WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Health Innovation Alliance issued the following news release: 340 organizations signed a letter urging Congressional leaders to make telehealth flexibilities created during the COVID-19 pandemic permanent. Those signing this multi-stakeholder letter include national and regional organizations representing a full range of health care stakeholders and all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Congress quickly waived statutory barriers to allow for expanded   more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, June 30 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following electric order (No. 26,372) involving LIBERTY UTILITIES (GRANITE STATE ELECTRIC) CORP. d/b/a LIBERTY UTILITIES 2020 Default Service Solicitations: Order Approving Solicitation Process and Resulting Rates APPEARANCES: Michael J. Sheehan, Esq., on behalf of Liberty Utilities (Granite State Electric) Corp. d/b/a Liberty Utilities; and Christopher R. Tuomala, Esq., on behalf of Commission Staff.   more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, June 30 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following feature story on June 29: We are deeply saddened by the loss of the calf of North Atlantic Right whale #3560 and want to share the preliminary findings of yesterday's necropsy. The male right whale calf had evidence of at least two separate vessel collisions. The whale had several propeller wounds across the head and chest, and a likely skeg or rudder injury on the back that may have oc  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 30 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island, Aaron L. Weisman, issued the following news release on June 29: A Providence chiropractor today admitted that he created and executed a scheme to defraud a health care benefits program and that he failed to pay taxes on some of the income he received from his business. Eugene Kramer, 51, sole owner of New England Spine and Disc Center, admitted to the court that he committed health care fraud by billing fo  more

ORONO, Maine, June 30 -- The University of Maine issued the following news release: Fiddleheads, a traditional springtime delicacy in New England and Eastern Canada, can decline significantly over time if harvesters pluck too many from the same plants in a season, according to a new four-year study conducted by a University of Maine Cooperative Extension expert. Fern crowns with all the fiddleheads removed in a single harvest suffered significant decline in growth in the subsequent years, and   more

CALLAGHAN, Australia, June 30 -- The University of Newcastle issued the following news: More than $1 million has been announced by the Federal Government to support researchers investigating how to combat the most common and severely debilitating, however vastly under-treated, side effect of stroke - fatigue. Affecting up to 70 percent of stroke survivors, fatigue encompasses a lack of energy and inability to exert effort that develops during physical or mental activity, which is not improved   more

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, June 30 -- The University of Tennessee's Chattanooga Campus issued the following news release: The prescription drug hydroxychloroquine has been in the news in recent months, thanks to the COVID-19 global pandemic. Hydroxychloroquine has been used successfully to treat lupus and rheumatoid arthritis and to prevent and treat malaria by killing the parasites that cause that disease. Since the drug has been beneficial in fighting off other viral illnesses, there was some t  more