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Operation Stonegarden Continues to Support Border Security in South Texas
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- Written by Border Scope Border Scope
- Published: 18 September 2018 18 September 2018
Edinburg, Texas - During the month of August, over 100 illegal aliens were rescued by state and local law enforcement agencies participating in Operation Stonegarden throughout the Rio Grande Valley.
GSA, CBP Accept City of Douglas Land Donation
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- Written by YNN YNN
- Published: 18 September 2018 18 September 2018
Douglas, Arizona - The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) hosted a “Land Acceptance Ceremony” on Friday, Sept. 14, 2018, to officially accept a parking-lot donation from the city of Douglas. The parking lot, located on First Street and Customs Avenue, has become property of the U.S. government and CBP’s Raul Hector Castro Port of Entry.
Border Patrol Agents Shelter Traveling Public from Wandering Exotic Wildlife
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- Written by Border Scope Border Scope
- Published: 18 September 2018 18 September 2018
Laredo, Texas - Border Patrol agents assisted in preventing loose exotic livestock from striking vehicles traveling on State Highway 255.
Experimental nasal influenza vaccine tested in kids, teens
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- Written by Anne A. Oplinger Anne A. Oplinger
- Published: 18 September 2018 18 September 2018
St. Louis, Missouri - An early-stage clinical trial testing the safety and immune-stimulating ability of an experimental nasal influenza vaccine in healthy 9- to 17-year-old children and teens has begun enrolling participants at a Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation Unit (VTEU) site at Saint Louis University, Missouri. The VTEU is funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health.
NIH and Children’s National partner to advance pediatric clinical research
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- Written by YNN YNN
- Published: 18 September 2018 18 September 2018
Washington, DC - The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, and Children’s National Health System, a pediatric academic medical center in Washington, D.C., have launched a clinical research partnership devoted to treating and preventing allergic, immunologic and infectious diseases in children. An inaugural symposium will take place at Children’s National on September 17, to highlight the partnership and discuss current and future directions for its research activities.
CDC Final Investigation Update on Salmonella Infections in Live Poultry
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- Written by YNN YNN
- Published: 18 September 2018 18 September 2018
Washington, DC - The CDC Final Investigation Update on Salmonella Infections in Live Poultry:
Second Lady Karen Pence, Administration Officials Visit Indiana Business with Innovative Program to address Opioid Addiction in Workplace
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- Written by White House White House
- Published: 18 September 2018 18 September 2018
Richmond, Indiana - Today, during Prescription Opioid and Heroin Epidemic Awareness Week, Second Lady Karen Pence visited Belden, Inc. in Richmond, Indiana. Accompanied by Alexander Acosta, Secretary of the US Department of Labor, Dr. Jerome Adams, US Surgeon General, and Kellyanne Conway, Counselor to President Donald J. Trump, the Trump Administration highlighted how Belden’s Pathways to Employment program is an example of a new, innovative way to create a community-based solution to address the challenge drug addiction is having on their business and community.