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House Committee Wrestles With Lab Test Regulation
Public Health & Policy > FDA General — Some favor a proposed FDA rule, while others push for passage of the VALID Act by Joyce Frieden , Washington Editor, MedPage Today March 21, 2024 Members of a House committee mostly agreed that laboratory-developed tests need more oversight, but were divided Thursday on how best to
House Committee Puts CDC Director in the Spotlight
Public Health & Policy > Public Health — Mandy Cohen, MD, MPH, was asked about viral outbreak in China and agency's internal workings by Joyce Frieden, Washington Editor, MedPage Today November 30, 2023 Members of a House committee seemed to go a bit easy on CDC Director Mandy Cohen, MD, MPH, when they questioned her
PAHO Executive Committee concludes today with the adoption of 12 resolutions to improve health in the Region of the Americas
Washington D.C. 29 June 2023 (PAHO/WHO) – The Executive Committee of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) ended its 172nd Session today, following discussions on a variety of pertinent public health topics, including pandemic response, vaccination coverage, strengthening human resources for health, strategic communications for behavior change, mental health and suicide prevention and control of
U.S. House committee chairs, Blockchain Association turn up heat on SEC head Gensler
Three House chairs sent a letter regarding recordkeeping and FOIA, and the industry advocacy group suggested Wells notice recipients ask for his recusal from their cases. 4498 Total views 4 Total shares Three committee chairs in the United States House of Representatives have sent a letter to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary
Censure committee postpones presentation of report
Information gathered by Citi News indicates that the eight-member ad-hoc committee probing the censure motion against the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, will not be able to present its report to the plenary today, Tuesday, November 22, 2022. Although the committee had said it could present the report today after asking for an extension, Citi News
ASUU strike: Committee of VCs recommend N800,000 salary for professors, move to resolve deadlock
The Committee of Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (CVCNU) has urged the Federal Government to increase the salary of university professors to N800,000 as against the N1.2 million negotiated by the Nimi Briggs committee. This will represent a 50% salary increase offer as against the 23% increase being proposed by the federal government. The committee
For months, the congressional committee investigating last year’s Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol has sought information on the role members of Congress played in trying to undermine the 2020 presidential election. Several Republican lawmakers admitted they were in contact with President Donald Trump during the riot or in the days leading up to…
Olympic Committee Becomes Latest Target of Critics of Treatment of Uyghurs
A human-rights group has called on the International Olympic Committee to explain what steps it has taken to ensure that official apparel for next month’s Beijing Winter Games were made without forced labor, saying previous, private attempts to engage the organization weren’t taken seriously. The group, the Coalition to End Forced Labor in the Uyghur…
Jan. 6 committee prepares findings on Trump’s election challenge
Washington They’ve interviewed more than 300 witnesses, collected tens of thousands of documents, and traveled around the country to talk to election officials who were pressured by Donald Trump.Now, after six months of intense work, the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection is preparing to go public.In the coming months, members of the panel…
Committee formed to suggest withdrawal of the Armed Forces (Special Power) Act from Nagaland
SynopsisUnion Home Minister Amit Shah chaired a meeting to discuss the present scenario in Nagaland on 23rd December, 2021 in New Delhi. Neiphiu Rio Chief Minister Nagaland, Himanta Biswa Sarma Chief Minister Assam, Y. Patton Deputy Chief Minister of Nagaland and T.R. Zeliang Naga People’s Front (NPF) legislature Party leader attended the meeting.PTIProtests against the…