by Matt Yurus & Noor Wazwaz | Aug 1, 2011 | National Security, Science + Technology, Topics
Federal homeland security and public health officials plan to draft guidelines by next year for assessing chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threats. Currently, departments of Homeland Security and Health and Human Services assess such threats on an ad hoc...
by Lauren Biron | Jul 30, 2011 | Environment, Science + Technology
WASHINGTON – Sales of cars using diesel and biodiesel increased in 2010 and are expected to continue climbing, according to the Diesel Technology Forum, a diesel advocacy group. Nevertheless, the percentage of renewable biodiesel used in passenger vehicles is likely...
by Jacqueline Klimas | Jul 28, 2011 | Science + Technology
WASHINGTON — In the first seven months of 2011, there have already been 156 reported cases of measles in the U.S., three times the average of prior years. The nationwide spike is caused by a measles outbreak in Europe, said Jane Seward, a director in the...
by Jacqueline Klimas | Jul 27, 2011 | Science + Technology
WASHINGTON — Myleah Rhynes spent Christmas 2009 like many mothers across America—opening presents with her children. Myleah, however, was in the intensive care unit of Children’s Medical Center of Dallas. The Providence Village, Texas, mother traveled to...
by Chelsea Whyte | Jul 27, 2011 | Science + Technology
WASHINGTON – The Army is moving forward with caution on the proposed biodefense center at Fort Detrick. The Medical Countermeasures Test & Evaluation Facility is planned for construction in 2014, but before it breaks ground – or even designs the building – the...
by Chelsea Whyte | Jul 27, 2011 | Science + Technology
WASHINGTON –The bottom rows of grocery store aisles, usually reserved for brightly packaged foods set right at kid’s eye level, may be in for a makeover – and it’s what’s inside the boxes that could be changing. New recommendations from government agencies could...
