WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: The Defense Health Agency announced 15 military hospitals got an "A" rating in the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade Fall 2024 assessment. This grade reflects the DHA's ongoing dedication to transparency and to providing high-quality, safe care to service members and their families. 81st Medical Group, Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi 673d Medical Group, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska Alexander T. Augu  more

ROCKVILLE, Maryland, Nov. 19 (TNSres) -- The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project issued the following statistical brief in November 2024 entitled "Overview of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)-Related Adult Inpatient Stays, 2016-2021": Here are excerpts: * * * Introduction Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is resistant to almost all antibiotics in the beta-lactam class, including penicillin, methicillin, amo  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Rep. Mike Flood, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: HAGERSTOWN, MARYLAND This week, U.S. Congressman Mike Flood welcomed a delegation of Nebraskans led by the Norfolk Chamber of Commerce for a briefing on manufactured housing in Hagerstown, Maryland. "It was an honor to welcome Nebraskans from the Columbus, Lincoln, Norfolk, and West Point areas to learn more about manufactured homes and how they can help us address America's housing crisis," said Congressma  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III announced today that the president has made the following nominations: Marine Corps Col. Timothy S. Brady Jr. for appointment to the grade of brigadier general. Brady is currently serving as assistant chief of staff, G-3, Marine Forces Pacific, Camp H. M. Smith, Hawaii. Marine Corps Col. Dustin J. Byrum for appointment to the grade of brigadier general. Byrum is currently   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) joined U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-MD), and Congressmen Dutch Ruppersberger (MD-02), Kweisi Mfume (MD-07), Jamie Raskin (MD-08), and Glenn Ivey (MD-04) for a media availability in the U.S. Capitol with Congresswoman-elect April McClain Delaney (MD-06), Congresswoman-elect Sarah Elfreth (MD-03), and Congressman-elect Johnny Olszewski (MD-02). Bel  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Nov. 20 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Nov. 19, 2024: Attorney General Anthony G. Brown has joined a coalition of 32 attorneys general calling upon Congressional leadership to, before the end of the year, pass the bipartisan Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) to protect children from online harm. In a letter, the coalition emphasized the urgent need to address the growing crisis of youth mental health linked to social media us  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Nov. 20 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Nov. 19, 2024: The Independent Investigations Division of the Maryland Office of the Attorney General has identified the decedent, and the Calvert County Sheriff's Office Deputy involved in the fatal police-involved vehicle collision that occurred on Saturday, November 16, 2024, in Chesapeake Beach, Calvert County, Maryland. The decedent has been identified as 36-year-old Justin Fore  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Nov. 20 -- Gov. Wes Moore, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Nov. 18, 2024: Governor Wes Moore today announced appointments to the District 4 Trial Courts Judicial Nominating Commission representing Harford County. Rebecca Fleming will serve as chair. "Our state trial courts are charged with issuing clear judgments, unclouded by fear or favor and rooted in fact, law, and precedent. The Judicial Nominating Commission for Harford County plays a key role in ens  more

LANHAM, Maryland, Nov. 19 -- The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development issued the following news release: * * * Computer Labs Program will expand public access to technology devices and high-speed internet * * * Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development Secretary Jake Day announced that applications are open for the Office of Statewide Broadband's new Computer Labs Program. The new digital equity program will administer $2 million in grants to local governme  more

PASADENA, California, Nov. 20 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: A team of researchers identified this decrease in freshwater using observations from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellites. An international team of scientists using observations from NASA-German satellites found evidence that Earth's total amount of freshwater dropped abruptly starting in May 2014 and has remained low ever since. Reporting in Surveys in Geophysics, the   more

BETHESDA, Maryland, Nov. 20 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences issued the following news: When Selecta Biosciences decided not to pursue a clinical trial on a promising gene therapy for a rare metabolic disease in 2023, it could have been the end of the research, despite years of work. Instead, NCATS and NIH's National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) signed an agreement to collab  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, Nov. 20 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences issued the following news: * * * Analyzers speed diagnostic and treatment development * * * One of the biggest achievements in modern medicine involves some of the smallest known substances. Much of today's biological research and drug development involves tiny particles, each smaller than one millionth of a millimeter - t  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- President Biden issued the following letter to House on Nov. 18, 2024: * * * Letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives Requesting for Additional Funding for Disaster Relief Dear Mr. Speaker: With the Congress now back in session, I write to request urgently needed emergency funding to provide for an expeditious and meaningful Federal response to Hurricanes Helene and Milton and other natural disasters. In the weeks since these deadly storms tore through com  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman John Sarbanes and Senator Chris Van Hollen and (both D-Md.) applauded the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee's unanimous, bipartisan approval of an amended version of the lawmakers' Chesapeake National Recreation Act. The bipartisan, bicameral bill, introduced in July 2023 by Congressman Sarbanes and Senator Van Hollen, would unite a series of voluntarily contributed sites   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 19, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, praised President Joe Biden for becoming the first sitting president to visit the Amazon rainforest. President Biden also announced an additional $50 million contribution to the Amazon Fund, bringing the total U.S. contribution to $100 million. This rene  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on Nov. 19, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued a statement on the Hong Kong government's sentencing of the 45 remaining members of the Hong Kong 47 and the resumption of Hong Kong media icon and democracy activist Jimmy Lai's trial. "Today is a dark day for Hong Kong and its legacy as an interna  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti led 31 state attorneys general in sending a letter yesterday to congressional leadership urging them to pass the bipartisan Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) introduced by U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), crucial legislation protecting children from online harm, before the end of the year. The coalition letter emphasized  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release on Nov. 19, 2024: Corrections Officer Rashaad Roper, 45, of Gaithersburg, MD, is one of five people charged by indictment, unsealed today, in a conspiracy to provide a knife, drugs, and cell phones to inmates in the D.C. jail as they awaited trial for murder and assault with intent to kill while armed. The charges were announced by U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves, FBI Acting Spe  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy issued the following news: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced nearly $15 million for nine research and development projects to increase hydropower's ability to respond to changing demand on the electric grid. This ability to operate flexibly allows hydropower facilities to help balance electricity grids with an increasing amount of variable renewable resources such as   more