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WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to vote Wednesday on a bill that would allow married couples with consolidated student debt to pay down their loans separately. The Joint Consolidation Loan Separation Act is part of a... Read More

WASHINGTON — Last week The Well News ran what turned out to be a wildly popular piece entitled “Older Adults Should Take Calcium, Vitamins D and B12.” In fact, we got so many responses that we decided to contact the... Read More

SILVER SPRING, Md. — Despite efforts at prevention, the number of children aged 5 and younger who are taken to emergency rooms after ingesting or inserting batteries is continuing to rise, according to a recent study. The study was conducted... Read More

CHICAGO — The warnings have become all too common — by 2025, many authorities agree, the U.S. is going to face a shortage of physicians. In fact, between September 2022 and 2034, there are likely to be as many as... Read More

RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia’s attorney general is setting up an Election Integrity Unit to give advice and to prosecute violations of the state’s election laws. The unit will operate with more than 20 attorneys, investigators and paralegals. They are supposed... Read More

WASHINGTON — Businesses aren’t alone in their efforts to offset carbon emissions; individuals also have the chance to balance their impact on the environment. And a growing crop of subscription services has popped up giving anyone the chance to contribute... Read More

ATLANTA — State, local and tribal governments, as well as local nongovernmental organizations, can now partner and begin submitting requests to access monkeypox vaccines through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Monkeypox Vaccine Equity Pilot Program.  The new pilot... Read More

PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Consumers are being warned that the use of certain continuous or bi-level positive airway pressure — also known as CPAP and BiPap — therapy masks with magnetic headgear clips or straps should not be used by or... Read More

WASHINGTON — An administrative law judge has dismissed an antitrust complaint brought against DNA sequencing provider Illumina, Inc. related to its proposed $7.1 billion acquisition of GRAIL, Inc., the major developer of a multi-cancer early detection test. The tests are... Read More

ATLANTA — The increased use of telehealth services during the COVID-19 pandemic appears to have resulted in individuals with addiction problems staying in treatment longer and reduced their likelihood of overdosing, according to a new study. The research was a... Read More

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Lipoprotein particles may provide better information about the heart health of women in midlife than standard cholesterol measures, according to new research out of Pennsylvania State University. A lipoprotein is a biochemical assembly whose primary function... Read More

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Family Dollar is initiating a voluntary product recall of Colgate mouthwash and toothpaste that were shipped and stored in multiple states outside of the products’ labeled temperature requirements. All of the products are subject to Food and... Read More

WASHINGTON — The rate of “adverse events” or harm that came to patients while receiving in-hospital care fell significantly in the U.S. in the decade prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study carried out under... Read More

WASHINGTON — A pair of National Institutes of Health studies on age-related eye disease have established that dietary supplements can slow progression of age-related macular degeneration, the most common cause of blindness in older Americans.  In a recent report, scientists... Read More

GILBERT, Ariz. — The National Academy of Sports Medicine has launched a new interactive program that aims to provide science-backed and cutting-edge guidance on women’s health and fitness at each stage of life. The update to the Women’s Fitness Specialization... Read More

LOS ANGELES — A team of investigators at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center have created a blood test that uses a technology made commonly available during the COVID-19 pandemic to detect the most common form of liver cancer — at an early... Read More

WASHINGTON — Four federal agencies on Friday entered into a memorandum of understanding to work collectively to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the transportation sector. The commitment by the departments of Energy, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and the Environmental... Read More

WASHINGTON — Strategic investments in six key “clean” technologies could yield “massive and lasting benefit” for the U.S. economy by mid-century, a new report says. The study, commissioned by Third Way, a D.C.-based think tank, and Breakthrough Energy, and researched... Read More

PASADENA, Calif. — When a government, business or individual purchases a carbon offset, often a tree is planted — but trees aren’t all the same, and each type absorbs more carbon at different stages of growth. So, who tracks exactly... Read More

WASHINGTON — Nearly 50 years ago, a folk singer named Harry Chapin began trying to raise people’s consciousness about the issue of hunger. In a land of plenty, he knew firsthand from tours that crisscrossed the nation, many — young... Read More

WASHINGTON — A District of Columbia Bar court filing this week shows the Justice Department is considering charges of false statements, conspiracy and obstruction of justice against former Trump administration attorney Jeffrey Clark. The D.C. Bar’s Board on Professional Responsibility... Read More

WASHINGTON — As the Federal Trade Commission continues to crack down on “dark practices” that are intended to trick customers, it came out with a report detailing the tactics of misleading advertisements, hard-to-cancel subscriptions, hidden terms of service and other... Read More

WASHINGTON — Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., can use campaign funds to pay for the cost of reasonable cybersecurity measures to protect her home network, the Federal Election Commission announced on Friday. The decision came in response to an advisory opinion... Read More

WASHINGTON — A letter to Commissioner Chris Magnus of Customs and Border Protection revealed the agency gathers data from Americans’ phones, laptops and other electronic devices in what they call a “border search,” potentially storing that information for years. “Innocent... Read More

WASHINGTON — The legal fight isn’t over after the U.S. Supreme Court this week declined to overturn a state court order requiring New York’s Yeshiva University to give official recognition to a student gay rights group. The university said the... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration released a slew of reports Friday detailing how the government should regulate cryptocurrencies, and even create a central bank digital currency. The reports state regulators should continue to use their powers to aggressively pursue enforcement... Read More

Major League Baseball players have rarely been cited as paradigms of good eating. When New York Yankee Babe Ruth, perhaps the greatest of them all to this day, collapsed at a railroad station in Asheville, North Carolina, in April 1925,... Read More

After winking at QAnon for years, Donald Trump is overtly embracing the baseless conspiracy theory, even as the number of frightening real-world events linked to it grows. On Tuesday, using his Truth Social platform, the Republican former president reposted an image of himself wearing a... Read More

WASHINGTON — Married same-sex couples who fear the U.S. Supreme Court could void their right to be married the same way it voided a woman’s right to have an abortion will have to wait a little longer for peace of... Read More

WASHINGTON — While Ukraine’s prime minister celebrated military advances in occupied regions, a hero of the country’s war against Russia described for Congress Thursday why U.S. support is crucial to their independence. Yuliia “Taira” Paievska ran down a list of... Read More