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Public health alert issued over rendered pork fat without federal inspection
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert for rendered pork fat products that were produced without federal inspection. FSIS was notified by the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets that the rendered pork fat products were produced and shipped into commerce without the …
Census undercount threatens federal food and health programs on reservations
The 2020 census missed nearly 1 of every 17 Native Americans who live on reservations, an undercount that could very well lead to insufficient federal funding for essential health, nutrition and social programs in remote communities with high poverty rates and scarce access to services. The census counted 9.7 million people who identified as a …
SLU Receives $500,000 in Federal Funding for New Mobile Health Clinic : SLU
U.S. Rep Cori Bush recently visited Saint Louis University to celebrate $500,000 in federal funding she has secured for a new Saint Louis University Mobile Health Clinic that will serve areas where citizens lack nearby health care facilities, transportation to clinics or the technology to use telehealth options. SLU President Fred P. Pestello, Ph.D.; Congresswoman …
Metro lifts mask mandate after federal court ruling – The GW Hatchet
Media Credit: Danielle Towers | Assistant Photo Editor The Department of Homeland Security and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are reviewing the judge’s decision. Metro lifted its mask requirement on Monday hours after a court voided the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s national travel mask mandate. The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s …
NYC subway shooting suspect arrested, charged with federal terror offense
The man accused of shooting 10 people on a Brooklyn subway train was arrested Wednesday and charged with a federal terrorism offense after a daylong manhunt and a tipster’s call led police to him on a Manhattan street.Frank R. James, 62, was taken into custody about 30 hours after the carnage on a rush-hour train, …
Albo; No Federal Election date yet; Flood warning for east coast; NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard tests positive to COVID-19; NSW records 24,151 new COVID-19 cases, 15 deaths; Zelenskyy details Russian atrocities in UN address
The Prime Minister is continuing to back his government’s financial support to flood-hit regions. It comes after the Queensland and NSW Governments criticised the Morrison government for displaying a lack of understanding at a federal level when it comes to flood funding. Mr Morrison hit back, saying in “New South Wales, we have committed $2.1 …
Webster University receives $1 million federal grant for mental health services
ST. LOUIS – Webster University has been awarded a $1 million federal grant to improve mental health services for immigrant and under-served communities in St. Louis County. The university will partner with community health organizations to train student counselors on how to identify mental health issues in people who are visiting the doctor for other …
Old technology forces Education Department to delay new federal student aid application
The Department of Education informed Congress on Friday that decades-old technology has forced the department to delay the implementation of a new, simplified application for students seeking federal financial aid, Politico reports. Why it matters: The department was required by a law that Congress passed last year to start using the new Free Application for …
Federal funding helping with Broadband projects, access to technology | News, Sports, Jobs
Photo Courtesy/WV Legislative Photography BROADBAND EXPANSION — Economic Development Secretary Mitch Carmichael briefs lawmakers Tuesday on broadband expansion projects slated to launch later this month. CHARLESTON – Thanks to Congress and President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan, federal funding is helping West Virginians gain access to high-speed broadband and computers, with …
California gun ruling: A federal judge, who compares an AR-15 to a Swiss Army knife, overturns ban on assault weapons
Assault weapons have been banned in California since 1989, according to the ruling. The law has been updated several times since it was originally passed. “Like the Swiss Army Knife, the popular AR-15 rifle is a perfect combination of home defense weapon and homeland defense equipment,” Benitez said in the ruling. “Firearms deemed as ‘assault …
