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Access to psilocybin – psychedelic mushrooms – stalled, but doctors find evidence of clinical benefits

Access to psilocybin – psychedelic mushrooms – stalled, but doctors find evidence of clinical benefits

by Ariel Gans | Mar 21, 2022 | Science + Technology

WASHINGTON — Erinn Baldeschwiler has been battling stage four metastatic breast cancer for two years. Two months after her diagnosis, the 50-year-old writer and patient advocate began immunotherapy. But in October, her cancer became treatment-resistant and she...
Security agency director urges governors to teach cybersecurity basics

Security agency director urges governors to teach cybersecurity basics

by Hannah Schoenbaum | Jan 31, 2022 | Featured, Science + Technology

WASHINGTON — As the nation’s governors consider how to spend funds from President Joe Biden’s bipartisan infrastructure law, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is encouraging investments in cybersecurity education for Americans of all...
Officials highlight Biden’s electric vehicle goals, importance of charger rollout

Officials highlight Biden’s electric vehicle goals, importance of charger rollout

by Katherine Huggins | Jan 20, 2022 | Featured, Science + Technology

WASHINGTON — Officials from the newly formed Joint Office of Energy and Transportation previewed their plans Thursday to accomplish President Joe Biden’s goal of establishing a national network of electric vehicle chargers. “This administration knows...
Schumer, top Democrats push $250 billion computer chip investment bill

Schumer, top Democrats push $250 billion computer chip investment bill

by Hannah Schoenbaum | Jan 19, 2022 | Featured, Science + Technology

WASHINGTON – As the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbates supply chain backlogs and global computer chip shortages, Democratic leaders in Congress as well as President Joe Biden want Congress to fast track a $250 billion bill to develop American independence from China and...
Trone takes up constituent questions on masking, test availability at COVID town hall

Trone takes up constituent questions on masking, test availability at COVID town hall

by Jordan Anderson and Allison Novelo | Jan 18, 2022 | Featured, Politics, Science + Technology

Frederick, Montgomery and Washington county residents Thursday evening questioned Rep. David Trone (D-Dist. 6) about how the area’s health care systems are handling the recent spike of COVID-19 cases caused by the omicron variant, the availability of higher-protection...
VIDEO: Demonstrators Urge DOJ to Prosecute Sacklers for Opioid Crisis

VIDEO: Demonstrators Urge DOJ to Prosecute Sacklers for Opioid Crisis

by Julia Shapero | Dec 8, 2021 | Featured, Science + Technology, Topics

WASHINGTON — Relatives of those who have died from the opioid epidemic urged the Department of Justice on Friday to prosecute the Sackler family for their role in the epidemic. The Sacklers owned Purdue Pharma, the company that developed the painkiller OxyContin. For...
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