by Amina Ismail & Noor Wazwaz | Dec 13, 2013 | Science + Technology
WASHINGTON – Legislation parked in congressional committees would make concussion laws across the country more uniform, a move to better protect young athletes from repeated brain injury. Most states have enacted some form of concussion legislation to protect young...
by Summer Nettles | Dec 5, 2013 | Science + Technology, Topics
WASHINGTON — A House health subcommittee heard conflicting testimony Wednesday as to what Medicare Advantage beneficiaries can expect under the Affordable Care Act. Medicare Advantage plans are hybrids offered by private companies that partner with Medicare to...
by Amina Ismail & Noor Wazwaz | Nov 14, 2013 | Science + Technology
Six weeks after the rollout of the troubled federal health care website, President Barack Obama acknowledged Americans’ frustrations and announced a series of changes aimed at fixing the program. Seemingly frustrated himself, the president said Americans who have been...
by Marina Cracchiolo | Nov 10, 2013 | National Security, Science + Technology, Topics
WASHINGTON — The world went dark for the Rossiter family in April 2007. “We enjoyed our nice family of five … until times changed and we received our diagnosis,” said Maj. Kim “Rooster” Rossiter, a faculty member at the Joint Forces Staff College in Norfolk, Va....
by Amina Ismail & Noor Wazwaz | Nov 6, 2013 | Science + Technology, Topics
WASHINGTON — Senators grilled a top health care official Tuesday over the security of information gathered by the government’s month-old health care website. Members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee jumped on a recent audit of...
by Amina Ismail & Noor Wazwaz | Nov 4, 2013 | Science + Technology
WASHINGTON — A new United Nations report says the world has work to do to reduce the number of young girls becoming mothers too soon. Despite a decrease in adolescent pregnancies in the last 15 years, the United Nations Population Fund said each day 20,000 girls...
