by Kyle Jahner | Jun 7, 2011 | Politics, Science + Technology
Kyle Jahner/MEDILL NEWS SERVICEBernie Sanders speaks in front of several hundred nurses at a National Nurses United-sponsored rally Tuesday.Two Democratic senators and hundreds of red-clad union nurses gathered on the Upper Senate Lawn Tuesday and made a lot of noise...
by Kyle Jahner | May 26, 2011 | Topics
Why He Matters Sean O’Brien didn’t shift from the private sector to politics in 2003 to toe the party line. O’Brien was a older than the stereotypical intern when he first arrived on the Hill. The Democratic aide worked for three different lawmakers as he...
by Kyle Jahner | May 4, 2011 | Science + Technology, Topics
Could you do this? WASHINGTON-They scribbled out formulas, diagrams and then solutions to problems that would boggle most of our minds. And they did it in half an hour. “We were trying to determine the number to the power of ten to various questions such as how...
by Kyle Jahner | Apr 28, 2011 | Politics, Science + Technology
Kyle Jahner/MEDILL NEWS SERVICENot equally entitled: Because federal spending on Medicaid is predicated on matching a percentage of state spending, states that spend more receive more federal funds. The costly entitlement program, aimed at providing access to medical...
by Kyle Jahner | Apr 25, 2011 | Topics
Kyle Jahner/MEDILL NEWS SERVICE The FDA approval for KV Pharmaceutical’s Makena proved to be a big boost to stock prices. The announcement of its price did not. Compound Pharmacies and the Orphan Drug Act Compound Pharmacies mix drugs to meet specific needs of...
