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...
by Tom Meyer | Jan 29, 2013 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Here’s the good news this flu season: federal health data shows Washington isn’t having a widespread flu outbreak. The bad news? That conclusion’s most likely wrong. Actually, D.C. is likely experiencing the same major outbreaks as Maryland,...
by Tom Meyer | Jan 23, 2013 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON – The expansion of Medicaid under President Barack Obama’s 2010 health care reform law so far has primarily benefited low-income children and pregnant women, according to a report released Wednesday. Children whose parents have low incomes have received...
by Tom Meyer | Jan 16, 2013 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON – Recent increases in severe weather and natural disasters stem from changes in the environment and climate, and affected communities must take steps to prepare for the continuing nature of the incidents, a panel of top government experts from the United...
by Kimberly Railey | Jan 15, 2013 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON – Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius urged community leaders Tuesday to ensure blacks and Latinos take advantage of the Obama administration’s health care law. During her address at an annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day luncheon,...
