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The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be sending more than $22 million to the State of Vermont to reimburse it for the cost of debris removal and measures taken to stabilize state office buildings following the July 2023 storms…

by Douglas Sutherland, Senior Economist, US Desk, Economics Department. Case and Deaton (2017) highlighted increasing midlife mortality due to suicides and drug and alcohol abuse since the late 1990s contributing to relatively modest…

By Alessandro Maravalle and Lukasz Rawdanowicz, OECD Economics Department Low interest rates prevailing in many advanced economies in recent years have already helped to lower the debt servicing burden, but government debt and interest…

AUGUSTA, Maine — Connor Sawtelle has undergone more than a dozen brain and spine surgeries in just 11 years of life.More are on the way for the Hallowell boy who has dealt since birth with chiari malformation, a condition in…

Aquilanti et al. (2020) The aim of the systematic review is to assess the feasibility of teledentistry in the provision of oral healthcare to older adults living in residential aged-care facilities. In particular, the review focused on…

Same-sex relationships are legal in South Africa and protected by the constitution. Unfair discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is against the law. But in practice many cultures don’t necessarily see this as a right.…

During a visit to North Carolina, the President and Vice President will lay out their plan to make health care more affordable For years, Republican elected officials—including the previous Administration—have tried to…

On Monday evening Australia’s state premiers and territory chief ministers got together and called on the federal government to delay or amend draft laws to overhaul the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). The laws are to…

By  Dan Andrews, Head of Productivity Workstream, OECD Economics Department Creative destruction, the process through which a market economy replaces failing firms with successful ones, is a key driver of productivity growth. Reversing…

March 19, 2024 Extreme Interest Rate Hikes Have Contributed to Postponed EV Production, Clean Energy Project Headwinds, Soaring Offshore Wind Costs  Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators…

Food prices are on the riseAFP via Getty Images You are already paying more and more for food due to global warming – and rising temperatures will drive food prices a lot higher in the next decade. According to a…

The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be sending nearly $7.8 million to the State of New Hampshire to reimburse it for the costs of providing testing and vaccination services to the public during the COVID-19 pandemic.The…

The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be sending nearly $13.2 million to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to reimburse UMass Memorial Health Care for the cost of contracting for temporary nursing staff and paying existing staff…

The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be sending more than $5.5 million to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to reimburse Lowell General Hospital for the cost of hiring temporary nursing staff and some administrative costs…

– The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be sending more than $1.3 million to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to reimburse Lahey Clinic Hospital for the cost of paying overtime and other steps taken during the COVID-19 pandemic…

In his State of the Union Less than two weeks ago, President Biden laid out his vision for an economy that gives the middle class a fair shot. He also warned that congressional Republicans “will cut Social Security and give…

March 20, 2024 WASHINGTON – Today, March 20, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalized the strongest pollution standards for passenger cars, light-duty trucks,…

March 20, 2024 -- Since its rollout, the Shingrix vaccine has been hailed as a breakthrough in preventing shingles. But its path to widespread adoption has been strewn with obstacles, from pandemic-related disruptions to insurance…

SANTA FE, N.M. -- The FEMA Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Claims Office may reimburse individuals for some costs incurred for hosting fire evacuees between April 6, 2022, and November 14, 2022. Compensation for hosting fire evacuees is…

President Biden’s American Rescue Plan has already invested $1 billion in Nevada to deliver affordable housing and housing assistance President Biden is working to lower housing costs and increase the housing supply to…

WASHINGTON (AP) — As Salvatore LoGrande fought cancer and all the pain that came with it, his daughters promised to keep him in the white, pitched roof house he worked so hard to buy all those decades ago.So, Sandy LoGrande…

Aged care financing is a vexed problem for the Australian government. It is already underfunded for the quality the community expects, and costs will increase dramatically. There are also significant concerns about the complexity of…

YMCA Allard CenterGoffstown, New Hampshire 2:06 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Hello, hello, hello.  (Applause.) Good to see you all.  Good to see you all.  Thank you. By the way, Bowdoin College — good college.  I’ve…

Aside from the financial burden for families, pacemakers can make children anxious. Credit: Michael Goderre/Boston Children's Hospital As…

Aside from the financial burden for families, pacemakers can make children anxious. Credit: Michael Goderre/Boston Children's Hospital As…

3.1. Cement Production Process and ESG IndicatorsThis representation in Figure 1 provides a comprehensive overview of the cement production process, highlighting each key stage: raw meal grinding (m = 1), calcination (m = 2), cement…

Mon., Apr. 22, 2024 | 12:00pm – 1:15pm Rubenstein Building – David T. Ellwood Democracy Lab, Room 414AB Join us for an…

Mon., Apr. 22, 2024 | 12:00pm - 1:15pm Rubenstein Building - David T.…

President Biden is fighting to lower costs for American consumers—and he is taking action to address corporate price gouging. Congressional Republicans have no plan to lower costs for Americans and have instead proposed…

The U.S. military has provided room and board, or allowances in lieu thereof, to its personnel and their dependents for many decades. Currently, most service members on active duty are provided with housing through the basic allowance…

State Dining Room 2:50 P.M. EST MR. CHOPRA:  Good afternoon.  Whether it’s a credit card bill, Internet bill, grocery bill, or anything else in a monthly budget, President Biden has been focused on promoting competition,…

President Biden believes that every American deserves access to affordable, high-quality health care.   It’s unacceptable that Americans pay two to three times more than people in other countries for the same prescription…

This is an early access version, the complete PDF, HTML, and XML versions will be available soon. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2024, 21(3), 299; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21030299 (registering DOI) Submission received: 24…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Global warming is real and climate change is worsening day-by-day with raging forest fires, unseasonably warm…

New actions will create tens of thousands of affordable homes, while promoting fairer and more transparent rental markets President Biden believes that every American deserves access to a quality and affordable home. His…

1. IntroductionIn the scientific literature and popular media, many comparisons between the degree of sustainability of bovine milk and milk alternatives can be found. In most cases, sustainability is quantified by the carbon and water…

In a new study, the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) estimated that over the past two months, the volume of trade through the Suez Canal has fallen by a whopping 42 per cent.“With major players in the shipping industry…

Journal Article Abstract: Community Development (CD) practitioners across the western U.S. are engaging in new efforts to reduce energy costs and improve resilience for low- and…

4.2. CollusionSecondly, we discuss joint-off maximization. Of note, collusion exists only when the members produce goods with the same costs. In our paper, the strategy is providing the advanced production tech to the inefficient firm 2…

The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be sending nearly $5.2 million to the State of Maine to reimburse Maine Medical Center in Portland for various costs incurred responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.The $5,186,747 in Public…

The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be sending nearly $6.8 million to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to reimburse the Cambridge Health Alliance – also known as the Cambridge Public Health Commission -- for the cost of…

The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be sending nearly $6.8 million to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to reimburse the Cambridge Health Alliance – also known as the Cambridge Public Health Commission -- for the cost of…

The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be sending more than $20 million to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to reimburse Southcoast Hospitals Group, Inc. for the cost of contracting for additional staff to handle increased patient…

What’s the cost to a homeowner if they do not purchase a flood insurance policy? What about a current policyholder who allows a flood insurance policy to lapse? It could potentially be a tidy sum. Recent U.S. hurricane activity…

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The market for instant online credit has exploded. But it comes with big downsides for some borrowers.

By Sara AmolegbeThe health consequences of chemical exposures in the environment may cost the world more than 10 percent of the global gross domestic product (GDP). According to a new study published in the journal Environmental…

1. IntroductionOver the past few centuries, renewable energy has been increasingly recognized as a means to alleviate energy shortages . According to the planning by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), by the year 2050,…

As Petrol Prices Climb, Nigerian Agriculture Extension Officers Cut Fuel Costs with Electric Motorbikes In Gwam Village, Nigeria, two-wheeled electric vehicles are saving drivers on maintenance and energy through an…

The Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) has been a stalwart program for rural America. The program, implemented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, has provided cost-shared grants and loans to rural small businesses, farmers,…