by Jacqueline Klimas | Jul 7, 2011 | Science + Technology
WASHINGTON –On Aug. 31, 2006, Kevin Ivory was exposed to three roadside bombs in Fallujah, Iraq. The third blast left him unconscious for 26 hours, during which he had no memory of what was happening to him. Ivory, who was an E4 petty officer 3rd class in the Navy,...
by Jacqueline Klimas | Jun 29, 2011 | Politics, Science + Technology
WASHINGTON — The WNBA champion Seattle Storm came to the White House on Wednesday to help first lady Michelle Obama in her effort to promote a healthy and active lifestyle. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke — a former two-term Washington governor — Health and Human...
by Jacqueline Klimas | Jun 29, 2011 | Science + Technology
WASHINGTON — A different kind of surveillance is going on in the U.S. armed forces. A monitoring system you may not know about tracks troops and their movements to ensure that potentially pandemic diseases do not spread between countries. Formed in 1997 by the...
by Jacqueline Klimas | Jun 28, 2011 | Science + Technology
WASHINGTON – Sens. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., and Tom Coburn R-Okla., rolled out their bipartisan plan to save Medicare Tuesday on Capitol Hill. The pair’s suggested proposal, which would save more than $600 billion over 10 years, includes changes such as asking the...
