by David Thill | Feb 23, 2018 | Featured, Health
WASHINGTON – Let’s say you have a sore knee. You visit your doctor, who examines it briefly, then recommends an X-ray. What do you do next? It’s not just a matter of deciding whether to get the X-ray or not. There’s a good chance you’ll have questions – like, why is...
by David Thill | Feb 21, 2018 | Featured, Health
WASHINGTON — With no end in sight, this flu season is on track to be one of the most severe in recent years. And though it’s still widely recommended, the seasonal vaccine seems to be of little help. In addition to the 84 flu-related pediatric deaths recorded so...
by David Thill | Feb 20, 2018 | Featured, Health
When she first received the samples at her lab, Anuradha Chowdhary figured it was a local problem. It was 2009, and the fungus, which had been isolated in two intensive care units in Delhi, India, couldn’t be identified by routine methods. So samples were sent to the...
by David Thill | Feb 8, 2018 | Featured, Health
WASHINGTON – The bipartisan budget agreement reached in the Senate yesterday, which appears headed for a vote on Capitol Hill, would provide $6 billion over the next two years for opioid addiction and mental health treatment. The opioid epidemic has reached...
by David Thill | Jan 17, 2018 | Featured, Health
WASHINGTON — How bad is the flu this year? Media reports of deaths and potentially ineffective vaccines may indicate this is an especially dangerous flu season. Just last week, California registered its 42nd flu-related death among people under the age of 65,...
