WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, ranking Democratic member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: Following calls from U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), and 20 of their colleagues, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) voted unanimously to reject a petition by the New Engla  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- The House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations issued the following testimony by Stephen Hoge, president of Moderna Inc., in a virtual hearing entitled "Pathway to a Vaccine: Efforts to Develop a Safe, Effective and Accessible COVID-19 Vaccine" on July 21: My name is Stephen Hoge, and I serve as the President of Moderna, Inc. ("Moderna"). I am proud to work for a company that is developing one of the vaccine candidates, mRNA-1273, for the treat  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Rep. David Cicilline, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on July 21: The U.S. House passed a Defense spending bill that includes three provisions first proposed by U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (RI-01) to expand economic opportunity for working Rhode Islanders. "Once we defeat this pandemic, we need to make sure that every Rhode Islander has a chance to get ahead," said Cicilline. "I'm pleased that the House included these measures to strengthen Rhod  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy III, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Congressman Joe Kennedy III applauded the passage of his legislation to create a Southern New England Regional Commission as part of the Department of Defense spending bill. Introduced with Congressman David Cicilline, the legislation will establish a federal regional commission in southeastern Massachusetts, Rhode Island and surrounding counties in Connecticut allowing jurisdictions at differ  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: Congressman Chris Pappas voted for the bipartisan National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2021. This bill authorizes $740 billion for our military and national security programs at the Department of Defense and Department of Energy (DOE). The NDAA also creates a Pandemic Preparedness and Resilience National Security Fund, and authorizes a 3% pay raise for our service members in unifor  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: Following calls from U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), and 20 of their colleagues, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) voted unanimously to reject a petition by the New England Ratepayers Association (NERA) that would have upended states' net metering  more

AMHERST, Massachusetts, July 22 -- The University of Massachusetts Amherst issued the following news: Responding to the financial hardships that many Massachusetts families are facing, the University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees voted to freeze tuition rates for in-state undergraduate and graduate students for the 2020-21 academic year. Across the Amherst, Boston, Dartmouth, and Lowell campuses, tuition will average $14,722 for the nearly 48,000 in-state undergraduate students before fin  more

LOS ANGELES, California, July 21 -- The University of California issued the following research brief: FINDINGS A study by UCLA researchers shows that in people with mild cases of COVID-19, antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 -- the virus that causes the disease -- drop sharply over the first three months after infection, decreasing by roughly half every 73 days. If sustained at that rate, the antibodies would disappear within about a year. BACKGROUND Previous reports have suggested that antibodies  more