Virginia Announces Increased DUI Enforcement as Part of 20th Annual Checkpoint Strikeforce Campaign To Deter Drunk Driving During The Holiday Season

AUDIO: George Bishop, Deputy Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles
(Falls Church, VA, Friday, December 17, 2021) – In 2020, 272 persons were killed on Virginia’s roadways in alcohol-related crashes, accounting for nearly a third of Virginia’s total traffic fatalities. This represents a three-percent increase...

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Starting January 1, the No Surprises Act Will Safeguard Millions from Surprise Medical Bills

VIDEO: Clare Krusing, Spokesperson, Coalition Against Surprise Medical Billing

(Washington, DC, Friday, December 17, 2021) For years, surprise billing has proliferated as a lucrative business model for private equity-backed providers and other out-of-network entities seeking to extract maximum profit by price-gouging patients, families, employers,…

New Investigational Alzheimer’s Study Looking for Volunteers

AUDIO: Dr. Doris Molina-Henry from the University of Southern California’s Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute
(Los Angeles, CA, Tuesday, December 14, 2021) Changes in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s disease can start up to 20 years before symptoms occur. The AHEAD Study tests whether treating before symptoms are present...

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Nueva Investigación Sobre El Alzheimer Busca Voluntarios

AUDIO: Dra. Doris Molina-Henry del Instituto de Investigación Terapéutica de Alzheimer de la Universidad del Sur de California
(Los Ángeles, CA, martes 14 de diciembre de 2021) Los cambios del cerebro en personas con la enfermedad de Alzheimer podrían comenzar 20 años antes de presentar sus primeros síntomas. La investigación de AHEAD Study...

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The Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) helps clinicians pay off their student loan debt in exchange for working in a Health Professional Shortage Area

AUDIO: Kalisha Beard, a Social Worker in Los Angeles
(Washington, D.C., Friday, December 3, 2021) – The Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) National Health Service Corps (NHSC) helps medical, dental, and behavioral health clinicians pay off their student loan debt in exchange for...

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What Federal Workers and Government Vendors Need To Know About Vaccine Mandate Laws

AUDIO: John P. Mahoney, Esq., AV-Preeminent Rated and Award-Winning Federal Employment Law Attorney and Expert Commentator & Founding & Managing Partner, The Law Firm of John P. Mahoney, Esq., in Washington, D.C.
(Washington, D.C., Tuesday, November 30, 2021) – On November 4, 2021, the Biden administration released a new federal rule identifying COVID-19 as an occupational hazard and mandating COVID-19 vaccination for workers. The mandate would apply...

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World AIDS Day – A Time for Pennsylvanians To Get Informed and Tested

AUDIO: Patricia Fonzi, President and CEO, Family Health Council of Central PA
(Camp Hill, PA, Monday, November 29, 2021) – World AIDS Day is Wednesday, December 1, a day for people to unite in the fight against HIV. AIDSNET, Family Health Council of Central PA, North Central...

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Build Back Better Bill Will Cut Payments to Local Cancer Clinics

AUDIO: Ted Okon, Executive Director, Community Oncology Alliance
(Washington D.C., Wednesday, November 24, 2021) – Congress is negotiating and voting over President Biden’s Build Back Better Act proposal, his major $1.9 trillion budget and infrastructure package. The House is supposed to vote within...

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New Blood Test To Identify People at Risk of Developing Alzheimer’s Symptoms

AUDIO: Godfrey Coker with the University of Southern California’s Alzheimer's Therapeutic Research Institute
(Los Angeles, CA, Friday, November 19, 2021) – Research released this week shows a new blood test can help identify people with increased likelihood of having brain amyloid (pronounced am-uh-loid), a protein that’s a risk...

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