Federal legislation meant to help track and investigate suspected cancer clusters has not done either since its inception five years ago, advocates say.
Congress allocated additional money for"Trevor's Law” in fiscal years 2020 and, bringing the total to $4.5 million. The office of Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, said she is seeking a funding increase for fiscal year 2022.
"Challenges include the availability of subject matter experts at the federal, state, local, and community levels — many of whom have been responding to the COVID-19 pandemic," according to the CDC. Charlie Smith, the co-founder of the Trevor's Trek Foundation, with her son, Trevor Schaefer, and Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, with the signed bill in 2016.This month, Susan Wind of Florida received an email to take part in a 90-minute focus group sponsored by the CDC and an agency within the federal Department of Health and Human Services. But when she went to fill out the online registration form, the link didn't work.
In the absence of a government-funded study, Wind raised $110,000 to enlist a team of scientists to test the groundwater, soil and air.
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
131 Federal Judges Broke the Law by Hearing Cases Where They Had a Financial InterestMore than 130 federal judges have violated U.S. law and judicial ethics by overseeing court cases involving companies in which they or their family owned stock, a WSJ investigation found. Many of the cases could now be reopened.
Read more »
Federal Judge Questions Texas Abortion Law in Case Filed by Justice DepartmentA federal judge Friday questioned Texas’s defense of a new abortion law that is the most restrictive in the U.S. and which has significantly limited the procedure in the state
Read more »
Justice department urges judge to halt Texas abortion lawA federal judge is deciding whether to block the nation’s most restrictive abortion law, which has banned most abortions in Texas since early September and sent women racing hundreds of miles to get care outside the state. The Biden administration on Friday urged U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman to suspend the law, saying Texas has waged an attack on a woman’s constitutional right to abortion. Pitman, based in Austin and who was appointed by former President Barack Obama, presided over a nearly three-hour hearing Friday but did not say when he will rule.
Read more »
Protection for Long-Exploited California Garment Workers Is Finally Signed Into LawThe Garment Worker Protection Act enforces fair compensation and holds fashion brands accountable for unpaid wages:
Read more »
Biden government urges judge to block Texas anti-abortion lawUS President Joe Biden's administration called on a federal judge Friday to swiftly block a new law that bans most abortions in Texas and has raised concerns about women's curtailed access to care.
Read more »