by Sophia Bollag | Mar 4, 2014 | Health & Science
Although the Affordable Care Act initially called for all states to expand Medicaid by Jan. 1, the Supreme Court ruled states could decide for themselves whether to expand Medicaid. Click the map for more information on Medicaid expansion by state. Status of Medicaid...
by Sylvan Lane | Mar 4, 2014 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON—The House Subcommittee on Government Operations took its best shot Tuesday at untangling mixed messages stemming from the White House’s policy that marijuana should remain illegal and some states’ decisions to legalize it. But in the end, the subcommittee...
by Sara Olstad | Feb 26, 2014 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON – An unlikely combination of advocates, comedian Seth Rogen and National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins, came together to urge Congress to provide more funding for Alzheimer’s research Wednesday. The pair and other experts testified before a...
by Ellen Garrison | Feb 26, 2014 | Health & Science, National Security
WASHINGTON – Amid revelations of government surveillance, the Food and Drug Administration found itself in front of a House committee Wednesday dealing with allegations of unreasonable computer monitoring of whistleblowing FDA employees. The Republicans on the...
by Mary Kate Hayes | Feb 26, 2014 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON – Labels offering nutrition facts may be unclear to consumers because of skewed serving sizes and a lack of ingredient breakdowns, according to experts. But the Food and Drug Administration is expected to propose improvements when the agency releases...
by Lauren Caruba | Feb 25, 2014 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers and mental health experts expressed concern Tuesday that doctors may be over-prescribing childhood psychotropic medications and called for increases in school psychologists and early intervention programs. The use of the medications among youth...
by Lauren Caruba | Feb 19, 2014 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON – Despite technical glitches, a government shutdown and dozens of attempts to repeal the new health care law, implementation of the Affordable Care Act is going strong in the country’s largest state, according to a new report. The study, compiled by the...
by Vesko Cholakov | Feb 18, 2014 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON – Dressed in costumes as a pig and a hog, members of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals gave gave away Tuesday 150 vegan sandwiches made of meat-free ribs outside of Eastern Market. The event commemorated the start of the nation-wide...
by Ryan McCrimmon | Feb 18, 2014 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — A new exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery fuses art and technology in an unusual homage to American history. Wearing Google Glass, Google’s latest toy billed as the first “wearable computer,” visitors simply look at a certain area...
by Sophia Bollag | Feb 11, 2014 | Environment, Health & Science
WASHINGTON – Technology designed to cut carbon emissions in coal-fired power plants is currently too costly for practical use across the country, Energy Department officials said Tuesday. Carbon capture and storage techniques – known as CCS technologies – will...
