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The Michigan Legislature has advanced a comprehensive clean energy bill package aimed at streamlining the siting process for wind, solar, and energy storage projects. The legislation, which includes House Bills 5120-5123 and Senate Bills 271, 273, and 502, has garnered support from various advanced energy industry groups, including the Michigan
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DTE Energy, a major electricity provider in Michigan, has reached a settlement with several environmental organizations over its plans to reduce energy waste in 2024 and 2025. The settlement, filed with the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC), is pending final approval and requires DTE to improve its neighborhood targeting initiative,
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HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, along with other senior leaders, hosted a roundtable with health care and consumer advocacy organizations to discuss how to educate consumers about the benefits of the Inflation Reduction Act, President Biden's historic lower cost prescription drug law. The participants discussed plans to raise awareness
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Legislation was introduced in the Senate by West Virginia Senator Shelley Moore Capito and Michigan Senator Gary Peters to reauthorize funding for the Youth Prevention and Recovery Initiative, a grant program that provides access to opioid addiction treatment for adolescents. The initiative, which was established as part of the Substance
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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has issued a delegated order approving a Generator Replacement Coordinator (GRC) Agreement between Arizona Public Service Company (APS) and Excel Engineering of MN, LLP. The agreement, filed on August 30, 2023, has been accepted for filing, effective October 30, 2023, without any protests or
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The Arkansas Public Service Commission has granted Walmart's request to exempt its energy efficiency programs for the next three years, citing the company's compliance with the relevant rules and regulations. According to the commission's order, Walmart will no longer be required to pay the
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A groundbreaking study has found that nursing homes using a chlorhexidine bathing routine to clean the skin and nose with over-the-counter antiseptic solutions can prevent serious infections and reduce the amount of antibiotic-resistant organisms in the nursing home, such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The study, published in the New
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Prevention and Control of Emerging Infectious Diseases (ELC) program provided strategic investments to health departments to reduce domestic infectious disease-related illnesses and death. As part of the American Rescue Plan (ARP), CDC provided $10 billion
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Joann Bauer has been ruled entitled to compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program after alleging she suffered Guillain-Barre syndrome as a result of an influenza vaccine administered on September 11, 2020. On October 4, 2022, Bauer filed a petition for compensation under the Vaccine Act, and after a
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Petitioner Michael Cohen filed a petition on October 19, 2021, under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, alleging a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration ("SIRVA") following receipt of a tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis ("Tdap") vaccine on November 21, 2020. The case was assigned to the Special Processing
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Fresh data on coronavirus have been presented in a new report detailing the role of the receptor tyrosine kinase Mer (Mertk) in regulating blood-brain barrier (BBB) integrity and angiogenesis. According to researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Mertk acts in vascular endothelial cells to tighten the BBB subsequent
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West Virginia Senator Shelley Moore Capito has announced funding from various federal departments and agencies to support health services, public safety, economic development, transportation, workforce development, logistics research, and environmental protection programs across the state. The funding includes $350,000 in HRSA funding for expanded mental health resources in schools,
