by Avani Kalra | Feb 7, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden introduced a plan to tackle the country’s opioid overdose crisis, which is killing more than 70,000 Americans a year, in his State of the Union address Tuesday. Biden said that the country will launch a “major surge” to stop fentanyl...
by Avani Kalra | Feb 1, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON –– The Republican-led House on Wednesday is pressing through a series of measures aimed at immediately ending the national health emergency issued at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, although the move may be more symbolic after President Biden this week...
by Joanna Hou | Jan 26, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — The American Lung Association’s annual State of Tobacco Control report, released Wednesday, found tobacco and e-cigarette use among teens rose slightly in 2022 after three years of decline. The higher rates of tobacco use among the nation’s youth come...
by Kaitlin Bender-Thomas | Jan 26, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Leaders of the House Pro-Choice Caucus reintroduced a bill on Thursday that would allow the use of federal funds for abortions, marking a continuation of their efforts to expand access. The Equal Access to Abortion Coverage (EACH) Act was first...
by Avani Kalra | Jan 25, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science, Topics
WASHINGTON –– Amy Neville’s son Alexander was an avid Snapchat user in the summer of 2020. Through the app, he expanded his circle of friends and connected with “suggested” people in his area, eventually finding his way to a drug dealer. At 14, Alexander took a...
by Avani Kalra | Jan 25, 2023 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Democratic Senate leadership expressed their support for abortion rights at a press conference Tuesday, commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade and the seven-month anniversary of Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. Majority...
by Avani Kalra | Jan 19, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON –– More people have died from opioid overdoses than during the Vietnam War, Levar Stoney, mayor of Richmond, Va., decried Thursday at the United States Conference of Mayors here. Yet federal funds for cities looking to tackle the epidemic can be hard to...
by Emiliana Betancourt | Jan 18, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON– NASA is flying closer to home this time, seeking to help traditional aircraft save fuel and lower costs. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced Wednesday the Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project, which is aimed at bringing new climate-friendly...
by Avani Kalra | Jan 18, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON –– The House passed a bill Wednesday that, if enacted, would enforce punitive measures for health care providers who don’t attempt to preserve the life of an infant born after a failed abortion. H.R. 26, dubbed the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection...
by Lucia Barnum | Jan 11, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON – The GOP-led House on Wednesday passed a bill that would require doctors and other medical professions to provide care to infants who survive abortions. The bill, which passed 220-210, is one of two anti-abortion measures that the House took up on...
by Maia Pandey | Mar 17, 2022 | Featured, Health & Science
A typical therapist’s waiting room may contain a few unremarkable chairs, a handful of outdated magazines and the quiet bustle of a receptionist’s desk. But in Veterans Affairs facilities, patients can sometimes be bombarded by swaths of military paraphernalia and...
by Jenny Huh | Feb 24, 2022 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON – Six-year-old Isa says she doesn’t mind being a girl with a penis. “Yep, very happy,” said Isa, formerly Isaac, who, according to her mother Violet A., has identified herself as a girl since she started speaking at two. Though she’s too young to know that...
