Jamuir Brown-Williams will get his opportunity to have fun learning this summer. The 13-year-old, a recent graduate of Columbia Middle School in Adelanto, has been selected to attend the 2008 National Junior Leaders Conference, CSI: Forensic Science progr

After watching two of her children graduate with nursing degrees this year, Laurie Elliott, 48, completed her lifelong dream of becoming a nurse at the Fleming College's 41st convocation ceremony yesterday. "Yes, it's been a big year," she said. "It\

Thu, Aug 7, 2008 (2:39 p.m.) Scientists have found ways to tease even more clues out of fingerprints' telltale marks _ one in a string of developments that gives modern forensics even better ways to solve mysteries like the anthrax attacks or JonBenet Ra

A tiny microbe with a larger-than-life personality, Escherichia coli O157:H7 can't be seen with the naked eye. But its impact — and its long shadow over the Salinas Valley produce industry — were unmistakable Thursday during a daylong research confer

If elected president, John McCain or Barack Obama would continue to help foreign countries combat infectious disease. Both are committed to ensuring the United States is prepared to respond to a global pandemic.