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...Philippines. Inside a nondescript, windowless building at the task force's Jolo Island base, a half-dozen soldiers are studying laptops. A large screen on the wall shows the video feed from an unmanned drone cruising over potential Abu Sayyaf hideouts in the jungle. The U.S. troops give vital advice about operations but are barred from taking part in combat missions and must stay well beyond small-arms range in any firefight. Says one slightly disgruntled Special Forces soldier: "With our rules of engagement, if I saw Dulmatin [a J.I. terrorist believed to be hiding on Jolo with Abu Sayyaf...
...Bulacan. A second car allegedly used by the kidnappers was traced to a top military officer. Since then, the impounded car-and its license plate-have been sitting on an army base. The plate seemed to point to the military's involvement in Burgos's abduction. "This is vital information that connects the military to the case," says Purificacion C. Valera Quisumbing, chair of the Philippines Commission on Human Rights at the time of the abduction. "We're not saying they were the ones who did the abduction. We're just saying that this is a vital connection...
Reports like Park's are vital if we are to persuade today's young parents, most of whom have never seen a case of paralytic polio, that immunization remains essential in today's global society. Fears and myths about vaccines place our children in peril. Kelly Lacek's story shows how difficult it can be for parents to navigate the labyrinth of conflicting reports in the media. We must work together to solve the mystery of autism while safeguarding one of the most successful public-health initiatives of all time. Renee R. Jenkins, President, American Academy of Pediatrics ELK GROVE...
...small rolling cart that physicians and nurses use to document every step of patient care in an electronic chart. Instead of scribbling notes by hand on a metal-clad clipboard, doctors and nurses use the fill-in forms on the monitor to type in each patient's symptoms and vital signs, progress and prognosis, and medications prescribed and taken...
...exceptions in Massachusetts, and more recently, California). High school shootings and other gun violence incidents are ever-raging, yet constitutional debates over the interpretation of the Second Amendment cloud the fact that this the “right to bear arms” is an anachronistic impediment to the vital public policy that is needed to fight the culture of gun violence...