by Sophia Bollag | Jan 15, 2014 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON – Legislation to improve health care for seniors with multiple chronic illnesses by providing financial incentives to doctors to coordinate care of the illnesses was introduced by a bipartisan group of lawmakers Wednesday. Sponsored by Sens. Ron Wyden,...
by Lauren Caruba | Jan 14, 2014 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Abortion rights were under attack from the right in 2013, especially at the state level, despite wide pro-choice support among Americans, according to an annual report released Tuesday by NARAL Pro-Choice America. States approved 53 laws identified by...
by Summer Delaney | Mar 19, 2013 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON—Christine Mau spent her childhood trying to be “invisible” because when people saw her, bad things happened. It was only when she reached college that she began confiding to classmates her history of sexual assault by her father and her boyfriend. With...
by Tara Longardner & Olivia Marcus | Mar 13, 2013 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON–The announcement this month that researchers had effectively cured a toddler born with HIV was considered a breakthrough in the battle against AIDS. But for most of the approximately 330,000 babies born with the virus every year, experts say the...
by Alyssa Howard | Mar 5, 2013 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON – Severely mentally ill individuals who may be prone to violence too often can’t get the psychiatric help they need because of legal roadblocks and inadequate treatment options, witnesses told a House investigatory committee said Tuesday. Held in the wake...
by Fritz T. Burgher | Feb 26, 2013 | Health & Science, Politics
WASHINGTON — When Alonzo J. King, Jr. was arrested for threatening a group of people with a shotgun in Wicomico County, Md., he quickly pled guilty and was convicted of second-degree assault. However, what transpired during his arrest has brought his case to the...
by Tom Meyer | Feb 26, 2013 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — When President Barack Obama said recently that football needs to address the issue of player safety more seriously, he also offered a simple solution: fix the game or stop playing. “If I had a son, I’d have to think long and hard before...
by Alyssa Howard | Feb 6, 2013 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — On December 5, 2009, Brittan Sutphin’s heart stopped beating for eight minutes. The high school junior had been swimming in a practice relay when her friends and teammates saw her suddenly stop taking strokes and sink to the bottom of the pool....
by Tom Meyer | Feb 6, 2013 | Health & Science, National Security
WASHINGTON – The head of the House Committee on Intelligence called Wednesday for Congress to pass legislation that would allow federal cybersecurity officials to more easily share information with private companies so they could defend against the rising number of...
by Josh Solomon | Feb 5, 2013 | Environment, Health & Science
WASHINGTON – In 2008, energy experts convened on Capitol Hill with a dire message: the world is running out of fossil fuels and America’s energy future is insecure. On Tuesday, the House Subcommittee on Energy and Power met with expert energy witnesses who said new...
by Tom Meyer | Feb 5, 2013 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON – Maryland and Minnesota state officials said Tuesday that their states are making progress in carrying out new health care exchanges. The report from the states came less than a year before most provisions of the new health care law take effect. Officials...
by Alyssa Howard | Jan 29, 2013 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — One in five Americans don’t have access to doctors when they need them due to a shortage of primary care physicians, Sen. Bernie Sanders said Tuesday. The Senate subcommittee on primary health and aging grappled with ways to solve the problem and more...
