by Jasper Scherer | Feb 11, 2016 | Health & Science, Politics
WASHINGTON – Vice President Joe Biden is using his final 11 months in office to lay the groundwork for his next big ambition — to double the pace of cancer research. The White House recently established a task force with Biden to lead the effort, and President...
by Julia Jacobs | Feb 10, 2016 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Michigan will provide $25 million of the $55 million price tag for a plan to remove lead pipes delivering water to houses in Flint, but the city is seeking more financial help from the federal government. Lead began to leach into Flint’s drinking water...
by Erin Bacon | Feb 10, 2016 | Health & Science, Living, Politics
WASHINGTON – Better police training and specialized criminal justice procedures could cut down on the disproportionately high numbers of mentally ill people who wind up in the nation’s courts and jails, several criminal justice experts told a Senate committee...
by Nicolas Rivero | Feb 9, 2016 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama’s proposed 2017 budget would reduce NASA spending nearly $300 million from 2016 – but those cuts face staunch opposition from a space-friendly Congress. The $19 billion NASA budget, which the White House released Tuesday, included...
by Noah Fromson | Feb 8, 2016 | Health & Science, Living
Chipotle closed all of its stores nationwide Monday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. for a mandatory employee food safety meeting. The chain is responding to health issues from the summer and is working to implement new safety protocols. See how consumers reacted when they...
by Jasper Scherer | Feb 8, 2016 | Environment, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — The U.S. could lose its position as a global leader in nuclear energy if it continues to close plants and fails to open new ones, leaders of a nuclear advisory committee said on Monday. The United States operates 99 reactors at 61 commercial nuclear...
by Drew Gerber | Feb 8, 2016 | Health & Science, National Security
WASHINGTON — While military treatment facilities, like Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, were created to train medical officers for deployment, the treatment of military members and their families is also a priority for the facilities, according to...
by Allyson Chiu | Feb 8, 2016 | Health & Science
Testing genetically modified mitochondrial DNA in people is now ethically permissible, but the scientific community is concerned about how gene manipulation will impact society, biology experts said Wednesday. A new report from the Institute of Medicine, now part of...
by Drew Gerber | Feb 4, 2016 | Environment, Health & Science, Politics
WASHINGTON — In the midst of a deepening investigation of the ongoing public health crisis in Flint, Michigan, U.S. House Republicans Wednesday looked past local and state failures and focused on indicting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. While members of the...
by Alex Duner | Feb 3, 2016 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Experts had some harsh words Wednesday about the nation’s plans to return to manned space flight. A direct trip to Mars is not feasible, they told the House on Science, Space, and Technology Committee. “In the current fiscal environment, there are...
by Nicolas Rivero | Feb 2, 2016 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — If the commercial space launch industry is to expand beyond a niche market, it will have to figure out how to get every-day people into space affordably, a panel of industry leaders said Tuesday. Commercial space launch companies generally sustain...
by Jasper Scherer | Feb 2, 2016 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — NASA should be more realistic in estimating the length of its missions because they regularly go longer than predicted — and that can be a good sign, a former top congressional staff member told researchers commissioned by NASA to assess the...
