WASHINGTON, April 22 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: Increasingly, climate change and environmental hazards threaten the health of people in the United States and around the world. HHS and the entire Biden-Harris Administration have mobilized to address these challenges in the most vulnerable communities, to build resilience in healthcare systems and to accelerate decarbonization of the healthcare sector. In addition to other new announcem  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, April 23 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release: Attorney General Drummond is urging the United States Supreme Court to consider a case that could dramatically limit the immunity that shields Big Tech companies from civil lawsuits. The case, styled as Doe v Snap, involves a young man seeking to hold Snapchat accountable for its role in his being a victim of sexual abuse. The social media platform has so far been able to use Sec  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, April 23 -- The Oklahoma State Senate issued the following news release: After winning unanimous approval in the Senate Health and Human Services Committee and passing the full Senate, a bill to help determine the causes of maternal deaths in Oklahoma is now one step closer to the governor's desk. Rep. Cynthia Roe, R-Lindsay, and Sen. Jo Anna Dossett, D-Tulsa, are authors of House Bill 2152. Once signed into law, the bill would modify the membership of the Maternal Mort  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, April 23 -- The Oklahoma State Senate issued the following news release: Legislation creating the "Oklahoma Standby Guardianship Act" has been signed into law. Senate Bill 1701, by Sen. Michael Brooks, D-Oklahoma City, and Rep. Chris Kannady, R-Oklahoma City, creates a legal framework so that parents can designate a "standby" guardian under certain circumstances. "This new law will empower parents to proactively name a guardian under extenuating circumstances," Brooks   more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, April 23 -- The Oklahoma State Senate issued the following news release: Sen. Ally Seifried joined fellow Claremore Republican Rep. Mark Lepak in sharing appreciation for Governor Stitt's approval of Senate Bill 1756. Seifried said it has been an honor to author this piece of legislation that represents a meaningful step forward in ensuring the safety of children during supervised visitations when facilitated by third-party volunteers. SB 1756 requires volunteer superv  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The National Gallery of Art issued the following news release: The National Gallery of Art has received 166 19th- and 20th-century photographs from the UBS Art Collection--the largest gift from UBS to a museum to date. The group of photographs was assembled in the 1990s by John Szarkowski, a photographer, curator, and former director of the department of photography at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The gift adds important photographs made by a diverse group of ar  more