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USS Monterey Provides Assistance to Vessel
- Written by Christian Kurowski
- Category: Latest News
The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey (CG 61) provided assistance to a commercial vessel in distress off the coast of Florida yesterday.
Senate HELP Committee’s Bipartisan Health Care Bill Positive First Step Toward Stabilization, Say Patient, Provider, and Consumer Groups
- Written by American Heart Association
- Category: Health America
Washington, DC - A non-partisan group of 29 patient, provider and consumer groups praised the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee for crafting bipartisan legislation that will help stabilize the individual insurance markets:
USS Constitution Gets Underway and Celebrates 220 Years
- Written by Specialist 3rd Class Casey Scoular
- Category: News
Charlestown, Massachusetts - USS Constitution and her crew headed underway from the ship's berth in Charlestown, yesterday, in commemoration of the ship's launching 220 years ago and the U.S. Navy's 242nd birthday.
FTC Earns Prestigious International Award for AshleyMadison.com Data Breach Investigation
- Written by ANC
- Category: National News
Washington, DC - The Federal Trade Commission, along with privacy law enforcement agencies in Australia and Canada, has received a global data protection award for its cross-border investigation of the massive AshleyMadison.com data breach in July 2015, which affected consumers in nearly 50 countries.
Retired Houston corporate CEO, current Dallas hospital system CEO to lead American Heart Association as top volunteers in 2017-18
- Written by Carrie Thacker
- Category: Health America
Dallas, Texas - The American Heart Association, the world's leading voluntary organization dedicated to building healthier lives, free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke, has elected its national volunteer officers for the 2017-18 fiscal year, which begins July 1.
American Heart Association Volunteers Urge Congress to Lift the Burden of Heart Disease and Stroke
- Written by Abbey Dively
- Category: Health America
Washington, DC - More than 330 American Heart Association volunteers and staff from 46 states were in Washington, D.C. today to advocate for federal research support and key legislation that will benefit Americans with cardiovascular disease (CVD). Personal trainer, survivor and host of NBC's hit show, The Biggest Loser, Bob Harper, participated in the event. The advocates urged their members of Congress to prioritize National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding for heart and stroke research and to support bills that would expand access to stroke telemedicine (telestroke) and cardiac rehabilitation. They also encouraged their lawmakers to oppose the health care bill.
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