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  1. Study Shows Mpox (monkeypox) Antibodies Wane Within A Year Of Vaccination New research to be presented at this year’s European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID 2024) in Barcelona, Spain (27-30 April) shows that the antibodies produced by Modified Vaccinia virus Ankara - Bavarian Nordic (MVA-BN) vaccination against mpox wane significantly within a year of receiving the vaccination – but in people with pre-existing immunity due to childhood smallpox vaccination in childhood, antibody levels remain high in almost all cases. Read
  2. Large U.S. Military Contracts Awarded on March 29, 2024 The U.S. Defense Department announced new major contracts awarded on March 29, 2024 Read
  3. Government Extends Support For Mineral Exploration In Canada Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, announced that the federal government will extend the 15-per-cent Mineral Exploration Tax Credit for investors in flow-through shares for an additional year, until March 31, 2025. Read
  4. DOE Announces $1.5 Billion to Support Recommission of Michigan Nuclear Power Plant The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) through its Loan Programs Office (LPO) recently announced the offer of a conditional commitment of up to $1.52 billion for a loan guarantee to Holtec Palisades to finance the restoration and resumption of service of an 800-MW electric nuclear generating station in Covert Township, Michigan. Read
  5. CBP, FDA Partner To Improve Supply Chain Traceability U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced a partnership with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to expand the focus of the Global Business Identifier (GBI) Test. Read
  6. Serbia-Bulgaria Railway Project On Corridor Xc Launched Construction work has begun on the Niš-Dimitrovgrad railway section near the Serbian city of Pirot. The project involves the reconstruction and modernisation of an existing unelectrified single-track railway line from Sićevo to Dimitrovgrad and the construction of the northern rail bypass around the city of Niš, as well as electrification and signalling work on both stretches. Read
  7. FTC Releases 2023 Privacy and Data Security Update The Federal Trade Commission released its Privacy and Data Security Update for 2023 that highlights the FTC’s work to protect consumer privacy and respond to the evolving ways that companies use consumer data such as in the development of artificial intelligence models and misuse of health data. Read
  8. ICJ Orders Israel to Let Far More Aid In as Gaza Famine Spreads The International Court of Justice followed up on its January ruling by issuing another order fascist Israel will ignore. Read
  9. NASA Selects Construction Management Services Acquisition Contractor NASA has selected small business Firelake-Arrowhead NASA Services Joint Venture of Lawrence, Kansas, to acquire construction management, inspection, surveying, and testing services at NASA centers across the country. Read
  10. World Squanders Over 1 Billion Meals A Day - UN Report Households across all continents wasted over 1 billion meals a day in 2022, while 783 million people were affected by hunger and a third of humanity faced food insecurity. Read
  11. Generative AI Develops Potential New Drugs For Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Researchers at Stanford Medicine and McMaster University are tackling this problem with generative artificial intelligence. A new model, dubbed SyntheMol (for synthesizing molecules), created structures and chemical recipes for six novel drugs aimed at killing resistant strains of Acinetobacter baumannii, one of the leading pathogens responsible for antibacterial resistance-related deaths. Read
  12. Large U.S. Military Contracts Awarded on March 28, 2024 The U.S. Defense Department announced new major contracts awarded on March 28, 2024 Read
  13. United States, Kenya To Hold Fourth Negotiating Round Under The Strategic Trade And Investment Partnership The United States and Kenya will hold a fourth in-person negotiating round under the Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership (STIP) in Washington, DC, from April 2-12, 2024. Read
  14. Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse to Trigger Supply Chain Disruptions for Months The cargo ship which crashed into the Key Bridge and killed at least six also caused the indefinite shut down of the U.S.'s 9th busiest shipping port. Read
  15. Renewable Energy Experiences Record Growth, But Progress Needs To Be Equitable Renewable Capacity Statistics 2024 recently released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) shows that 2023 set a new record in renewables deployment in the power sector by reaching a total capacity of 3 870 Gigawatts (GW) globally. Read
  16. Commission Approves €900M To Support The Production Of Energy And Fuel From Biomass and Renewable Hydrogen The European Commission has approved a €900 million French scheme to support companies investing in the use of biomass and renewable hydrogen in energy and fuel production, to foster the transition towards a net-zero economy in line with the Green Deal Industrial Plan. Read
  17. U.S., Philippines Announce PHP1.15-Billion Partnership To Fight Tuberculosis The United States government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Philippines’ Department of Health (DOH), announced Php1.15 billion ($21 million) in additional funding to combat the persistent threat of tuberculosis (TB) in the Philippines.  With more than 737,000 estimated new TB cases in 2022, the Philippines has one of the highest burdens of TB in the world, according to the World Health Organization. Read
  18. Getting Too Little Sleep Linked To High Blood Pressure Sleeping fewer than seven hours is associated with a higher risk of developing high blood pressure over time, according to a study presented at the American College of Cardiology’s Annual Scientific Session. Read
  19. Owner of a DME Company Sentenced For $87M Healthcare Fraud Kickback Conspiracy An owner of a durable medical equipment (DME) company was sentenced March 27 to three and a half years in prison and ordered to forfeit $1.8 million for his participation in a healthcare fraud kickback conspiracy. Read
  20. Large U.S. Military Contracts Awarded on March 27, 2024 The U.S. Defense Department announced new major contracts awarded on March 27, 2024 Read
  21. Department Of Interior Approves Seventh Offshore Wind Project The Department of the Interior’s approval of the Sunrise Wind offshore wind project – the nation’s seventh approval of a commercial-scale offshore wind project. These seven projects have the potential to provide more than 8 gigawatts of clean, renewable energy to power roughly 3 million homes, and support the Administration’s goal of deploying 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy capacity by 2030. Read
  22. G7 Consensus Reached On Advancing AI For Sustainable Development The ministers of the G7 countries reached a landmark consensus in Verona, Italy on the critical global debate of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Under the scope ‘Digital Development – Growing Together’, G7 countries acknowledged the need to work in partnership with developing countries to strengthen local AI digital ecosystems. Read
  23. China Files WTO Grievance Over Alleged Unlawful U.S. EV Subsidies China just escalated its plan to penetrate U.S. electric vehicle and battery markets via a World Trade Organization complaint filing. Read
  24. EU And Norway Sign Strategic Partnership On Sustainable Land-based Raw Materials And Battery Value Chains The EU together with the Kingdom of Norway signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) launching a strategic partnership to develop sustainable land-based raw materials and battery value chains. This is an important building bloc and another tangible result of the EU-Norway Green Alliance, announced by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Prime Minister of Norway Jonas Gahr Støre in April 2023. Read
  25. GlobalData Report Highlights Staggering Economic Costs for Pennsylvania of $19.9 Billion Due to Obesity Obesity and overweight are estimated to have caused a staggering $19.9 billion reduction in Pennsylvania’s economy in 2022, equivalent to 2.2% of the state's gross domestic product, according to a report released by GlobalData Plc, a leading data and analytics company. Read