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 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS), announced grant funding from the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) for the West Virginia Office of Miners Health Safety and Training. This grant will support prog  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: Today, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources held their last business meeting of the 118th Congress and cleared a record number of 75 pieces of legislation pending before the committee. The business meeting also marked Senator Joe Manchin's (I-WV) last as chairman of the committee, on which he has served since he was elected t  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Recently, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) joined 33 of her Senate Republican colleagues in introducing the Stand with Israel Act. This legislation, which was led by Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-Idaho), would cut off U.S. funding to United Nations (UN) agencies that expel, downgrade, suspend, or otherwise restrict the participation of the State of Is  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Nov. 19, 2024: Two former corrections officers from the Southern Regional Jail in Beaver, West Virginia, pleaded guilty for their roles in an assault that resulted in the death of an inmate, identified by the initials Q.B., on March 1, 2022. Johnathan Walters pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiring with other officers to violate inmate Q.B.'s civil rights which resulted in the death of Q.B. Corey Snyder pl  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Nov. 20 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: NETL researchers took a major step forward in studying how well a new solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) product can work in a micro-grid setting when they installed a cutting-edge SOFC system to help meet power needs at NETL's Morgantown, West Virginia site. According to a U.S. Department of Energy report to Congress, "In a SOFC, electricity is generated thr  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 (Rep.) -- Del. Aumua Amata Radewagen, R-American Samoa, issued the following news release: Chairman Manchin Voices Supports and Recalls His Welcome in American Samoa Congresswoman Uifa'atali Amata is welcoming passage by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee of her bill for American Samoa, H.R. 6062. In Tuesday's Senate Committee business meeting led by Chairman Joe Manchin of West Virginia, he thanked her for attending, expressed support for the bill, and recal  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Nov. 20 -- Gov. Jim Justice, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Nov. 19, 2024: Gov. Jim Justice announced today the recommendation of 12 Abandoned Mine Lands Economic Revitalization (AMLER) Program projects that will utilize $28.6 million in federal grant funding for economic development at abandoned mine land sites across the state. "The dollars we've invested to revive our abandoned mines are helping transform West Virginia's tourism economy," Go  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Nov. 20 -- Gov. Jim Justice, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Nov. 19, 2024: * * * Gov. Justice, Secretary Wriston Announce Completion of I-64 Nitro Bridge and Widening Project, Largest Roads to Prosperity NITRO, WV -- Gov. Jim Justice, alongside Transportation Secretary Jimmy Wriston, announced today the grand opening of the Nitro-St. Albans bridge project, the largest Roads to Prosperity investment in state history. This transformative $254   more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Nov. 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Nov. 19, 2024: Gary Lomax, 62, of Hurricane, was sentenced today to five years of federal probation, including four months on home detention, and ordered to pay $29,592 in restitution for theft of public money, property or records. Lomas admitted that he fraudulently obtained approximately $8,760 in unemployment benefits, including COVID-19 supple  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Nov. 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Nov. 19, 2024: Two former corrections officers from the Southern Regional Jail in Beaver, West Virginia, pleaded guilty for their roles in an assault that resulted in the death of an inmate, identified by the initials Q.B., on March 1, 2022. Johnathan Walters pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiring with other officers to violate inmate Q.B.'s civil  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Nov. 20 -- The West Virginia Department of Human Services issued the following news: The West Virginia Department of Human Services (DoHS), Office of Drug Control Policy (ODCP) announced continued progress in reducing overdose deaths across the state. Updated data shows a significant 36% decrease in overdose deaths from January to May 2024 compared to the same period in 2023. Even with pending cases, the decrease is not expected to fall below 28%. Additionally, year-  more