by Cristobella Durrette | Nov 10, 2021 | Health
WASHINGTON — Nonprofit leaders told lawmakers on Thursday that protecting and improving access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, would provide much-needed help to veterans and military service members struggling to put food on the table. ...
by Andrew Marquardt | Oct 6, 2021 | Featured, Health
WASHINGTON – Since the first American contracted Covid-19 in January 2020, the pandemic has been inescapable on the forefront of the country’s collective mind – and not without good reason. Last month, the coronavirus, which has claimed over 700,000 American lives,...
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by Saeed Abdullah | Aug 30, 2021 | Health
WASHINGTON – Lawmakers have introduced bipartisan legislation to educate the public about and call attention to the risks of vaping. It would also allow the FDA to better regulate the vaping market. Vaping is increasing in popularity among youth, especially...
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by Dalia Faheid | Mar 22, 2021 | Featured, Health, Immigration
WASHINGTON — Undocumented immigrants were less likely to visit primary care physicians after former President Trump launched his presidential campaign in 2015, according to a March study — suggesting his rhetoric had a chilling effect, experts said, that could make...
by Cheyanne M. Daniels | Mar 3, 2021 | Featured, Health
The Journal of the American Medical Association Network Open has found that the COVID-19 pandemic tripled the rate of depression in U.S. adults, causing more adults to seek mental health help. That increase has led to professional burnout for a number of counselors in...
by Dalia Faheid | Feb 22, 2021 | Featured, Health
WASHINGTON – Every eight days, Gloria Romero’s 23-year-old son drives her half an hour away to the University of South Florida, then lines up among 700 cars and waits until a Feeding Tampa Bay volunteer places a box full of potatoes, onions, oranges and carrots in the...
