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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 EPA finalizes first new regulations on beach water quality in quarter century 11/26/2012 05:28pm • The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday finalized its first new recreational water quality criteria in a quarter century, complying with a court settlement from four years ago.The criteria, issued under the Clean Water Act, set the stage for states to write plans that protect the public from e Study finds new doctors add to rising health care costs 11/24/2012 04:25am • WASHINGTON - A study published in this month's Health Affairs found that care provided by less-experienced doctors can cost up to 13 percent more than treatment from their more experienced colleagues. The research, conducted by RAND Corporation, found that the cost of patient care drops with e 'Patients Bill of Rights' comes together 11/22/2012 02:41am • Susan Dentzer, editor in chief, Health Affairs Journal Government spent more than $16 billion on advertising, marketing in last decade 11/16/2012 03:01pm • The government has spent more than $16 billion over the last decade on outside advertising, marketing and public relations contractors, feeding a cottage industry of inside-the-Beltway and Madison Avenue firms that help federal agencies burnish their images and tailor their messages, an investigatio Vets and the fiscal cliff: Effect of sequestration on benefits 11/11/2012 05:17am • WASHINGTON - This Veterans Day weekend, there's a push to get veterans better health care - including mental health care. But many veterans and their families are eyeing the fiscal cliff and the possibility that sequestration may cut into their benefits. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., chairs the U.S. Hou