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Why I travel to D.C. each year to fight for families like mine

The Connecticut Mirror · June 26, 2025

Support trusted journalism in Connecticut. Join CT Mirror’s members today and make an impact. Every year, I travel from my home in Connecticut to Washington, D.C. – not for vacation, not for business, but for something deeply personal: to fight...

My mum stuffed me in a 300°C oven as a baby – I was left disfigured & lied to by everyone who said it was a ‘house fire’

The U.S. Sun · July 8, 2025

LETTING out a scream, Ashley Hodo sat bolt upright in bed. At 10 years old she was used to the same recurring nightmare that plagued her sleep each night. 8 Ashley Hodo suffered horrific burns after her mum put her in the oven as a babyCredit:...

ViiV Healthcare presents new data demonstrating positive real-world impact of its innovative long-acting injectables for HIV at IAS 2025

GSK · July 8, 2025

Real-world and implementation data describe effectiveness of long-acting Vocabria + Rekambys (cabotegravir + rilpivirine LA (CAB+RPV LA)) for HIV treatment and assess experiences of using Apretude (cabotegravir long-acting (CAB LA) for PrEP) in...

Schumer Hospitalized For Dehydration As D.C. Nears 100 Degrees

Daily Wire · June 25, 2025

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) went to the hospital and was treated for dehydration, his office said on Wednesday. The announcement, which noted that Schumer had since returned to work on Capitol Hill, came as the greater Washington,...

Maie St. John Named Director of Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery for the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Newswise · July 7, 2025

Newswise — Maie St. John, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S., professor and chair of the Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery at UCLA, has been named the Andelot Professor and Director of the Johns Hopkins Department of Otolaryngology–Head and...

Denver Drag Queens Create D&D Podcast and Web Series

Westword - Colorado · July 8, 2025

It's perhaps curious that the art of drag and the game Dungeons & Dragons haven't been more closely linked over the years. After all, both are about inhabiting a character. Both support fantastic fashion choices. Both encourage creativity,...

Victim of anti-gay rock-throwing assault in D.C. speaks out

Washington Blade - Washington D.C. · June 24, 2025

Addam Lee Schauer-Mayhew, the gay man who was struck in the face by a rock thrown through the front window of his house in Northeast D.C. on June 6 by a 13-year-old juvenile male says he and his husband think it’s important for the community to...

HUD to move headquarters from D.C. to Virginia

United Press International (UPI) ·

June 25 (UPI) -- The Department of Housing and Urban Development on Wednesday announced plans to move 2,7000 employees from its headquarters in the District of Columbia to space in northern Virginia occupied by the National Science Foundation....

Musk’s DOGE Cuts to the Federal Workforce Are Already Upending the D.C. Area Housing Market

TPM – Talking Points Memo · June 26, 2025

Melissa Harris had her future meticulously planned. But after more than 37 years in public service, those plans fell apart when President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) ravaged her workplace at the National...

Chuck Schumer, 74, Rushed to D.C. Hospital amid Heatwave After Getting 'Lightheaded' at Senate Gym

People - New York ·

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was rushed to a Washington, D.C., hospital on Wednesday, June 25, but later returned to work. The 74-year-old senior senator from New York, who has led the Senate Democratic Caucus since 2017, was exercising at...

Stress is wrecking your health: how can science help?

Nature ·

George Slavich recalls the final hours he spent with his father. It was a laughter-packed day. His father even broke into the song ‘You Are My Sunshine’ over dinner. “His deep, booming, joyful voice filled the entire restaurant,” says Slavich. “I...

Linked health risks

UDaily ·

Tarang Parekh, assistant professor of epidemiology Significant variation in state-level programs also complicates the matter. “Some programs only tackle diabetes self-management. We must expand those programs to include other risk factors for CVD...

Americans Advised To 'Get A Job' To Secure Health Insurance

Newsweek · July 7, 2025

National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett has said that the best way for Americans to secure health insurance is to "get a job," after President Donald Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" was successfully signed into law last week. The tax and...

N.Y. Sen. Chuck Schumer briefly treated at D.C. hospital for dehydration

New York Daily News · June 25, 2025

Sen. Chuck Schumer was briefly treated for dehydration Wednesday at a Washington, D.C. hospital after he felt lightheaded while working out on a stationary bike at the Capitol gym. The 74-year-old Democratic minority leader from Brooklyn returned...

Michael D. Moore

The Herald-Standard - Pennsylvania · July 8, 2025

Springhill Township Michael D. “8 Ball” Moore, 55, of Springhill Township, passed away Friday, July 4, 2025, in WVU Uniontown Hospital, with his loving family by his side. He was born May 3, 1970, in Mount Pleasant. Surviving are his loving...

The big C, small clues: Cracking cancer's code before it strikes

The Nassau Guardian ·

So, what exactly is cancer? Let me break it down simply: Cancer is what happens when some of the body’s cells decide to break all the rules. Normally, cells grow, divide when needed, and die off when they’re done. But cancer cells ignore the...

Valley hospitals care for the caregivers

The Daily Item - Pennsylvania ·

Imagine crash victims being treated in the emergency department then sent on for surgery or further care. In their wake they leave a trail of health, providers who have invested knowledge and emotion in their care. At one time, these providers...

Adding anxiety to Pennsylvania's medical cannabis program changes patient demographics

Medical News · July 8, 2025

Within months of Pennsylvania's medical cannabis program adding anxiety as a qualifying condition, that diagnosis quickly rose to become the most common for cannabis certifications, according to a study by researchers at the University of...

HUD Moving to NSF Building in Virginia Due to ‘Unsafe Conditions’ at D.C. HQ

Breitbart · June 27, 2025

ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA — Federal workers protested the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) move to the current National Science Foundation (NSF) headquarters in Virginia on Tuesday, forcing the planned press conference by Gov. Glenn...

Megabill Will Mean Higher Health Costs for Many Americans

Pagosa Daily Post - Colorado · July 7, 2025

This story by Phil Galewitz, Julie Appleby, Renuka Rayasam and Bernard J. Wolfson appeared on KFF Health News on July 3, 2025, and is republished here under a Creative Commons license. The tax and spending legislation the House voted to send to...