by Andrew Marquardt | Mar 9, 2022 | Featured, Health
WASHINGTON — It got a lot easier for patients with opioid addiction to get their medication remotely during the pandemic — and now addiction doctors and telehealth companies are pushing Congress to make those flexibilities permanent. Before Covid-19, patients...
by Julia Shapero | Mar 9, 2022 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — In a rare show of bipartisanship, lawmakers from both parties urged the Biden administration on Tuesday to take further actions against Russia and to increase support for Ukraine amid the Russian invasion of its neighbor. “Until Putin relents, we must...
by Andrew Marquardt and Hannah Schoenbaum | Mar 8, 2022 | Featured, Health, Urban Indian Healthcare
CHICAGO – Sarina DiMaso, a citizen of the Chiricahua Apache and Taino Nations, stumbled into her Chicago home seven years ago after a drug and alcohol binge to find her 24-year-old daughter, Nicole, dead by suicide in DiMaso’s bedroom. Riddled with guilt and trapped...
by Catherine Buchaniec, Courtney Degen and Jonathan Lehrfeld | Mar 8, 2022 | Featured, Living, Urban Indian Healthcare
For Melodi Serna, 44, serving in the military is a family tradition. Her great grandfather served in World War I, her great aunt in World War II, her grandfather in Korea, and her great uncle in Vietnam, she said. “Then it was my turn,” said Serna, who is...
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by Catherine Buchaniec, Allison Novelo and Julia Shapero | Mar 7, 2022 | Featured, Politics
A convoy of truckers from around the country converged on the Capital Beltway outside Washington on Sunday to protest vaccine and mask mandates, continuing to rally behind the movement even as its demands have been undercut by the rollback of COVID-19 restrictions in...
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by Zoya Mirza | Mar 6, 2022 | Business & Tech, Featured
The sizzling and spattering of hot oil could be heard from the other side of the kitchen as chef Jaycee Couch laid silver-hued mackerels on a cooking range one by one. Nearby, the soothing sound of water bubbling in a pot, the comforting sight of chicken thighs...
