Sentences with phrase «u.s. states study»

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The ACLU's suit seeks to address each of Trump's stated concerns, using government - backed studies, an analysis of transgender - related costs and the apparent readiness of several U.S. allies that allow transgender soldiers to serve openly.

Private hospitals are typically the best equipped, with state - of - the art technology and doctors that have studied in the world's best medical universities — many of them speak English and are well acquainted with the newest diagnostic and treatment procedures... some of which may not yet be available in the U.S., for example.

From the bank's universe of 37 million checking account customers, the think tank's researchers stripped identifiers and grabbed a sample of 2.3 million families across 23 U.S. states for whom they had «a very good window into their financial lives,» said Fiona Greig, JPMCI's Director of Consumer Research, who presented the study's key findings prior to the panel discussion.

A U.S. Chamber of Commerce study out this week breaks down what each state in the U.S. is doing to promote small - business growth.

However, Spicer then signaled that the White House sees recreational pot very differently, with the press secretary even attempting to link recreational use of the drug to the abuse of opioid drugs across the U.S. (In fact, there has been little scientific evidence linking marijuana legalization to opioid use, with some studies actually showing a decrease in opioid overdoses in states where legal marijuana is available.)

«The U.S. stands out in the global context [for] an unusually high ability to carry a large government debt burden,» the study states.

These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).

«We expect the U.S.'s broad economic strength to support its credit profile for the foreseeable future,» states the study.

The study showed that Kansas, while not the cheapest state in the U.S. in terms of the benchmark mean, had some of the smallest rate differences within the state.

In the study published in the journal Nature Climate Change, researchers at the Stockholm Environment Institute write that widely quoted U.S. State Department findings that the oilsands pipeline wouldn't make a significant difference missed a major source of greenhouse gas emissions.

Unemployment, Marginal Attachment and Labor Force Participation in Canada and the United States Stephen Jones, McMaster University Craig Riddell, University of British Columbia Jones and Riddell build on two previous papers: one by David Card and Riddell (originally published in Small Differences that Matter) that studies the reasons for higher rates of unemployment in Canada than the U.S. in the 1980s, the other by Jones and Riddell which uses data from the U.S. Labor Force Survey to study the differences in rates of job creation for people who are counted as unemployed versus those who are counted as out of the labor force.

Tamara Vrooman, President & CEO, Vancity; Wab Kinew, MLA - Fort Rouge, MB; Pramila Jayapal, Washington State Legislator and candidate for U.S. Congress; Ross Beaty, Executive Chairman, Alterra Power Corp; Janet Austin, CEO, YWCA Metro Vancouver, and former Chair, Greater Vancouver Board of Trade; Irene Lanzinger, President, BC Federation of Labour; Michael Tippett, CEO and founder, Wantoo; Tzeporah Berman, Adjunct Professor, York University Faculty of Environmental Studies; Prem Gill, CEO, Creative BC; Josha McNabb, Regional Director BC, Pembina Institute; Val Napoleon, Professor of Aboriginal Justice and Governance, UVic; and Heather Tremain, CEO, Options for Homes, among others.

Furthermore, studies of abortion rates in the U.S. states found that the level of welfare benefits failed to have a statistically significant impact on the incidence of abortion.

He cites the role of the Bible in teaching literacy; Charles Finney's conversion, brought about by his study of Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws; and an 1892 Supreme Court opinion, Church of the Holy Trinity v. U.S., which stated, «This is a Christian nation.»

[25] For an account of a major study of Roman Catholic seminaries in regard to the above issues, see Katarina Schuth, O.S. F., «American Seminaries as Research Finds Them,» in U.S. Catholic Seminaries and Their Future (Washington, D.C.: United States Catholic Conference, 1988), pp. 29 - 59.

U.S. communities and states that have implemented alternatives to extended producer responsibility (EPR) policies are achieving high municipal solid waste recycling rates at reasonable costs, while also addressing a wider spectrum of the waste stream than narrowly - focused EPR mandates, according to a new study conducted by consulting firm SAIC for the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA).

A landmark study on the trade flow of organic food products across the borders of the United States reveals that a robust global appetite for organic food has created new lucrative markets from Mexico City all the way to Hong Kong for U.S. organic producers — but also provides strong evidence that American farmers are losing out on some valuable opportunities by not growing more organic.

Most retailers such as Walmart, Whole Foods and Sprouts Farmers Market define local as within the same state; however, Kroger and the U.S. Department of Agriculture define it as within 400 miles, the study says.

The study states that U.S. children (8 mo..

Dr. Devra Davis PhD., MPH, founder of Environmental Health Trust (EHT) and an award - winning, internationally renowned scientist who also was the founding director of the Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology of the U.S. National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, states: «No studies show that microwave radiation exposure in children is safe or that continuous exposure from cell phones, cell towers, cordless phones, Wi - Fi routers, baby monitors, etc. is safe.Studies and Toxicology of the U.S. National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, states: «No studies show that microwave radiation exposure in children is safe or that continuous exposure from cell phones, cell towers, cordless phones, Wi - Fi routers, baby monitors, etc. is safe.studies show that microwave radiation exposure in children is safe or that continuous exposure from cell phones, cell towers, cordless phones, Wi - Fi routers, baby monitors, etc. is safe.»

The study explores different perspectives on paternity leave, including a survey of more than 1,000 fathers from nearly 300 different organizations (primarily well - educated professionals); a benchmarking study of paternity leave policies at leading organizations; and a review of global paternity leave policies and practices, as well as U.S. states that have enacted laws to provide paid parental leave.

New Studies Published by Oregon State University Professor Confirm Safety of Home Birth With Midwives in the U.S.

Benefits for all According to a study published in the journal Pediatrics, the United States would save about $ 13 billion per year in medical costs if 90 percent of U.S. families breastfed their newborns for at least six months.

Kos also said that the state is wrapping up a study on whether improving U.S. Highway 12 would be a feasible alternative to an Illinois 53 freeway.

The speaker added the state should wait for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to release its own study on the issue before the process is used in New York.

A bipartisan group of senators and members of Congress from the eight Great Lakes states have written letters to the Office of Management and Budget and the U.S. Army asking for the study's inclusion.

It found that studies of the United States or U.S. cities, states and regions «generally find a statistically significant gun prevalence - homicide association.&States or U.S. cities, states and regions «generally find a statistically significant gun prevalence - homicide association.&states and regions «generally find a statistically significant gun prevalence - homicide association.»

One of the longest U.S. economic expansions has lifted personal income in all states above pre-recession levels, according to a Pew study, but growth has varied from one state to another.

According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service study, the economic impact of expenditures related to fishing trips in New York State, was more than $ 1.9 billion in 2011.

The agency also released a letter Tuesday that it signed last week with five other states calling on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to undertake a multi-state health study using data from a multitude of communities where perfluorinated chemicals have contaminated drinking water supplies.

At the time, the New York district of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a statement: «The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers appreciates Sen. Schumer's continued interest in the South Shore of Staten Island Study and we're working with our partners at the federal, state and local levels to take a look at this issue.»

The second annual Best States study from U.S. News & World Report ranked New York as the 25th best state in the nation, down from 17 a year ago.

He studied the confirmations in other states and the U.S. Senate to craft the recommendations he made to Flanagan last year.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has responded to a study released by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation that calls for further PCB removal work on the Hudson River.

New York state had the third worst turnout in the country, with only Texas and Indiana having a worse record, according to a 2015 report from NonprofitVOTE, a nonpartisan organization that advocates and studies voting trends in the U.S.

Dr. Daniel Ellsberg is an American activist and former United States military analyst who, while employed by the RAND Corporation, precipitated a national political controversy in 1971 when he released the Pentagon Papers, a top - secret Pentagon study of U.S. government decision - making in relation to the Vietnam War, to The New York Times and other newspapers.

Tinubu then went to the U.S. in 1975, where he studied first at Richard J. Daley College in Chicago, in Illinois, and then at Chicago State University, where he graduated with Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting in 1979.

This study focused on professors teaching biology in Arizona, which is listed in a 2013 Gallup poll as being in the lower one - third of religious states in the U.S..

Warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico can also feed extra energy into storms battering the U.S. East Coast, says Richard Alley, a climatologist at Penn State who wasn't involved in the new study.

Chu cited his role in key reports by National Academies and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences on the competitiveness of the U.S. scientific enterprise and the state of fundamental research, studies that «sounded alarms that the health of science, science education and integration of science into public decision - making in the U.S. was in peril and heading in the wrong direction,» he said in his candidacy statement.

With co-authors John C. Besley (Michigan State University) and Joseph Steinhardt (Cornell), McComas will publish study results as «Factors influencing U.S. consumer support for genetic modification to prevent crop disease» in the July 2014 journal Appetite — right about the time airborne P. infestansspores are drifting through home - garden tomato crops.

Intent on integrating more science and technology into the making of foreign policy, he funded a 1999 study with the National Academy of Science (NAS) and urged the recommendation of an appointment of a science and technology advisor to the U.S. Secretary of State.

Certain birth defects were 20 times more prevalent in babies born to Zika virus — infected mothers in the U.S. in 2016 than they were before the virus cropped up in the United States, a CDC study suggests.

The new study covers the entire U.S. West, from the High Plains states to the Pacific coast, and provides the first detailed look at how groundwater recharge may change as the climate changes, said senior author Thomas Meixner, UA professor and associate department head of hydrology and atmospheric sciences.

Although the U.S. government puts stringent restrictions on funding for research on embryonic stem cells, individual states such as California have set up institutes to perform that work and general stem cell studies.

The estimates presented in this study are also 15 % larger than global estimates provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), only slightly smaller than estimates provided by the EPA for the US, 4 % larger than EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) global estimates, 3 % larger than EDGAR estimates for US and 54 % larger than EDGAR estimates for the state of California.

While the association between alcohol and homicide may seem obvious, there has been no recent study of alcohol involvement in homicide victimization in U.S. states.

As representatives of our disciplines, we encourage U.S. states that still lack paper trails to adopt systems that provide for them before 2018 elections,» said the leadership of the AAAS Section on Social, Economic and Political Sciences, which includes scholars who study election processes.

Instead of studying the impact daylight saving changes had on just one state, senior analyst Jeff Dowd and his colleagues at the U.S. Department of Energy investigated what effect it might have on national energy consumption, looking at 67 electric utilities across the country.

In a 2007 study psychologist Louisa Degenhardt of Michigan State University and her colleagues found that 43 percent of U.S. adults aged 18 or older have tried marijuana at least once.