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WASHINGTON- The Hawai'i congressional delegation today urged President Trump to immediately provide support to the state as Hurricane Douglas approaches the islands. “With the time remaining before the forecasted landfall, we can take steps that will improve outcomes for Hawai'i residents. Federal support is especially critical at this juncture because…

Washington, DC- United States Senator Elizabeth Warren, a member of the Senate Health, Education, and Pensions Committee and the Special Committee on Aging, sent a letter with her Senate HELP Committee colleagues Tammy Baldwin, Tina Smith, and Bernard Sanders to Vice President Mike Pence, the head of the Trump Administration's Coronavirus Task Force, requesting…

BOSTON- New House tele-health legislation aims to incorporate lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic into the state's health care system, according to Majority Leader Ron Mariano, who said he expects representatives to vote on the bill this week. The bill is a Health Care Financing Committee redraft of legislation the Senate passed in late June, which sought to…

The high tide flooding that inundated the streets of Newport Beach's Balboa Peninsula over the Fourth of July weekend will grow more common throughout the state- and nation- thanks to rising seas, according to a recently released National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration report. The report noted that there were three high tide flooding days at NOAA's…

LAS CRUCES– In an effort to connect students and New Mexico senior citizens during the COVID-19 pandemic, a J. Paul Taylor Academy parent started a virtual pen pal program with hopes to expand the inter-generational communication within the area. Heidi Moccia, a local health insurance broker dealing with Medicare insurance, has two daughters enrolled at JPTA.

Jul. 22– It's not about removing a patient from the vehicle– it's about removing the vehicle from the patient, according to the Somerset Fire Department's Captain Training Officer Bengie Howard. Somerset firefighters are participating this week in hands-on training for vehicle extrication. Taking place at the Hal Rogers Fire Training Center, the training…

Jillanne Schulte Wall, senior director for health and regulatory policy at the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Bethesda, Maryland, has issued a public comment on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' proposed rule entitled “Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the…

Jennifer L. Huff, manager for system reimbursement at Geisinger Health, Danville, Pennsylvania, has issued a public comment on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' proposed rule entitled “Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and…

Amy Klobuchar, D- Minnesota, issued the following news release:. U.S Senators Amy Klobuchar, Mazie K. Hirono and 29 Senators urged Vice President Mike Pence and Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Peter Gaynor to take immediate action to provide Personal Protective Equipment and sanitizing supplies for election and poll workers–and…

Jul. 22– Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program will sponsor free virtual “New to Medicare” presentations at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 4, and 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18, a HICAP spokesman said. Preregistration is required to view the programs. “HICAP is offering these presentations to help new beneficiaries and their caregivers better understand this comprehensive…

Robert Casey Jr., D- Pa., Sherrod Brown, D- Ohio, Mazie K. Hirono, D- Hawaii, Jeff Merkley, D- Ore., Christopher S. Murphy, D- Conn., Margaret Wood Hassan, D- N.H., Tammy Baldwin, D- Wis., Robert Menendez, D- N.J., Ron Wyden, D- Ore., Richard Blumenthal, D- Conn., Elizabeth Warren, D- Mass., Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Sheldon Whitehouse, D- R.I., Edward J. Markey, D- Mass., Debbie Stabenow, D- Mich., Jacky Rosen, D- Nev., Jack Reed, D-…

Gretchen Whitmer criticized Enbridge Inc. on Wednesday for what she described as the company's refusal to make an airtight pledge to pay for damages caused by a potential oil spill from its pipeline beneath a Great Lakes channel. Enbridge insists it already made such an assurance under a 2018 agreement with former Republican Gov. Enbridge said last week in…

Mayor Jim Kenney’ s policy of prohibiting large permitted events like the Mummers Parade while allowing spontaneous protests over the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis is“ plainly unconstitutional,” U.S. Attorney William McSwain told the Kenney administration Wednesday. “The subtext, of course, is clear: the City has seen a surge of protests…

Gretchen Whitmer criticized Enbridge Inc. on Wednesday for what she described as the company's refusal to make an airtight pledge to pay for damages caused by a potential oil spill from its pipeline beneath a Great Lakes channel. Enbridge insists it already made such an assurance under a 2018 agreement with former Republican Gov. “When I was a kid, my parents…

Jul. 22– The Army officer driving a military vehicle that flipped over in Orange County last year, killing a West Point cadet and injuring 21 other passengers, has been found guilty of negligent homicide and sentenced to three years' confinement by a military court panel in Georgia. Ladonies Strong on Monday after rendering a verdict on Saturday at Fort Stewart,…