Latest "health and human services" stories

Senate hearing urged on Pentagon vaccine effort

Two Democrats on Senate Armed Services Committee members are calling on panel leaders to hold a hearing on the Defense Department’s role in Operation Warp Speed, a White House-backed effort to create and distribute the COVID-19 vaccine to every American.

2 years ago

210 US evacuees fleeing China’s coronavirus outbreak land at California air reserve base

U.S. military personnel will not come into contact with passengers, a Defense Department spokeswoman said.

By Patricia Kime

3 years ago

Military forces from Hawaii to Guam pitch in to save Saipan, Tinian in the wake of super typhoon

Tinian was battered by sustained winds clocked at 178 miles per hour, making it the most powerful cyclone on record to ever wallop U.S. soil, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

By Carl Prine

4 years ago

Dems fight to wall off military from Trump’s immigration plans

Here's how Congressional Democrats are targeting the “zero-tolerance” immigration policy's reliance on the military.

5 years ago

The withheld HHS study on base water contaminants is out — and it’s not good

In lab rats, exposure caused prenatal loss and organ failure, other chronic illnesses.

By Tara Copp

5 years ago

Mattis says military will house immigrant children if asked

Four US bases are under consideration to house immigrant children.

By Tara Copp

5 years ago

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