The Hill’s fourth annual Notable Staffers project is a bipartisan list showcasing some of the most hard-working and influential Congressional staffers on Capitol Hill. More than 12,000 staffers in the House and Senate are the linchpins keeping Congress running year-in and year-out. They're the unseen aides writing legislation on a host of policy matters, communicating with stakeholders and handling constituent services. The event includes a panel discussion with members of Congress on the importance of staffers in the 119th Congress. The stream is scheduled to begin at 12 p.m. EST. Watch above.
Chino Valley Unified School District Board President Sonja Shaw said she believes staff members will continue to make notifications if necessary in line with an amended district policy that removes any mention of gender.
Amy Yasbeck and Tyler Ritter are using what would have been the beloved comedian's 78th birthday to sound the alarm on aortic dissection, a treatable condition that took his life because doctors initially got it wrong. John Ritter walked into a Burbank, California, hospital in September 2003 sweating through his clothes, vomiting, and gripping his […] The post John Ritter's widow and son mark his 78th birthday with a warning about the silent condition that killed him appeared first on American Almanac .
Amy Yasbeck and Tyler Ritter are using what would have been the beloved comedian's 78th birthday to sound the alarm on aortic dissection, a treatable condition that took his life because doctors initially got it wrong. John Ritter walked into a Burbank, California, hospital in September 2003 sweating through his clothes, vomiting, and gripping his chest in pain. The doctors on duty did what most emergency physicians would do: they treated him for a heart attack. A second test appeared to confirm that diagnosis. They gave him blood thinners. They threaded a catheter into his heart. And only then, during the catheterization itself, did they discover what was actually happening. A massive tear had ripped through the wall of his aorta, the…Open
