by Patrick Svitek | Jan 25, 2012 | Health & Science, Politics
WASHINGTON — Newt Gingrich is once again a political gift and a curse as he surges for the second time in less than two months, according to several panelists discussing the tumultuous primary season Wednesday at American University. The two-hour talk centered on...
by Kit Fox | Jan 18, 2012 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON —The long white rectangle at the top of your browser window is about to become a lot more valuable. On Jan. 12, the Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers, known as ICANN, began accepting applications for “top-level domains” – the short strings...
by Rachel Morello | Jan 18, 2012 | Business, Health & Science, Politics
WASHINGTON – Do you know where your computer’s information is stored? Increasingly, the answer is up in the air. Cloud technology is one of the latest developments to hit it big in the world of digital information. This service allows users to store and access...
by Chris Kirk | Jan 17, 2012 | Environment, Health & Science
WASHINGTON —IBM Chief Financial Officer Jeff Katz said Tuesday that the country is undergoing a “leap” forward in smart grid technology, but cautioned that this leap would introduce new security challenges. At a smart grid technologies conference at a Washington...
by David Uberti | Jan 11, 2012 | Health & Science, Politics
WASHINGTON — Tech experts warned Wednesday that increased regulation could limit further Internet growth and inhibit economic benefits of the Web. Speaking at a Brookings Institution panel, several Internet specialists listed economic and intellectual advantages...
by Rachel Morello | Jan 11, 2012 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in a case contesting provisions in the Family and Medical Leave Act, which requires that employers allow their workers to take unpaid leaves for medical reasons. The decision in the case, Coleman v. Maryland...
by Kit Fox | Jan 10, 2012 | Health & Science
Surgeon General Regina Benjamin speaks about prevention at the Health Affairs “Confronting the Growing Diabetes Crisis” briefing. She want to put the “joy” back into health. (Kit Fox/Medill)WASHINGTON — With a new study showing high dropout...
by Kit Fox | Jan 9, 2012 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — High school students with diabetes have a significantly higher dropout rate and will earn about $160,000 less in their lifetime than those without the disease, according to a study released Monday by the Health Affairs Journal. “Diabetes has a marked...
by Alanna Autler | Mar 1, 2011 | Health & Science
The day before Mac Greene died, he visited a wound doctor. Greene had some bursitis on his elbow—a fluid-filled sac underneath his skin. But without access to Greene’s medical records, the specialist couldn’t treat Greene. He especially couldn’t see that Greene needed...
by Nina Lincoff | Mar 1, 2011 | Environment, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Overcoming the United States’ next Sputnik moment—the first came when the Soviets shocked 1950’s America by rocketing a tiny satellite into space—may depend on a brand new idea. The shiny new goal at the end of the current global technology race...
by Alanna Autler | Feb 23, 2011 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON—Under the budget cuts passed in the Republican-led House of Representatives last week, rural communities could lose $200 million in grants that help build accessible health care infrastructures, the Center for American Progress, a liberal think-tank, said...
