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Report: Maryland rabies victim got virus through organ transplant 03/12/2013 05:38pm • Update - Friday - 3/15/2013, 9:23 a.m. ET WASHINGTON - Citing anonymous sources, The Washington Post reports the Maryland victim who died of rabies was a man infected with the virus through a kidney transplant. The Post says the man died at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in D.C. and receive Federal employees owe $3.5 billion in unpaid taxes 03/10/2013 11:04pm • Jamie Forzato, wtop.com WASHINGTON - From military personnel to postal workers, federal employees are on the hook for $3.5 billion in unpaid 2011 taxes, according to a report obtained by WTOP. The amount is a nearly 3 percent increase compared to the year before. About 312,000 employees owe VA failed to encrypt vets' peronal data, leaving it vulnerable to hackers 03/07/2013 10:51am • The Veterans Affairs Department has been routinely transmitting veterans' personal data -- including medical information and Social Security numbers -- over unsecured Internet connections, leaving the information vulnerable to hacking and fraud, according to an internal watchdog that faults the agen Mental health advocates wary of Md. gun control proposals 03/04/2013 09:24pm • Darci Marchese, wtop.com WASHINGTON - Maryland is among many states taking a closer look at gun laws in light of the shooting in Newtown, Conn. However, National Alliance on Mental Illness -- the largest advocacy group in the U.S. for people with mental illness -- has some serious concerns abo Time to get more involved in your health care 02/14/2013 03:23am • Susan Dentzer, editor-in-chief of Health Affairs Memorial held for students killed in College Park murder-suicide 02/13/2013 02:15am • Michelle Basch, wtop.com COLLEGE PARK, Md. - There were prayers, songs and reassuring words at a memorial gathering Tuesday night at the University of Maryland in College Park. The event, held at Memorial Chapel, was organized in the wake of Tuesday's early morning shootings that left two st New FDA warnings for hydrocodone 01/31/2013 02:53am • Susan Dentzer, editor in chief, Health Affairs Treat healthy people first 01/17/2013 05:33am • Susan Dentzer, editor in chief, Health Affairs Despite legal requirement, VA doesn't know if it has enough staff to serve vets 01/03/2013 10:51am • The Veterans Affairs Department doesn't know whether it has enough staff at its medical facilities to give veterans the quality care they need, failing to comply with a decade-old law despite several prior warnings, the agency's internal watchdog has concluded.A January 2002 law "mandated that VA es CLASS act ends with 'fiscal cliff,' elderly may have a tougher time 01/03/2013 04:06am • Susan Dentzer, editor in chief, Health Affairs Tejada Outlines 2013 Priorities as County Board Chair 01/02/2013 12:35pm • Walter Tejada, the new Arlington County Board Chair for 2013, says he will use his chairmanship to push for progress in four local policy areas: affordable housing, fitness and health, urban agriculture, and pedestrian and bicycle safety. Tejada and other County Board members outlined their vision f Help Wanted Highlight: Public Relations/Public Affairs Consultant 01/02/2013 11:25am • Looking for a job? Know someone who is? Starting today, ARLnow.com will periodically be highlighting job openings in the area. If you’re an employer with a position to fill, contact steph@arlnow.com to find out how we can help get your listing out in front of our talented, well-educated reader Battling burnout among doctors and nurses 12/20/2012 01:31am • Susan Dentzer, editor in chief, Health Affairs Obama administration, Congress quietly let school security funds lapse 12/14/2012 10:34pm • Beneath the expressions of grief, sorrow and disbelief over the Connecticut school massacre lies an uneasy truth in Washington: over the last few years the Obama administration and Congress quietly let federal funding for several key school security programs lapse in the name of budget savings.Gover Will health care reform cost you a "user fee"? 12/06/2012 03:42am • Susan Dentzer, editor in chief, Health Affairs Journal