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The national standards are based on California’s tough air pollution rules for cars and would require that the average fuel economy for new passenger vehicles double by 2025 to about 54 miles per gallon. Before Obama left office in January 2017, the Environmental Protection Agency issued a report saying that the standards were still achievable and should not be altered.
McConnell Touts Measure Aimed At Helping Ease Transition From Opioid Treatment Back Into Workforce
The proposal is part of an opioids legislative package that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says lawmakers are crafting.
CDC Director’s Compensation To Be Cut Following Questions About $375,000 Salary
“Dr. [Robert] Redfield has expressed to Secretary [Alex] Azar that he does not wish to have his compensation become a distraction for the important work of the CDC,” an HHS spokeswoman said.
Major Gaps In Care For Children With Chronic And Terminal Illnesses Plagues Coachella Valley
While there are pediatricians and emergency room care for common childhood diseases and injuries, most patients 17 and under who require a subspecialist must travel at least an hour away.
Patients End Up Cycling Through Unlicensed, Unsupervised Sober Homes That Do Little To Help Them
California lawmakers are in the process of figuring out ways to monitor the sober homes, with five proposals that would establish new guidelines for how they are run and impose fines on some practices.
These Healthy Habits Help People Boost Longevity By A Dozen Or More Years
The lifestyle factors themselves are not surprising — eating right and exercising among them — but just how much they can pay off surprised some.
Will DNA Sleuthing Help Unlock Another California Murder Mystery: The Identity Of The Zodiac Killer?
But one of the biggest hurdles to using DNA to track the Zodiac Killer will be getting a clean genetic sample.
University of California’s Oral Arguments Over CRISPR Fail To Move Needle Much, Legal Experts Say
The arguments are part of a patent war between the University of California and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. Patents for the gene-editing technology could be worth billions.
CDC Director’s $375,000 Salary Called Into Question By Democratic Senator
CDC Director Robert Redfield’s salary is nearly double what his predecessor made.
Ronny Jackson To Stay On White House Staff, But Won’t Resume Role Of President’s Personal Physician
Some names being tossed around for the VA spot now that Dr. Ronny Jackson has withdrawn are: Ascension President and CEO Anthony Tersigni, Cleveland Clinic CEO Dr. Toby Cosgrove, Rep. Phil Roe (R-Tenn.), and former Rep. Jeff Miller (R-Fla.). Meanwhile, President Donald Trump defended his former nominee over the weekend.