Imperial Valley News Center
More than $1.6 million for California as USDA announces grants for childhood obesity prevention programs
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Sacramento, California - The USDA has awarded $9 million in grants to develop childhood obesity intervention programs through colleges and universities in 12 states and Puerto Rico. The grants are funded through the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI), the flagship competitive grant program authorized under the 2014 Farm Bill.
Microsecond Raman imaging might probe cells, organs for disease
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- Written by Emil Venere
West Lafayette, Indiana - A vibrational spectroscopic imaging technology that can take images of living cells could represent an advanced medical diagnostic tool for the early detection of cancer and other diseases.
Joint Statement by US Secretary of State John Kerry and UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond
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Washington, DC - Our governments welcome the largely peaceful vote on March 28. The Nigerian people have shown a commendable determination to register their vote and choose their leaders.
Antarctic Ice Shelves Rapidly Thinning
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- Written by Mario Aguilera
San Diego, California - A new study led by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego researchers has revealed that the thickness of Antarctica’s floating ice shelves has recently decreased by as much as 18 percent in certain areas over nearly two decades, providing new insights on how the Antarctic ice sheet is responding to climate change.
85 college students tried to draw the Apple logo from memory 84 failed
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Los Angeles, California - Could you draw the ubiquitous Apple computer logo from memory? Probably not, as it turns out.
Hundreds of thousands of California immigrants could gain health insurance under president’s executive actions
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- Written by UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
Los Angeles, California - Between 360,000 and 500,000 immigrants living in California would become eligible for Medi-Cal if they receive temporary protection from deportation and permission to work as a result of recent executive actions by President Barack Obama. Up to 57 percent of immigrants in California who are eligible under the executive actions are low-income and lack private health insurance, according to a study by UC Berkeley’s Center for Labor Research and Education and the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
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