by Kietryn Zychal | Nov 15, 2018 | Faith, Ethics + Spirituality, Featured, Health
WASHINGTON — The fence in front of downtown Washington’s Church of the Epiphany became a work of art Wednesday, covered in strips of fabric by passersby as part of an effort to help those who have a home think about those who don’t. Organizers of the art...
by Brock Hall | Nov 13, 2018 | Featured, Health, Topics
WASHINGTON – The Food and Drug Administration and doctors were slow to respond to the growing nationwide opioid epidemic, FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb said Tuesday. Gottlieb also said the FDA took too long to reclassify certain drugs. He was speaking at a...
by Beverly Banks | Oct 17, 2018 | Featured, Health
ARLINGTON, Va. – In an effort to provide underserved communities with better access to mental health care, professionals are increasingly turning to a technology most people carry with them every day – the smartphone. Speakers at the 2018 Behavioral Health Care...
by Beverly Banks | Oct 4, 2018 | Featured, Health
WASHINGTON- The Senate easily passed bipartisan legislation Wednesday to combat the nation’s opioid crisis by bolstering programs to treat addiction, more closely monitoring of prescriptions and updating information on alternative treatments to addictive drugs. The...
by Bryan Wood | Oct 3, 2018 | Featured, Health
WASHINGTON – Leaders from several Olympic sports told a Senate subcommittee Wednesday that they need more money to adequately address sexual abuse allegations from their athletes. “Monsters are often in plain sight,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said...
by Daniel Grimes | Oct 2, 2018 | Health
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and top Democrat on the committee Sen. Dianne Feinstein blasted China at a meeting on international narcotics Tuesday for its lackluster efforts to help stop fentanyl smuggling into the United States....
