EPA and Bureau of Indian Affairs discover sewage running near school, dangerous electrical wiring, tainted drinking water and inadequate fire protection.A federal inspection of three large trailer parks on the Torres Martinez reservation in Riverside County has found numerous health and safety violations, including faulty electrical systems and open sewage that threaten the health of park residents.
The GOP senator says he can finish his term despite the incurable degenerative dementia.Republican Sen. Pete V. Domenici of New Mexico, one of the most influential voices in Congress on budget and energy issues, announced Thursday that he would retire at the end of his term because of a degenerative brain disease.
With override unlikely, Democrats vow to repass the plan, forcing Republicans to again deny a popular priority.With his long-promised veto Wednesday of a bill to expand health insurance for children, President Bush has ignited an ideological battle that could well rage on into next year's presidential campaign.
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A change may be brewing for U.S. drugstores: The government is mulling more "behind-the-counter" sales, to let patients buy certain medicines directly from pharmacists without a doctor's prescription.
Having an X-ray to look for signs of colon cancer may soon be an option for those who dread the traditional scope exam. Two of the largest studies yet of "virtual colonoscopy" show the experimental technique works just as well at spotting potentially cancerous growths as the more invasive method. It's also quicker and cheaper.
The analysis shows considerably lower hospitalization and death rates in those 65 and up. Other research had showed no clear benefit.In an analysis that rebuts the notion that flu shots are of no benefit to people 65 and older, scientists have found that the annual jab reduces the risk of hospitalization and death in the elderly.
More than 400,000 students have stopped eating school lunches since an effort to serve healthful fare. Officials vow not to give up.Two years ago, celebrity chef Jamie Oliver expressed horror at the Turkey Twizzlers being served in Britain's school cafeterias and equated many school lunches with a four-letter word for the ultimate byproduct of all meals. He vowed to help lead students down the road to healthful eating.
Funding to prevent attacks like the 2001 anthrax crisis has given more people access to toxic substances -- and brought more accidents.The researcher at Texas A&M University had never been trained to handle Brucella , a bacterium included on the government's select list of potential bioweapon microbes.
