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Internal probe finds US embassy in Beirut insecure, lacks terror training 06/05/2013 08:54pm • The State Department is failing to adequately protect U.S. diplomats in Beirut, leaving them without necessary counterterrorism training and serving in a decrepit, aged embassy compound that fails to meet security protocols, according to an internal investigation that raises new questions about National Park Service to offer healthy food choices 06/05/2013 04:40pm • WASHINGTON - The table has been set to offer healthy food choices, including locally-grown sustainable foods to visitors at the country's 75 national parks. At a sun-splashed ceremony near the Lincoln Memorial, National Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis signed new rules for the 250 restauran Wednesday, May 8, 2013 05/08/2013 09:44am • 8:20 p.m. Chapin White, senior health researcher at Center for Studying Health System Change Download Getting the word out about new health insurance options 7:50 p.m. Gregg Stebben, WTOP's Tech Guy Download Rumors that YouTube to offer subscriber channels Mom of sick baby asks federal workers to donate their leave 05/07/2013 05:34pm • WASHINGTON - An employee of the Department of Veterans Affairs is asking federal employees to donate their vacation leave so she can stay with her sick baby in the hospital. Kelly Anderson says she is out of sick time, vacation time and leave allowed under the Federal Medical Leave Act. Kell Foreign aid agency tends to gloss over problems in rebuilding Afghanistan 05/03/2013 01:30pm • "It's all good," rapper M.C. Hammer famously said, and that's something the U.S. Agency for International Development appears to believe about the country's reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan.But watchdogs ranging from the Government Accountability Office to the special inspector general for Afgh The most risky meats: Chicken and ground beef 04/22/2013 02:53pm • WASHINGTON - Chicken and ground beef are the most popular meat and poultry products in America -- but they can also be the most dangerous. The Center for Science in the Public Interest studied 12 years of government data on food-borne illnesses. The consumer advocacy organization says the resul Wednesday, April 10, 2013 04/10/2013 09:20am • 11:50 p.m. - Steve Herman, Northeast Asia Bureau Chief for Voice of America Download North Korea tensions and latest developments 8:20 p.m. - Susan Dentzer, editor-in-chief, Health Affairs Download Many don't know much about health care reform or what it VA failed to encrypt vets' personal data, leaving it vulnerable to hackers 03/15/2013 01:58pm • 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 Md. rabies death was from organ transplant 03/15/2013 11:34am • HAGERSTOWN, Md. - The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says a rabies death in Maryland was caused by an organ transplant. The agency said Friday that three other people in Florida, Georgia and Illinois who got organs from the same donor are getting anti-rabies shots. Citing Wednesday, March 13, 2013 03/13/2013 03:28am • 8:20 p.m. - Susan Dentzer, editor-in-chief, Health Affairs Download NYC's soda ban and health 7:50 p.m. - Dr. Bill Wagner, co-president of the School of Doctoral studies at Olivet University Download Reaction to Pope Francis 7:20 - Steve Fu 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