Month: December 2022
Native American advocates welcome advance funding for Indian Health Service
Dec 27, 2022
The agency reduced care offerings during government shutdowns. Advance appropriations would provide a funding bridge when necessary.
Reforms in latest spending bill could help close gender gap in retirement savings
Dec 27, 2022
The SECURE Act 2.0 aims to help part-time and lower-wage workers — categories where women are overrepresented — save for retirement.
After a holiday marked by power failures, what's being done to ensure the lights stay on?
by
Lily Jamali
Dec 27, 2022
Experts say the country needs more transmission lines to move power from where it’s being generated to where it’s needed.
Biotech sector still hot despite cooling economy
Dec 27, 2022
The pandemic led to an explosion of interest in and funding of biotech. That continues even as many sectors slow and recession fears grow.
Many low-income parents still struggle to find baby formula, even as production rebounds
by
Kimberly Adams
and Richard Cunningham
Dec 27, 2022
More than 80% of infants consume formula in their first year. Though supply has improved since the crisis in May, some areas are seeing shortages.
University looks to self-driving shuttles to transport students
Dec 27, 2022
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University is piloting autonomous transit with vehicles in a project that could take students to and from the historically Black university to downtown Greensboro by the fall.
War in Ukraine disrupts Europe's green energy plans for the moment
Dec 27, 2022
The conflict has forced the continent to rely on coal.
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France cracks down on "dark store" meal delivery services
Dec 27, 2022
In some of Paris' neighborhoods, residents have had enough of so-called "dark stores" that offer home grocery and meal deliveries.
Flu season, COVID and other viruses mean medication is in demand
Dec 27, 2022
The country is still facing shortages of Children’s Tylenol and other common over-the-counter medicines.
For incarcerated women with newborns, an Indiana prison unit offers a chance to bond
by
Alisa Roth
Dec 27, 2022
The women learn child care skills and are paid prison wages to take care of their babies.