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...
by Nina Lincoff | Feb 22, 2011 | Health & Science, Politics
WASHINGTON—A NASA panel reiterated last week’s official cooperative agreement notice that the International Space Station National Laboratory will soon be opened up to non-government actors like universities and non-profit organizations. Innovation and research taking...
by Peter Larson | Feb 15, 2011 | Health & Science, National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Tuesday that the U.S. continues to support the protection of such basic human rights as speech and assembly, whether online or off. However, Clinton did not say if the ability to access the Internet at all was a...
by Alanna Autler | Feb 15, 2011 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON –The Middle East and North Africa represent the two most-underserved areas in the world in HIV/AIDS research and prevention despite a sharp increase in infections over the past 10 years, according to a World Bank report released Tuesday. The report,...
by Nina Lincoff | Feb 8, 2011 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON— The Brookings Institution hosted a panel of experts on battery technology for electric vehicles Tuesday, who focused on the future of lithium battery technology in transportation and the pipeline between scientific discovery and the marketplace. Battery...
by Peter Larson | Feb 2, 2011 | Health & Science, National Security, Politics
If you’re having as much trouble as we are keeping up with Google’s realtime results for keywords such as Egypt and Mubarak, here are a few accounts to follow through the rest of the week that are being updated by journalists on the ground there. 1....
by Nina Lincoff | Jan 26, 2011 | Business, Environment, Health & Science, Politics
WASHINGTON—Secretary of Energy Steven Chu on Wednesday began to put detail on President Barack Obama’s plan to use clean energy as an engine of job growth. “If there’s a cheap source of clean energy,” Chu said, “the world will gobble it up.” Echoing themes from the...
by Alanna Autler | Jan 18, 2011 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — As the House starts debate on repealing President Barack Obama’s health care reform, the administration began rolling out its case for keeping the controversial law. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius released a study...
