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Maternal health crisis worsened during the pandemic

Maternal health crisis worsened during the pandemic

by Pingping Yin | Nov 22, 2022 | Featured, Health, Health

WASHINGTON– The number of women who died from complications related to pregnancy and childbirth, known as maternal death, spiked during the pandemic, according to a report from the Government Accountability Office. It shows that COVID-19 was a contributing...
Emergency public health funding for COVID vaccines and tests ends in January

Emergency public health funding for COVID vaccines and tests ends in January

by Pingping Yin | Nov 22, 2022 | Featured, Health, Health

WASHINGTON — With several new omicron sub variants steadily gaining ground, experts, such as White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha, warned another COVID surge will come this winter. Unlike the first two COVID winters when the federal...
House considers adding non-voting delegate for Cherokee Nation

House considers adding non-voting delegate for Cherokee Nation

by Grant Schwab | Nov 17, 2022 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — The Cherokee Nation could soon have a non-voting delegate in Congress. Creating the role would fulfill a promise from a nearly 200-year-old treaty with the U.S. federal government. “Why now?” Chuck Hoskin Jr., the Principal Chief of the Cherokee...
Biden and Xi agree to restore regular communications

Biden and Xi agree to restore regular communications

by Pingping Yin | Nov 16, 2022 | Featured, Foreign Affairs

WASHINGTON– Every few months over the last several years, there seemed to be a new low in recent U.S.-China relations. However, President Joe Biden’s meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping Monday in Bali, Indonesia, signaled their openness to repair...
Biden and Harris celebrate Democrat’s midterm performance at DNC event

Biden and Harris celebrate Democrat’s midterm performance at DNC event

by Kaila Nichols | Nov 16, 2022 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – Although Democrats are projected to lose control of the House, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris presented the election results as a victory at a Thursday Democratic National Committee event with campaign workers.  “We did beat...
Voters share the issues that drove them to polls on Election Day

Voters share the issues that drove them to polls on Election Day

by Kaila Nichols | Nov 15, 2022 | Featured, Politics

In the close race for Virginia’s seventh district, Rep. Abigail Spanberger was reelected Tuesday over her Republican opponent Yesli Vega. Two of the most important issues for voters included the economy and abortion...
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