AG Yost Extends Application Deadline for Teen Ambassador Board

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — The office of Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has extended the deadline – to July 21 – for high school students to apply for his Teen Ambassador Board.

The Attorney General’s Teen Ambassador Board consists of upper-level high school students from public, private, charter and online schools in Ohio as well as students who are home-schooled.Read full story

Biden-Harris Administration to Make an Additional 144,000 Doses of JYNNEOS Vaccine Available to States and Jurisdictions for Monkeypox Response

July 7, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced that it will make an additional 144,000 doses of the JYNNEOS vaccine available to states and jurisdictions, as part of the Biden Administration’s comprehensive strategy to combat monkeypox and protect Americans most at risk from monkeypox.  

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Ohio EPA’s 2023 Draft Drinking Water Assistance Fund Program Management Plan Available for Public Comment

Public Hearings Scheduled for July 26

Ohio EPA received a record number of funding requests from communities around the state for drinking water infrastructure projects for the upcoming 2023 program year. The Drinking Water Assistance Fund provides financial and technical assistance for a variety of projects that help improve or protect the quality of Ohio’s drinking water.… Read full story

Yost Files Suit Alleging Massive Robocall Scheme

FCC Joins Fight in Related Action

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost filed a lawsuit today seeking to squash a scheme responsible for bombarding U.S. consumers with billions of illegal robocalls.

In a separate development supporting Yost’s crackdown, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is issuing cease and desist letters to some of the same targets in the case.… Read full story

NIH Researchers Decode Retinal Circuits for Circadian Rhythm, Pupillary Light Response

Photoreceptor cells in mice drive vision and non-vision functions using distinct circuits in the eye.

The eye’s light-sensing retina taps different circuits depending on whether it is generating image-forming vision or carrying out a non-vision function such as regulating pupil size or sleep/wake cycles, according to a new mouse study from the National Eye Institute (NEI) and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).… Read full story