Washington, May 14 (IANS) Millions of Americans caring simultaneously for ageing parents and young children are facing mounting financial, emotional and professional strain, lawmakers and witnesses told a Senate hearing, as calls intensified for stronger federal support for family caregivers. The Senate Special Committee on Ageing hearing focused on the so-called “sandwich generation” — Americans balancing work, parenting and elder care at the same time.“Most are exhausted, overwhelmed, a…
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Washington, March 12 (IANS) The United States has become dangerously dependent on China for the raw materials and ingredients used in many of its most common medicines, lawmakers and expert witnesses warned at a Senate hearing, casting the problem as both a national security threat and a looming public health crisis.The hearing of the Senate Special Committee on Ageing brought together lawmakers and industry experts on Wednesday (local time) who described how decades of offshoring pharmaceutical…