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Bipartisan bill targets burnout and suicide rate among health care providers

Bipartisan bill targets burnout and suicide rate among health care providers

by Ellie Skelly | Feb 15, 2024 | Featured, Health & Science

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers expressed bipartisan support for the reauthorization of legislation aimed at protecting health care workers from burnout Wednesday. The legislation follows an uptick in mental health emergencies faced by health care providers as a result of...
Pregnant cancer patients often have to terminate. Abortion pill restrictions could make that choice even harder

Pregnant cancer patients often have to terminate. Abortion pill restrictions could make that choice even harder

by Shravya Pant | Dec 21, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science

WASHINGTON — The patient had already made the agonizing decision to start chemotherapy to address her colon cancer, even though she was 30 weeks pregnant. Within a day, the decisions got harder: her colon perforated, and the pain was excruciating. She would need...
A growing number of doctors on Capitol Hill may be the latest prescription for Congress

A growing number of doctors on Capitol Hill may be the latest prescription for Congress

by Shravya Pant | Dec 7, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science

WASHINGTON – Stethoscope in one hand and a legislative pen in the other, these doctors are bringing their life-saving skills to Congress. “My job is to take care of the patient that’s in front of me, and as a member of Congress, my job is to take care of the...
First lady heads new initiative merging universities with veteran health care

First lady heads new initiative merging universities with veteran health care

by Safiya Merchant | Jan 11, 2012 | Education

WASHINGTON – First lady Michelle Obama on Wednesday announced a new collaboration among medical schools across the country to improve veterans’ health care through increased research on military health issues and training so doctors and students better...

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