Articles By Author Aricka Flowers
Articles by Aricka Flowers
10/09/2009 12:00 AM
Scores of women are giving birth outside of maternity wards in the United Kingdom because the government-run system lacks beds and midwives.U.K. health ...(read more)
10/08/2009 12:00 AM
Provisions in the proposed national health care overhaul bill that some observers say undermine privacy protections for citizens are raising concerns.The ...(read more)
10/01/2009 12:00 AM
Condominium residents may soon have more options among cable providers because of a recent federal court decision, but that could come at the price of government ...(read more)
10/01/2009 12:00 AM
A video game industry group is suing the Chicago Transit Authority for banning advertising of video games labeled “mature.” The plaintiffs argue ...(read more)
10/01/2009 12:00 AM
During a weekend in late July, AT&T temporarily blocked access to the popular Internet site 4chan.org, saying the move was necessary because 4chan had ...(read more)
10/01/2009 12:00 AM
Social networking sites such as Facebook are creating new privacy concerns in schools and businesses as employers and administrators increasingly demand ...(read more)
10/01/2009 12:00 AM
While the Chicago Public Schools system struggles with high dropout rates, failing schools, and crime, one program is turning its worst schools into successes.Since ...(read more)
09/01/2009 12:00 AM
In early July, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) convinced the Senate Appropriations Committee to send to the full Senate a bill that included an amendment he ...(read more)
08/01/2009 12:00 AM
Time Warner announced this spring the end of its marriage to AOL, an inglorious end to a partnership that once raised grave antitrust concerns.By year’s ...(read more)
08/01/2009 12:00 AM
The Mayo Clinic is joining forces with Microsoft’s HealthVault technology to offer the Mayo Clinic Health Center to the public as a market-based online ...(read more)
08/01/2009 12:00 AM
Opponents of runaway government spending have staged Boston Tea Party-inspired protests across the country since April to show their displeasure with what ...(read more)
08/01/2009 12:00 AM
U.S. Sens. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) and Mitch McConnell (R-KY) have introduced legislation to prevent the federal government from rationing health care services.Senate ...(read more)
07/31/2009 12:00 AM
Senior Senate Finance Committee member Charles Schumer (D-NY) has vowed to “ignore” all health care overhaul legislation that does not include ...(read more)
07/30/2009 12:00 AM
Sens. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) and Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) have introduced legislation they say will bring the 1971 National Cancer Act into the twenty-first ...(read more)
07/01/2009 12:00 AM
When he signed the $787 billion economic stimulus package in February, President Barack Obama promised Americans they would be able to track every dime ...(read more)
07/01/2009 12:00 AM
Two U.S. senators have introduced legislation to reduce the number of unsolicited text messages appearing on America’s cell phones.Senators Olympia ...(read more)
07/01/2009 12:00 AM
Law enforcement and other government officials should be able to look at cell phone records without first getting a warrant, according to a position the ...(read more)
07/01/2009 12:00 AM
The city of Chicago is considering a new use for red light cameras: nabbing uninsured drivers. Technology experts and civil liberties advocates call the ...(read more)
06/01/2009 12:00 AM
The state of Florida could save an estimated $700 million if some of the state’s 3.8 million uninsured residents were given free basic health screenings ...(read more)
06/01/2009 12:00 AM
As a result of an agreement with the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Rhode Island must cut Medicaid spending to $12.3 billion annually ...(read more)
06/01/2009 12:00 AM
The U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee is working on drafting legislation imposing a government-mandated health care system on ...(read more)
06/01/2009 12:00 AM
Home health care costs for the elderly have been far greater than projected in the federal budget, according to a report by the Medicare Payment Advisory ...(read more)
06/01/2009 12:00 AM
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (R) has signed a bill banning the use of automated cameras that take pictures of drivers who run red lights.All red light ...(read more)
06/01/2009 12:00 AM
A coalition of news organizations is asking the Third District Appellate Court of Illinois to preserve the right to comment anonymously online.The controversy ...(read more)
06/01/2009 12:00 AM
The Electronic Privacy Information Center is calling for a federal government investigation of Google’s privacy safeguards. The group is reacting ...(read more)
