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As Puerto Rico begins the process of rebuilding and recovering from the devastating impact of Hurricane Fiona, US Senator Bob Menendez and Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez are leading a bicameral effort to urge the Biden Administration to improve language access and disaster recovery in the island. The lawmakers are concerned about
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), is investing nearly $27 million to improve and expand mental health care for children. This funding will enhance pediatricians' ability to recognize and treat mental health conditions, and provide tele-consultation services
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Venatorx Pharmaceuticals, a private, late-stage clinical pharmaceutical company, has announced a contract with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) to support the development of cefepime-taniborbactam, a novel antibiotic for the treatment of melioidosis and multi-drug resistant infections. The contract, which leverages the 2004 Project BioShield Act, has a
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children & Families, has issued a grant notice for the National Center for Child Welfare Competent Mental Health Services. The purpose of this funding opportunity is to provide grants to recipients to create a national center that will work
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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has authorized pharmacists and pharmacy interns and technicians supervised by a pharmacist to prescribe, dispense, or administer smallpox, monkeypox virus, or other orthopoxvirus vaccines or therapeutics. This decision comes in response to advocacy from the American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP)
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Todd Guilfoos, an Associate Professor at the University of Rhode Island's Department of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, has an impressive academic record marked by numerous publications, peer-reviewed papers, and influential presentations at conferences. His research spans water resource economics, behavioral economics, non-market valuation, and complex systems, demonstrating
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Eversource Investment Service Company LLC has submitted comments in response to Consolidated Edison Company of New York's proposal to develop a $1 billion Brooklyn Clean Energy Hub. The hub aims to interconnect a significant portion of New York's mandated offshore wind generation into the state'
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Following the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and 29 of her Senate colleagues have expressed concerns that women seeking reproductive health care may face retaliation, harassment, or prosecution. In a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
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Eligible individuals in the US, regardless of their health insurance status, can receive COVID-19 vaccines, including the updated Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines, at no cost as long as the federal government continues to purchase and distribute them. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized the updated vaccines, which
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As part of its ongoing efforts to modernize and expand broadband access in rural West Virginia, Appalachian Power, an American Electric Power company, has announced a significant infrastructure project that will bring high-speed internet to over 13,000 unserved customers in Logan and Mingo counties. The project, which is currently
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A group of organizations has submitted a filing with the Colorado Public Utilities Commission to review the Public Service Company of Colorado's (PSCo) demand side management and beneficial electrification plan. The filing relates to the company's strategic issues in electric and gas demand side management. Attorneys
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The New York State Department of Public Service has issued a document implementing a unit surcharge rate adjustment, effective September 1, 2022, affecting gas consumers in the state. The adjustment is based on a statement made by National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation for filing with the Public Service Commission. The
