Iowa lawmakers push bills to curb cancer risks and aid patients
Lawmakers pursue measures on tanning bed restrictions for minors radon testing and mitigation tax credits to install radon systems. They also seek to cap medical debt interest and tighten HPV vaccine consent rules while opposing bills seen as weakening cancer prevention efforts.
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Former Alabama NASA center chief dies at 102
William Ray Lucas who led the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville during the Challenger disaster dies at 102. He died February 10 at his Huntsville home. funeral set for March 1. Lucas directed the center when the shuttle exploded January 28, 1986, killing seven, including Christa McAuliffe, and faced sharp criticism over safety, resigning months later after a commission blamed booster rocket design. He was born in western Tennessee, served in WWII, earned a Vanderbilt PhD, and helped establish Marshall in 1960 before becoming director in 1974.
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