WASHINGTON, June 27 (UPI) -- Federal officials responsible for coping with the aftermath of a possible nuclear attack in the United States are not fully confident of the government's readiness to deal with such a disaster, they told a Senate hearing Thursday.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has announced the availability of $25 million grants for emergency care.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- Back in the 1950s, before urban sprawl, gridlocked traffic and Disneyland arrived, Molin Malicay's extended family of Pomo Indians moved freely between California's seafood-rich Pacific coast and their warm, fertile settlements in Sonoma County. Subsistin

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- American Indians and Alaska natives still have more illnesses and early deaths from injuries compared to whites, says an official of the Indian Health Service. Poverty and associated problems, including alcoholism and little access to medical care, contri