U.S. Department of Education adddresses Helping Students Adversely Affected by School Closures

U.S. Department of Education addresses Helping Students Adversely Affected by School Closures | site |



U.S. Education Secretary DeVos Announces Broad Flexibilities for States to Cancel Testing During National Emergency



(March 20, 2020) - - Today (March 20, 2020), the U.S. Department of Education published the following information:

WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced today students impacted by school...

National Institutes of Health Shifts non-mission-critical Laboratory Operations to Minimal Maintenance Phase | site |




(March 20, 2020) - - Today (March 20, 2020), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) published the following information: To further reduce the risk of transmission of COVID-19 and enhance the safety of staff, the National Institutes of Health is shifting all non-mission-critical laboratory operations to a maintenance phase. Beginning on Monday, ...

National Institutes of Health Clinical Trial of Investigational Vaccine for COVID-19 begins| site |


Study enrolling Seattle-based healthy adult volunteers.


(March 16, 2020) - - Today (March 16, 2020), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) published the following information: A Phase 1 clinical trial evaluating an investigational vaccine designed to protect against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has begun at Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Rese...

National Institutes of Health Reports First Known Employee with COVID-19 Infection| site |



(March 15, 2020) - - Today (March 15, 2020), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) published the following information: NIH informed its staff early this morning that it has its first known case of an NIH staff member who has tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. NIH has reported the case to state and local public health officials. While this ...

National In-Flight Sexual Misconduct Task Force Submits Report| site |



Report submitted to USDOT’s Aviation Consumer Protection Advisory Committee


(March 16, 2020) - - The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) published today (March 16, 2020) the following information: Today, the National In-Flight Sexual Misconduct Task Force submitted its report on in-flight sexual misconduct on commercial flights. The report was submitted to the U.S. Department ...

National Education Association Statement on Upcoming Educator Conferences| site |



Lily Eskelsen García: Safety at the forefront of our thinking as nation grapples with coronavirus




(March 6, 2020) - - Today, the National Education Association (NEA) published the following information: WASHINGTON - March 06, 2020 - Following recent reports from the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the stat...

Social Security and Office of the Inspector General Announce National 'Slam the Scam' Day| site |




(March 5, 2020) - - Today, the U.S. Social Security Administration published the following information: Andrew Saul, Commissioner of Social Security, and the agency continue raising public awareness about telephone impersonation schemes during the Office of the Inspector General’s (OIG) national ‘Slam the Scam’ Day on March 5. Social Security and OIG have ma...

Finance Regulators announce that the 2020 National Interagency Community Reinvestment Conference is Postponed| site |



Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (March 5, 2020) - - Today, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System published the following information: After careful consideration of the growing public health concerns associated w...

Federal Banking Agencies host the 2020 National Interagency Community Reinvestment Conference| site |



Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency


(February 21, 2020) - - Today (February 21, 2020), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System published the following information: The 2020 National Interagency Community Reinvestment Conference takes place...

National Institutes of Health Clinical Trial of Remdesivir to Treat COVID-19 Begins | site |



Study Enrolling Hospitalized Adults with COVID-19 in Nebraska



(February 25, 2020) - - Today, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) published the following information: A randomized, controlled clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the investigational antiviral remdesivir in hospitalized adults diagnosed with coronavirus disease 201...

Speech: Remarks by CMS Administrator Seema Verma at the National Association of Healthcare Underwriters (NAHU) Capitol Conference 2020 | site |




(February 24, 2020) - - Today, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the following information:

Remarks by CMS Administrator Seema Verma at the National Association of Healthcare Underwriters (NAHU) Capitol Conference 2020


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National Institutes of Health Scientists Identify Atomic Structure of Novel Coronavirus Protein | site |




(February 19, 2020) - - Today, the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) made public the following information:

NIAID scientists working with investigators from the University of Texas at Austin (UT) identified the atomic structure of an important protein on the surface of the novel coronavirus...

National Institutes of Health says Remdesivir Prevents MERS Coronavirus Disease in Monkeys| site |



NIH says "Results Support Testing Antiviral Against 2019 Novel Coronavirus"


(February 13, 2020) - - Today (February 13, 2020), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) published the following information:

The experimental antiviral remdesivir successfully prevented disease in rhesus macaques infected with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus...

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Statement on the President’s Executive Order to Strengthen National Resilience through Responsible Use of Positioning, Navigation & Timing| site |



(February 12, 2020) - - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published (today) the following information:

WASHINGTON – Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order on Strengthening National Resilience through Responsible Use of Positioning, Navigation,...

National Transportation Safety Board Issues Investigative Update on Sikorsky Helicopter Crash| site |



(February 7, 2020) - - Today (February 7, 2020), the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) published the following information: The National Transportation Safety Board issued an investigative update Friday for its ongoing investigation of the fatal, Jan. 26, 2020, helicopter crash near Calabasas, California. The Sikorsky S-76B helicopter collided with hilly ter...