by David Thill | Feb 20, 2018 | Featured, Health
When she first received the samples at her lab, Anuradha Chowdhary figured it was a local problem. It was 2009, and the fungus, which had been isolated in two intensive care units in Delhi, India, couldn’t be identified by routine methods. So samples were sent to the...
by David Thill | Feb 8, 2018 | Featured, Health
WASHINGTON – The bipartisan budget agreement reached in the Senate yesterday, which appears headed for a vote on Capitol Hill, would provide $6 billion over the next two years for opioid addiction and mental health treatment. The opioid epidemic has reached...
by David Thill | Jan 17, 2018 | Featured, Health
WASHINGTON — How bad is the flu this year? Media reports of deaths and potentially ineffective vaccines may indicate this is an especially dangerous flu season. Just last week, California registered its 42nd flu-related death among people under the age of 65,...
by Elizabeth Strassner | Nov 11, 2017 | Featured, Health, National Security, Topics
WASHINGTON — Combat veterans with less-than-honorable discharges may soon be eligible for urgent mental health care from Veterans Affairs Department facilities if the Senate follows a House decision earlier this week. “This House sent a critical message to our...
by Oyin Falana & Gerald Harris | Oct 17, 2017 | Featured, Health, Politics
WASHINGTON – The top Republican and Democrat on the Senate health committee reached a deal Tuesday that would provide a two-year extension of federal health care payments to insurers to help reduce premiums for low-income earners in an effort to stabilize the health...
by Casey Egan | Sep 27, 2017 | Health, Politics
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he intends to sign an executive order “probably” next week that will allow people to purchase health insurance across state lines. “I am considering an executive order on associations, and that will take...
