by Luis Castaneda | Oct 5, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON – The Biden administration announced Tuesday that all 10 drug manufacturers it selected for the Medicare Drug Price Negotiations Program have agreed to participate. The drugs selected for the negotiations range from blood thinners like Eliquis and Xarelto;...
by Cate Bikales | Sep 28, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — A freshman congressman from the Nashville area became the latest lawmaker seeking to restrict abortion by introducing a bill on Thursday morning that would prohibit medical abortions and penalize the selling or distribution of abortion pills. Rep. Andy...
by Elleiana Green | Sep 27, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Fearing executive overreach, Republican lawmakers hammered the Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration about the agency’s new rules for excessive heat in the workplace on Wednesday. Lawmakers questioned Douglas...
by Avani Kalra | Apr 19, 2023 | Health & Science, Politics
Since the federal right to an abortion was overturned last year, 24 states have banned or severely restricted the right to terminate a pregnancy. Except in extremely rare circumstances, doctors are not able to perform or prescribe abortions to patients needing or...
by Ishmael Bonsu | Apr 18, 2023 | Health & Science, Topics
WASHINGTON – Former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe testified before lawmakers on Tuesday and said the COVID-19 Chinese lab leak theory is the “only plausible explanation” and is backed by “our intelligence, by science, and by common...
by Ishmael Bonsu | Mar 23, 2023 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) pressed Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel on the company’s plan to increase the price of their COVID-19 vaccine to $130 per dose as sales shift to the commercial market in May when the Biden administration ends the national...
by Avani Kalra | Mar 2, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Abortion-rights lawmakers in Congress are aiming to close loopholes that may force providers and hospitals to disclose a patient’s medical records if they are subpoenaed or requested by law enforcement. These exceptions have become especially worrisome...
by Avani Kalra | Mar 1, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science, Topics
WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Wednesday blamed immigration at the southern border for an increasing number of fentanyl deaths, stepping up their criticisms of Biden administration policies and calling for stricter regulations and more surveillance at the border....
by Lucia Barnum | Feb 28, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science, Immigration
WASHINGTON — Members of the new GOP-led House Committee on Homeland Security debated the issue of fentanyl at the border at the first hearing of the new Congress, saying Department of Homeland Security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and the rest of President Joe Biden’s...
by Kaitlin Bender-Thomas | Feb 16, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science, Politics
WASHINGTON — Gov. Kristi Noem (R-S.D) led a discussion on COVID-19 policy and South Dakota’s “freedom-focused” approach to the pandemic at the Cato Institute on Thursday, citing the positive impact it’s had on the economy. During the pandemic, South Dakota was...
by Joanna Hou | Feb 16, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Frontline nurses faced challenges including understaffing, burnout and underappreciation, driving thousands to quit their jobs during the pandemic, several experts told members of Congress on Thursday. A McKinsey report from May found that by 2025, the...
by Avani Kalra | Feb 8, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON –– Members of the House voted Wednesday to end the vaccine mandate for travelers into the United States. Though the bill needs to pass the Senate to become law, it is one of a number of initiatives brought forward by the Republican-controlled House to end...
