The 35,000-square-foot facility is equipped with 26 light towers, 138 pumps and hoses, more than 100,000 sandbags, a sand bagger, 700 cots, more than 1,000 blankets and an equal number of pillows, 88 generators, more than 500 flashlights, and 36,000 cans of water.
One ship collided June 17, 2017, with a merchant vessel about 56 nautical miles southwest of Yokosuka, Japan, and the other was involved in an Aug. 21, 2017, collision with a merchant vessel east of the Straits of Malacca and Singapore.
Residents must replace any smoke alarm operated only by battery that is more than 10 years old with a unit powered by a 10-year, sealed-in battery having a "Hush" button feature. The requirement affects more than 800,000 homes statewide.
The agency will invest nearly $32 million in 2018 to mitigate wildfire risk, improve water quality, and restore health forest ecosystems in 24 states and Puerto Rico.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Department of Defense's Office of Health Affairs have launched a joint program to prioritize the efficient development of safe and effective medical products intended to save the lives of American military personnel.
The FHWA program has been given approximately $5.7 billion since FY2012 by Congress. The program aims to ensure infrastructure is resilient enough to withstand extreme weather that could disrupt the transportation network and require major reconstruction.
Dr. Greg Lakin, D.O., has worked as a family practitioner, as well as in emergency medicine, skilled nursing and long-term care, and with patients suffering from drug and alcohol addiction.
Once they are operational, a fleet of five planes that Airbus calls "next-generation airlifters" will transport completed sections of Airbus aircraft among the company's European production sites and to its final assembly lines.
The program will distribute about 1 million doses of vaccine this year during approximately two weeks, depending on weather and other conditions.
Brian Berridge is NTP's new associate director. Formerly of GlaxoSmithKline, he will oversee day-to-day operations as NTP coordinates toxicology research and testing across nine different federal agencies, including the National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and CDC.