Flint, Mich. water crisis, which left many of the city’s 99,000 residents with...
by Drew Gerber | Mar 16, 2016 | Campaign 2016, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Despite the many surprises of the 2016 presidential campaigns, most agreed there was one sure thing: If Michael Bloomberg ran for president, he would not win. However, a Bloomberg administration almost certainly would have had improving public health as a...
by Drew Gerber | Mar 16, 2016 | Health & Science, Politics
In the 1973 landmark Roe v. Wade case, the Supreme Court gave constitutional protection to a woman’s right to an abortion. But in 1992, the court in Planned Parenthood v. Casey amended that right somewhat. States could restrict abortions to protect women’s...
by Noah Fromson | Mar 15, 2016 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Zika researchers need to shift focus from male to female mosquitoes because mating could be the key to controlling the virus, an expert said Tuesday. Scientists have been working on genetically modifying the aedes aegypti mosquito,...
