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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:December 11, 2020   COLUMBIA, S.C. — One week ago, today, South Carolina announced its highest number of new cases of COVID-19. Today, we eclipse that number by more than 700. A total of 3,217 confirmed…

Senegal’s parliament has voted to delay the presidential election to December 15 in a chaotic vote that took place after opposition lawmakers were forcibly removed from the chamber as they debated President Macky Sall’s earlier decision…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:December 15, 2020   COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina continues to receive doses of its initial allocation of COVID-19 vaccine from the federal government, the South Carolina Department of Health and…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:December 16, 2020   COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina has received a total of 42,900 Pfizer vaccines as of today, which completes the state's first allocation of COVID-19 vaccine, the South Carolina…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:December 21, 2020   COLUMBIA, S.C. — As first announced Nov. 21, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) will not report daily COVID-19 numbers on Christmas Day or New…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:December 22, 2020   COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control today provided the following update on COVID-19 vaccine: From December 14-16, South Carolina…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:December 29, 2020   COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) today announced the following COVID-19 updates on COVID-19 vaccine. Phase of allocation…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:December 31, 2020   COLUMBIA, S.C. — As first announced Nov. 21, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) will not report daily COVID-19 numbers on New Year’s Day. Data…

ChemIDplus and the Drug Information Portal Content Available From PubChem Only Starting December 2022. NLM Tech Bull. 2022 Jul-Aug;(447):e2. On December 12, 2022, PubChem will serve as NLM's single source for chemical information.…

December Seasons Set to Open for Hunting and Trapping Include Special…

December Seasons Set to Open for Hunting and Trapping Include Special…

Attachments Key Highlights • In the surveyed sites, the majority identified shelter as a priority need for flood-affected men, women, and children. In addition, healthcare services were reported for children, women and men. •…

Attachments Key Highlights • In the surveyed sites, the majority identified shelter as a priority need for flood-affected men, women, and children. In addition, healthcare services were reported for…

"Tuesday Legal Connect"   Earn FREE CLE Credit Providing Legal Information By Phone!   The State Bar needs volunteer attorneys each Tuesday evening in January from 6-8 p.m. to field legal questions from the…

"Tuesday Legal Connect"   Earn FREE CLE Credit Providing Legal Information By Phone!   The State Bar needs volunteer attorneys each Tuesday evening in January from 6-8 p.m. to field legal questions from the…

"Tuesday Legal Connect"   Earn FREE CLE Credit Providing Legal Information By Phone!   The State Bar needs volunteer attorneys each Tuesday evening in January from 6-8 p.m. to field legal questions from the…

In-brief analysis January 24, 2024 Data source: S&P Global Commodity Insights U.S. dry natural gas…

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Every month, NOAA’s Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R)’s Emergency Response Division provides scientific expertise and services to the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), ranging from producing oil spill trajectories that estimate where…

Charleston, W. Va. – The WV Secretary of State's Office registered 821 new businesses statewide during the month of December according to Secretary of State Mac Warner. Wirt County led the state in the percentage of new business growth…

Dignity and Respect I was pleased to see the column by Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch in the December 2023 issue (“Course Correction”). Repatriation of human remains now held in the…

Repairs are ongoing to hundreds of utility poles in Greater Bangor from December’s wind storm, with another storm forecast for the area this week. The Dec. 18 storm knocked out power to about 97,000 Versant Power customers,…

Ableism, which is discrimination or prejudice against people with disabilities, was the focus of the Oct. 24 NIEHS Diversity Speaker Series event in recognition of National Disability Employment Awareness Month. David Rice, the acting…

An inspirational talk, a raffle, refreshments, and presentations by community partners were just some of the highlights from this year’s NIEHS Veterans Day Celebration held Nov. 10. The event recognized the bravery and sacrifice of…

Adriana Alexander, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow in the NIEHS Reproductive Developmental Biology Group, received a $5,000 award to help offset family care expenses and attend the Society for the Study of Reproduction (SSR) conference. She…

Researchers at NIEHS have developed a three-dimensional (3D) model that shows how exposure to cadmium might lead to congenital heart disease. Congenital heart disease is the most common birth defect in the United States, affecting nearly…

Amanda K. Rinehart to Deliver the 2022 Joseph Leiter NLM/MLA Lecture, December 6, 2022. NLM Tech Bull. 2022 Nov-Dec;(449):e3. Figure 1: Amanda K. Rinehart, MLIS, MS Amanda K. Rinehart, MLIS, MS, Life Sciences Librarian, The…

IntramuralBy Janelle Weaver Study shows how cadmium affects heart development 2D…

ExtramuralBy Julie Leibach For oysters, microplastic uptake and purging depend on…

Construction is traditionally a white, male-dominated field. One nonprofit organization, Building Pathways, has been helping to transform the industry by recruiting and training diverse workers for entry into the construction and…

Rick Woychik, Ph.D., director of NIEHS and the National Toxicology Program, traveled to Texas A&M University (TAMU) Oct. 27-28 for a Superfund Research Center event celebrating the renewal of TAMU’s Superfund Research Program (SRP)…

Tens of thousands of chemicals from commercial products find their way into the environment, and new substances emerge each day. Studying potential human health effects of each chemical separately is time-consuming and costly, which is…

A public symposium held Oct. 26-27 and a subsequent interactive discussion explored how nonanimal testing methods might help protect human populations at increased risk of harm from chemical exposures. The diverse set of stakeholders in…

During two recent NIEHS Superfund Research Program (SRP) webinars, researchers discussed how climate change can potentially increase exposures to health hazards, as well as what they are doing to tackle this complex challenge. The…

The American Public Health Association (APHA) celebrated its 150th anniversary Nov. 6-9 in Boston, hosting some 12,500 attendees during its 2022 Annual Meeting and Expo. NIEHS’ Sharon Beard; Gwen Collman, Ph.D.; and Aubrey Miller,…

Rider has published more than 150 peer-reviewed manuscripts and 40 book chapters and reviews. Learn more about her research in this 2015 video from the National Institutes of Health. (Photo courtesy of Bill Branson / National Institutes…

Rick Woychik, Ph.D., directs NIEHS and the National Toxicology Program. (Image courtesy of NIEHS) At this year’s meeting of the American Neurological Association, held in late October, I helped to moderate a plenary session titled…

On Nov. 18, ten undergraduates in the NIEHS Scholars Connect Program (NSCP) presented their research at the annual NSCP Fall Connection event. Each participant gave a three-minute, elevator pitch-style talk about work in progress.…

“Explore the Exposome: The Next Frontier of Individualizing Medicine” was the title of a Mayo Clinic conference that brought together experts from around the world, including NIEHS leaders and grant recipients, Nov. 2-3 in Rochester,…

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su issued the following statement on the December 2023 Employment Situation report: “Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the American economy added 216,000 jobs in…

NOAA and its partners have released the latest Regional Climate Impacts and Outlooks, which recap fall conditions and provide insight into what might be expected this winter. Fall Temperature Recap The meteorological autumn…

Fall-like temperatures carried over into December, but our fall drought faded as wetter weather emerged last month. A few areas also picked up snow, but most of the state finished 2023 with no accumulations. Warm Throughout…

RxNorm December 2022 Monthly Release. NLM Tech Bull. 2022 Nov-Dec;(449):b13. 2022 December 05 RxNorm December 2022 Monthly Release The RxNorm December 2022 monthly release became available on Monday, December 5,…

On December 12 and 13, 2023, the National Governors Association (NGA) hosted its sixth Quarterly Infrastructure Coordinator Workshop in Washington, D.C. This convening brought together Governors’ Infrastructure Coordinators and Energy…

 High Vulnerabilities Primary Vendor -- Product Description Published CVSS Score Source & Patch Info awslabs -- sandbox-accounts-for-events "Sandbox Accounts for Events" provides multiple, temporary AWS accounts to a number of…

Attorney Joshua Schiffer Inspires December Grads to Balance Power with Love – Georgia State University News – Alumni, College of Law, Events, Students –…

Attorney Joshua Schiffer Inspires December Grads to Balance Power with Love - Georgia State University News - Alumni, College of Law, Events, Students -…

A monthly round-up of news, upcoming working group meetings and events, and CLIR program updates from the Digital Library Federation. This month’s news: At the 2023 DLF Forum closing plenary, participants joined us for small group…

July: Is a second half comeback possible?2023 marked the midway point for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a blueprint for a better future adopted by all UN Member States in 2015. The half-time score showed that the world is…

December Puzzler December 26th, 2023 by Kathryn Hansen…