by Lauren Caruba | Mar 18, 2014 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Americans see it every day. It appears on cans, boxes and drink containers, on everything from frozen chicken breasts to cans of Coke to boxes of cereal. The nutrition facts label has become integral to the country’s packaged and manufactured food system...
by Sophia Bollag | Mar 17, 2014 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON – When President Barack Obama appeared in a video on the comedy website Funny or Die to plug his health care law last week, some pundits were quick to criticize. “Fox and Friends” host Brian Kilmeade said on his Fox News show that the president’s strategy...
by Preetisha Sen | Mar 17, 2014 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Jeff Kahn walked into yet another meeting with a bank that had agreed to meet with him. He sat down with the bank manager and explain everything about his business: a health clinic that treats patients with marijuana. Under laws in the District of...
by Lauren Caruba | Mar 12, 2014 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON – Republicans aggressively cross-examined Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius about the rocky implementation of the Affordable Care Act Wednesday, saying the law isn’t working as promised. At a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the...
by Sophia Bollag | Mar 11, 2014 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON – Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin said Tuesday he will introduce a bill to provide “steady, predictable funding” for biomedical research, saying the U.S. has an “innovation deficit.” During a speech at the non-partisan think tank, the Center for...
by Vesko Cholakov | Mar 10, 2014 | Health & Science
While Hispanic and youth enrollment is lagging, the rate of uninsured in most demographics continues to drop sharply, a new Gallup study finds.
by Jonathan Palmer | Mar 10, 2014 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON – An African-American medical association said Monday it will partner with African-American churches to help educate and enroll African-Americans in the Affordable Care Act. The National Medical Association, a group that promotes equality in medicine for...
by Ellen Garrison | Mar 7, 2014 | Health & Science, Politics
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley might be a 79 year-old Republican, but he knows how to connect to young American voters better than many of his younger colleagues — via Twitter. “People make fun of him because he has typos and he has weird misspellings and it...
by Lauren Caruba | Mar 6, 2014 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Marissa Penrod knew something was wrong with her son early on. At 4 years old, Joseph couldn’t run or walk up a flight of stairs normally. He had never ridden a bike. After multiple pediatric consultations, she was referred to a neurologist in Ann Arbor,...
by Sophia Bollag | Mar 5, 2014 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Military medical personnel should prioritize new technology and work with private health care providers to improve medicine for both veterans and civilians, a panel of experts at the Reserve Officers Association said Wednesday. Through their use of data...
by Christophe Haubursin | Mar 5, 2014 | Business, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Tech magnate Elon Musk wants in on the Defense Department’s satellite space race, for capitalism’s sake. At a Senate hearing Wednesday, Musk, the CEO of electric car maker Tesla Motors, pushed for opening up satellite launch services to free market...
