VA expands breast cancer screenings and mammograms for Veterans with potential toxic exposures
The Department of Veterans Affairs announced that Veterans under 40 who may have been exposed to burn pits and other toxins during their service are now eligible for breast cancer risk assessments and mammograms (as clinically appropriate) at VA.
VA to review possible connections between toxic exposures and acute leukemia, chronic leukemia, and multiple myeloma
The Department of Veterans Affairs announced that it will conduct a scientific review to determine whether there is a relationship between three conditions — acute leukemias, chronic leukemias, and multiple myeloma outside of the head and neck — and toxic exposures for service members who deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, Uzbekistan, and the entire Southwest Asia theater of operations.
California Energy Commissioner visits Soboba Tribe and lauds clean energy projects
California Energy Commissioner Noemi Gallardo visited the Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians June 21 to recognize the Tribe’s implementation of clean energy solutions, including...
Big Southern California wildfire being contained, with minimal new activity
Firefighters working in high heat patrolled for hotspots and built control lines around a large wildfire smoldering in the interior of Southern California on Tuesday.
What to know about Fourth of July holiday origins and traditions
The Fourth of July is Americana at its core: parades and cookouts and cold beer and, of course, fireworks. Those pyrotechnics also make it an especially dangerous holiday, typically resulting in more than 10,000 trips to the emergency room. Yet fireworks remain at the center of Independence Day, a holiday 247 years in the making.
