by Kierra Gray | Apr 19, 2016 | Health
WASHINGTON – Rep. Eliot Engel spoke at an event addressing global Zika epidemic. He called for adequate federal funding to be provided to women to receive the healthcare needed to combat the disease. The event discussed how the epidemic is shaping the sexual and...
by Lydia Randall | Apr 18, 2016 | Health
WASHINGTON — The United States Agency for International Development is calling for global innovators to “get creative” with ideas to combat the escalating threat of Zika virus. The initiative came as the Centers for Disease Control confirmed the...
by Kierra Gray | Apr 5, 2016 | Health, Topics
WASHINGTON — A tax on tampons could be nixed under legislation proposed by Washington D.C. Councilwoman Anita Bonds, chairwoman of the Housing and Community Development Committee. The “Feminine Hygiene and Diapers Sales Tax Exemption Amendment Act of...
by Angela G. Barnes | Dec 29, 2015 | Health
WASHINGTON — Gluten allergies is no longer a problem in foods but also in prescription medication. People are experiencing allergic reactions after taking medications containing gluten. Congressman Tim Ryan is pushing the Gluten in Medicine Disclosure Act to...
by Angela G. Barnes | Dec 12, 2015 | Health
SILVER SPRING, Md. — “This is severe pain. This is defeating. This is life-changing and has no end in sight…Pain is excruciating. [It] felt like someone was stabbing me with a knife. I could not breathe.” Those are the words of women suffering the effects of untreated...
by Angela G. Barnes | Oct 21, 2015 | Health, Topics
WASHINGTON — The American Cancer Society released new breast-screening guidelines recommending that women wait until age 45 instead of 40 to get their breasts examined. But George Washington University Mammovan Director Rachel Brem, M.D., said the operation will...
