Health Aug 21 Whooping Cough Outbreak: Top 10 Things You Should Know Boy Scouts in Everett, Wash., advertise a whooping cough vaccination clinic during a community gathering in early August. Photo by Jason Kane. OLYMPIA, Wash. | Whooping cough. Those are among the last words Jennifer Crocker expected to be on her…
Politics May 03 President Obama Pleads for Bipartisanship in Bin Laden Aftermath President Obama delivers remarks as House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., look on during Monday's dinner with congressional leaders. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. At Monday's previously scheduled White House dinner with congressional leaders, committee…
Nation Jun 30 In Reporting on Oil Spill, Limits Persist on Media Access in the Gulf Health Correspondent Betty Ann Bowser and I spent last week reporting the health impact of the oil spill in Plaquemines Parish -- Louisiana's southernmost parish, where the Mississippi River meets the Gulf of Mexico. During that time…
Nation Dec 04 Moderates Offer Cost-cutting Health Bill Amendment As the Senate floor debate on health care reform legislation continued into its fifth day, three moderate senators came together to offer an amendment they said would bolster cost controls in the bill. Maine Republican Susan Collins, Connecticut Independent…