Yuma News
Vice President’s Call with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani
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- Written by White House White House
- Published: 28 August 2018 28 August 2018
Washington, DC - Vice President Mike Pence spoke with President Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan by phone today. The two leaders discussed the impact of President Trump’s South Asia strategy over the past year. The Vice President and President Ghani discussed the current security situation in Afghanistan and efforts to initiate a peace process.
DHS Announces Grant Allocations for Fiscal Year 2018 Preparedness Grants
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- Written by YNN YNN
- Published: 28 August 2018 28 August 2018
Washington, DC - As part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) ongoing efforts to support state, local, tribal, and territorial partners, Secretary Kirstjen M. Nielsen today announced final allocations of $345 million for six Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 DHS competitive preparedness grant programs. These allocations together with the more than $1.3 billion in non-competitive grant funding announced by DHS in June, total more than $1.6 billion in FY 2018 granted to assist states, local areas, tribal and territorial governments, nonprofit agencies, and the private sector with their preparedness efforts.
More patients survive sudden cardiac arrest with new EMS technique
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- Written by YNN YNN
- Published: 28 August 2018 28 August 2018
Washington, DC - A new study showed that a change in the type of breathing tube paramedics use to resuscitate patients with sudden cardiac arrest can significantly improve the odds of survival and save thousands of lives. More than 90 percent of Americans who experience sudden cardiac arrest die before, or soon after, reaching a hospital.
EXP2 protein helps deadliest malaria parasite obtain nutrients during infection
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- Written by Meredith Daly Meredith Daly
- Published: 28 August 2018 28 August 2018
Washington, DC - Researchers from the National Institutes of Health and other institutions have deciphered the role of a key protein that the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum uses to obtain nutrients while infecting red blood cells. Their study appears in Nature Microbiology.
Mayor Nicholls' Statement on Senator John McCain
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- Written by Yuma News Now Yuma News Now
- Published: 27 August 2018 27 August 2018
Yuma, Arizona - U.S. Senator and Presidential candidate John McCain passed away Saturday, Aug. 25, leaving a void in the nation and the Yuma community. Mayor Douglas J. Nicholls issued the following statement today:
Presidential Proclamation on the Death of Senator John Sidney McCain III
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- Written by White House White House
- Published: 27 August 2018 27 August 2018
Washington, DC - As a mark of respect for the memory and longstanding service of Senator John Sidney McCain III, I hereby order, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, that the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff at the White House and upon all public buildings and grounds, at all military posts and naval stations, and on all naval vessels of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its Territories and possessions until sunset, on the day of interment.
First Lady Melania Trump Welcomes the First Lady of Kenya to the White House
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- Written by White House White House
- Published: 27 August 2018 27 August 2018
Washington, DC - Today, First Lady Melania Trump joined President Donald J. Trump in welcoming President Uhuru Kenyatta of the Republic of Kenya and First Lady Margaret Kenyatta to the White House.