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 Hannah Zhihan Jiang | Oct 14, 2021 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — A Food and Drug Administration’s advisory committee voted unanimously on Thursday to recommend that the FDA approve the booster shot of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for people age 65 and older and those with underlying medical conditions or who are at...
by Lauren Caruba | Mar 18, 2014 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Americans see it every day. It appears on cans, boxes and drink containers, on everything from frozen chicken breasts to cans of Coke to boxes of cereal. The nutrition facts label has become integral to the country’s packaged and manufactured food system...
by Preetisha Sen | Mar 17, 2014 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Jeff Kahn walked into yet another meeting with a bank that had agreed to meet with him. He sat down with the bank manager and explain everything about his business: a health clinic that treats patients with marijuana. Under laws in the District of...
