ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Dec. 23 (TNSrep) -- The Altarum Institute issued the following data brief (No. 132) in October 2022, entitled "Maryland Residents Bear Healthcare Affordability Burdens Unequally - Distrust of/Disrespect by Healthcare Providers Lead Some to Delay/Go Without Needed Care." * * * A survey of more than 1,300 Maryland adults, conducted from July 6 to July 20, 2022, found that: * Nearly three in five (55%) of Maryland respondents have experienced one or more healthcare affordabi  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Dec. 23 (TNSrep) -- The Altarum Institute issued the following data brief (No. 134) in October 2022, entitled "Connecticut Residents Bear Healthcare Affordability Burdens Unequally - Distrust of/Disrespect by Healthcare Providers Leads Some to Delay/Go Without Needed Care." * * * A survey of more than 1,300 Connecticut adults conducted from July 22 to August 12, 2022 revealed that: * More than half (55%) of Connecticut respondents have experienced one or more healthcare a  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: The Government Accountability Office (GAO) completed a report, requested by United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), finding increases in both the number and the severity of care deficiencies cited at State Veterans Homes (SVHs) across the nation, citing an increase "from 424 in 2019 to 766 in 2021."   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (TNSjou) -- George Washington University issued the following news: * * * New article by GW Law Professor Robert Glicksman in New England Journal of Medicine finds law uses novel tax incentives that will lead to improved public health * * * In August President Joe Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act, the most significant measure ever adopted by the U.S. Congress to combat climate change. While the Act's measures to mitigate climate change have largely been t  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that the final government funding bill for fiscal year (FY) 2023 passed by the Senate today includes $111,359,972 for 105 New Hampshire projects, which she secured. The robust federal dollars, appropriated through the Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) process, invest in a range of Granite State  more

NEW YORK, Dec. 22 (TNSjou) -- The Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres issued the following news on Dec. 21, 2022: A new all-oral, six-month treatment regimen is safer and more effective at treating multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) than the current options, according to results of a Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) study published in the New England Journal of Medicine today. These findings come from MSF's TB PRACTECAL, the first-ever multi-country, ra  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Dec. 23 (TNSsro) -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following electric order (No. 26,752) on Dec. 22, 2022, involving Liberty Utilities (Granite State Electric) Corp. dba Liberty: * * * 2022 Default Service Solicitations Order Approving Solicitation Process and Resulting Rates This order authorizes Liberty to recover the costs of power supply through energy service rates/1 for effect between February 1, 2023, through July 31, 2023 and approves  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), in requesting the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to produce a completed report of the increases in both the number and severity of care deficiencies at State Veterans Homes (SVHs) across the nation, citing an increase "from 424 in 2019 to 766 in 2021." SVHs   more