There were 31 deaths with cancer listed as the underlying cause reported in North Dakota during the week ending June 24, a 82.4% increase over the previous week.
North Dakota's death count did not exceed the upper threshold of death expectancy during the week ending June 10, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
There were 23 deaths from diseases of the heart reported in North Dakota in the week ending June 17, making up 20% of total deaths by all causes in North Dakota.
U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced BNSF Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) publicly filed weekly grain backlog status updates as required by the U.S. Surface Transportation Board (STB).
U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded $299,581 to North Dakota State University to facilitate breeding research and develop new genetic and genomic resources for a variety of wheat species.
There were less than 10 deaths from chronic lower respiratory diseases reported in North Dakota in the week ending June 17, making up less than 8.7% of total deaths by all causes in North Dakota.
There were less than 10 deaths from cerebrovascular diseases reported in North Dakota in the week ending June 17, making up less than 8.7% of total deaths by all causes in North Dakota.
U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) at a Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, questioned Federal Highway Administrator (FHWA) Shailen Bhatt on the agency’s Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Performance Measure Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, which imposes GHG performance measures on state departments of transportation and metropolitan planning organizations without any new authority from Congress.
There were less than 10 deaths from Alzheimer's disease reported in North Dakota in the week ending June 17, making up less than 8.7% of total deaths by all causes in North Dakota.
There were less than 10 deaths from diabetes mellitus reported in North Dakota in the week ending June 17, making up less than 8.7% of total deaths by all causes in North Dakota.
There were less than 10 deaths with COVID-19 listed as the underlying cause reported in North Dakota during the week ending June 17, an increase over the previous week.
Republican Rep. Kelly Armstrong voted for a resolution last week to repeal a new Biden administration rule that critics say is “unconstitutional” and “onerous” in the way it regulates the ownership of stabilizing pistol braces.
U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and Dan Sullivan (R-AK) joined 12 of their colleagues on the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) in sending a letter to Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro demanding he uphold his commitment to provide an updated 30-year shipbuilding plan to the committee and abide by the Navy’s statutory requirement to maintain a minimum of 31 amphibious warfare ships.
There were less than 10 deaths from influenza and pneumonia reported in North Dakota in the week ending June 17, making up less than 8.7% of total deaths by all causes in North Dakota.
There were less than 10 deaths from nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis reported in North Dakota in the week ending June 17, making up less than 8.7% of total deaths by all causes in North Dakota.