WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued the following news release on Oct. 3, 2024: CDC has confirmed two human cases of H5 bird flu from specimens submitted by California. The cases occurred in people with occupational exposure to infected dairy cows. An investigation led by California is ongoing. The identification of H5 in people with exposure to infected animals is not unexpected and does not change CDC's risk  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 4 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a coalition of 18 attorneys general, defended a federal effort to expand health insurance access to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients. Established in 2012, DACA enables certain young people, commonly referred to as Dreamers, who came to the United States as children and have lived in America continuously since 2007, to avoid immed  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 4 (TNSres) -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: Attorney General Kwame Raoul led a coalition of 15 attorneys general in support of a Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) rule requiring that freight and passenger trains generally be staffed with at least two crew members. Raoul and the coalition explain in their brief (https://ilag-dev.dotcms.cloud/dA/bc73637d-4d8a-4058-99e5-ef260d2bda26/fileAsset/Filed%20Brief%2010.24.pdf) that re  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- The National Capital Planning Commission issued the following news release on Oct. 3, 2024: The National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC), on behalf of the Pennsylvania Avenue Partnership, announces the selection of DAVID RUBIN Land Collective (https://land-collective.com/) (Land Collective) to lead design of the New Pennsylvania Avenue Plan in collaboration with HR&A Advisors (https://www.hraadvisors.com/) (HR&A), whose role was announced earlier this year (https://www.  more