St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have found that socioeconomic deprivation, the presence of treatable chronic health conditions and frailty are independently associated with increased late mortality in childhood cancer survivors.
Raphael Warnock has several big legislative wins, but Republicans are using an electric vehicle plant slated for construction in Georgia to hurt his record
Hyundai’s huge new plant outside Savannah could be a model for bipartisanship and a central achievement for Raphael Warnock, whose biggest efforts otherwise fell short. But Republicans aren’t giving him credit.
Biden: FEMA doubles hurricane preparedness funding from $500M to $1B
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Biden: FEMA doubled funding for cities, states to prepare for hurricane season
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden announced on Monday that he is doubling the funding to help local authorities prepare for this year’s Atlantic hurricane season.
Biden visited the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, headquarters to announce the increase in funding from $500 million to $1 billion.
“We all know that the storms are coming, and we are going to be prepared,” Biden said.
FEMA distributes the funds through the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program, or BRIC, which aims to reduce risk through hazard mitigation projects.
Amid Biden Climate Push, a Question Looms: Is Americaâs Word Good?
After four years of âAmerica First,â the president tries this week to reclaim U.S. leadership in the fight against climate change. Can the world trust his promises?
President Biden will convene a virtual summit this week to show that the U.S. is ready to reassert itself on the world stage on matters of climate change and others.Credit.Doug Mills/The New York Times
April 19, 2021Updated 7:01 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON â President Biden faces a fundamental question as he convenes heads of state this week in a virtual summit to declare that the United States is ready to reclaim a leadership role in the fight against climate change: Is Americaâs word still any good?