WASHINGTON, April 12– The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Monday announced Comprehensive Primary Care Plus, an attempt to encourage higher quality “cognitive” care, rather than the quantity of procedures and visits billed. The CPC+ program is the most recent move CMS has taken to transition from the fee-for-service ... Read More »
WASHINGTON, April 12 —Sikorsky Aircraft, now a division of Lockheed Martin, has received a U.S. Army contract to build seven specialized variants of its UH-60M Black Hawk combat helicopter for the Mexican military. The $54 million contract, through the U.S. Foreign Military Sales program, will cover the construction and modification ... Read More »
IOWA CITY, Iowa, April 12 — There was a time doctors thought children with autism spectrum disorder had to be treated in person, making it difficult to help frustrated parents deal with communication or behavioral issues, but researchers found in a recent study that telemedicine can help this issue. Researchers ... Read More »
WASHINGTON, April 12 —Defense aviation firm Pratt & Witney have landed a $1.03 billion deal to build a slate of new propulsion systems for the U.S. and international variants of the F-35 Lighting II fighter jet. Under the terms of the deal, a modification to a previous procurement pact reached ... Read More »
PATUXENT RIVER, Md., April 12 —A new electronic jamming device for U.S. Navy EA-18G Growler aircraft has won Department of Defense approval for Engineering & Manufacturing Development. The system — Next Generation Jammer Increment 1 — gained Milestone Decision Authority approval after Raytheon’s development plans were judged as meeting the ... Read More »
NEW YORK, April 12– Ultrasound may be better than X-rays for imaging children’s lungs for diagnosis because it prevents exposure to radiation, reduces medical costs and cuts the length of time children stay at the emergency room, according to a recent study. Researchers at Mount Sinai Hospital report in the ... Read More »
WASHINGTON, April 12 —Defense giant Boeing has inked a $93.8 million contract with the U.S. Navy to maintain and sustain the sea service’s entire fleet of F/A-18 Hornet and Super Hornet fighter jets. The depot-level maintenance work will be conducted at the company’s facility in Jacksonville, Fla., according to a ... Read More »
The Zaatari camp in northern Jordan opened in 2012 as a temporary refuge of tents for Syrians fleeing the civil war. Today, this camp alone is home to nearly 80,000 people. The tiny kingdom with a population of 8 million struggles to cope with its 2 million migrants. Zaatari camp, ... Read More »
Teenagers treated at the hospital for violent, drug- or alcohol-related, or self-inflicted injuries have a higher long-term risk of death, according to a study in England. Researchers at University College London said the three types of injuries have similar risk factors — nearly three-quarters of girls and one-third of boys ... Read More »
Dennis Fong knows firsthand that having the inside track on how to play a game makes the difference between winning and losing. Fong, 39, started playing video games when he was a teenager and got so good he was named the world’s first official professional gamer by the Guinness Book ... Read More »
A Washington Post Magazine story about children accidentally left in cars has haunted me for years. The story, called “Fatal Distraction” and published in 2009, centered on the horrifying mistake that can lead to a child’s death. What’s more confounding is that this is a relatively new problem. It goes ... Read More »
With Gear VR, Samsung was one of the first companies to get its foot in the virtual reality door. Now, it looks like the South Korean electronics giant is experimenting with augmented reality. Samsung has received a patent for “smart” contact lenses, which it originally filed in September 2014. The ... Read More »
