by Lauren Cook | Jun 12, 2013 | Science + Technology, Topics
Thanks to the increased globalization of travel, the potential for a national epidemic is often just a plane ride away. The possibility that your competition for the armrest is carrying a dangerous disease strain is compounded by the fact that this strain is likely to...
by Lauren Cook | Jun 12, 2013 | Science + Technology
WASHINGTON — The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration came under fire Wednesday for not fulfilling its mandate to reduce substance abuse and mental illness and instead, funneling money to alternative treatment organizations, according to the...
by Lauren Cook | Jun 7, 2013 | Topics
WASHINGTON – Horrific events over the last six years have re-ignited the gun control debate and raised questions about severe mental illness and gun ownership. While lawmakers spar over gun control measures on Capitol Hill, it has become increasingly difficult to...
by Lauren Cook | Jun 4, 2013 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON, May 24 — A provision in the Dodd-Frank financial reform law aimed at reducing money to militia groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo by imposing rules on buying minerals from the region has backfired, exacerbating and depriving at least 1...
by Lauren Cook | Jun 4, 2013 | Education
Hunter Randolph Profile from Medill Washington on Vimeo. In the second and third rounds of the National Spelling Bee, Hunter Randolph of Sanford, N.C., correctly spelled ‘paparazzo’ and ‘acetabulum.’ Unfortunately, his score on the preliminary...
