BALTIMORE, Maryland, Aug. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued the following news release: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced today additional resources and flexibilities available in response to Hurricane Debby, now Tropical Storm Debby, in the states of Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina. CMS is working closely with these states to ensure those affected by this natural disaster have access to the c  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, Aug. 9 -- The Uniformed Services University issued the following research news: * * * The Biomedical Research Imaging Core (BRIC) at the Uniformed Services University (USU), an advanced imaging center, is dedicated to elevating the quality of preclinical research. * * * By Vivian Mason With the increasing need for using biomedical imaging in research, it's important to emphasize the value of noninvasive imaging, especially when studying small research models like rats an  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Grants fund projects that target water pollution * * * PHILADELPHIA (Aug. 8, 2024) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded $2.4 million to projects that will help protect, manage, and restore wetlands in the mid-Atlantic region. Recipients in Maryland, the District of Columbia, Delaware, Virginia, and West Virginia were chosen for a Wetland Program Development Grant (WPDG) tha  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, Aug. 9 (TNSres) -- The National Institutes of Health's National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute issued the following news: Just over a year ago, Susan Martin - not her real name - a retiree in her 60s from Boston, received a phone call just as she was about to settle into an episode of the West Wing. She wanted to ignore the call, but the name on the phone's identifier - Framingham Heart Study (FHS) - made her think twice. Martin knew a lot about FHS, an NHLBI-funded study   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury Comptroller of the Currency issued the following news release on Aug. 8, 2024: The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today issued a proclamation allowing national banks, federal savings associations, and federal branches and agencies of foreign banks to close offices in areas of Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. affected by Hurricane Debby. In issuing the proclamation, the OCC expects  more

WOODLAWN, Maryland, Aug. 9 (TNSres) -- The Social Security Administration's Office of the Inspector General issued the following news release: * * * Less Staff, Increased Workloads, Decreased Funding Led to Unprecedented Backlog * * * As a backlog of payment actions affecting Social Security beneficiaries continues to mount, so does a rise in the Agency's improper payments. As of February 2024, SSA's pending actions backlog reached an all-time high of 5.2 million pending actions, resulting i  more