Peltola, Larsen and Smith Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Combat Childhood Hunger, Expand Access to Meals Outside of Regular School Hours

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Peltola, Larsen and Smith Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Combat Childhood Hunger, Expand Access to Meals Outside of Regular School Hours

WASHINGTON – Representatives Mary Peltola (D-AK), Rick Larsen (D-WA), and Chris Smith (R-NJ) introduced the Summer Meals Act of 2024, a bipartisan bill to fight childhood hunger by expanding access to healthy, nutritious meals and snacks offered to students during the summer months. “As a mom to seven, I understand the stress and financial commitment that […]

Alaska Native Guardsman Driven to Serve After Early Childhood Experience

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Alaska Native Guardsman Driven to Serve After Early Childhood Experience

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — In a cabin nine miles from his home village of White Mountain, Alaska, Tech. Sgt. Blassi Shoogukwruk, a C-17 Globemaster III crew chief with the Alaska Air National Guard’s 176th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron took his first ride in a UH-1 Huey helicopter at the tender age of three. Not many […]

Your Body Remembers Common Cold Coronaviruses From Childhood. How Can You Get the Same Immunity to COVID-19?

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Your Body Remembers Common Cold Coronaviruses From Childhood. How Can You Get the Same Immunity to COVID-19?

COVID-19 boosters may lead to a stable antibody and T cell population in years to come LA JOLLA, CA—For a glimpse into the future of SARS-CoV-2 immunity, scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) are investigating how the immune system builds its defenses against common cold coronaviruses (CCCs). According to a new LJI study, published recently […]