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13:22 ET Consumers for Dental Choice: Medicaid Programs Must Heed FDA Recommendations Against Amalgam for Children
Consumers for Dental Choice is praising a letter from the Attorney General of Connecticut which explains that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's ...
11:04 ET Clean Cars 2030 Gains Legislative Momentum, Reflects Urgent Need to Confront Climate Crisis While Addressing Pollution and Health Inequities
Clean Cars 2030, a bill reintroduced in the Washington legislature with 27 co-sponsors and strong support from constituents, will have a hearing...
08:38 ET Access Ready Reporter Explores Reasons Why Disability Issues Should Be a Higher Priority, Even Now
The phrase "Everything that's going on" has rarely been so potent. Presidential Election results have been openly challenged in Congress. The Capitol ...
Jan 29, 2021, 17:54 ET Electric Grid Advocacy Organization Protect Our Power Supports Nomination of Granholm as Secretary of Energy
At her recent Senate confirmation hearing, former Michigan governor and current Secretary of Energy nominee Jennifer Granholm pledged to make...
Jan 29, 2021, 14:41 ET More than 400 Bipartisan Mayors Now Signed on To Letter Calling for Action on Direct Fiscal Assistance for Cities
America's mayors are using their voices to demand Congress finally take action to support cities by passing the fiscal relief for local governments...
Jan 29, 2021, 12:43 ET NicoKick Urges Acting FDA Commissioner Woodcock to Promote Greater Use of Harm Reduction Products To Help Smokers Move Away from Cigarettes
Today, Markus Lindblad, Head of External Affairs at NicoKick's parent company, the Haypp Group, sent a letter to Acting Food and Drug Administration...
Jan 29, 2021, 10:00 ET Western Manufactured Housing Communities Association Releases Statement on Passage of California Senate Bill 91
Today, the Western Manufactured Housing Industry Association (WMA) released the following statement on the passage of California Senate Bill 91...
Jan 28, 2021, 17:27 ET American Kratom Association: HHS Rescinds Scheduling Recommendation For Kratom But FDA Failed To Notify The Public For 2 ½ Years
Congressman Mark Pocan (WI) and Congressman Morgan Griffith, in exercising their oversight responsibilities over the Department of Health and Human...
Jan 28, 2021, 16:54 ET The American Society warns that the Outsourcing Reform project will gravely endanger American investments in Mexico
The President and Chairman of the Board of The American Society of Mexico, Larry Rubin, outlined today that the approval of the Outsourcing Reform...
Jan 28, 2021, 16:52 ET U.S. Conference of Mayors, National League of Cities & National Association of Counties Call on Congress to Pass $350 Billion in Direct Assistance to Cities & Counties
The U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM), the National League of Cities (NLC) and the National Association of Counties (NACo) held a joint press...
Jan 28, 2021, 16:45 ET NATSO Outlines Principles for Advancing Alternative Fuels in the Market
NATSO, representing the nation's truckstops and travel plazas, in a letter to the Biden Administration on January 27 outlined the market and...
Jan 28, 2021, 16:32 ET Carl A. Anderson, Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus, Issues Statement on Mexico City Policy Rescindment
The following is a statement by Carl A. Anderson, Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus, regarding today's action by President Joseph R. Biden Jr....
Jan 28, 2021, 16:27 ET Hoffa: Biden Health Care Executive Orders Expand Affordability, Services
The following is a statement from Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa on two executive orders signed by President Biden that lower the cost and...
Jan 28, 2021, 16:07 ET President Biden's Priority of Forcing Taxpayers into a Partnership with the Abortion Industry Won't Bring Unity, says Family Research Council
Democratic President Joe Biden, among his first official acts, today rescinded the Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance Policy (PLGHA), which...
Jan 28, 2021, 14:11 ET Record-Breaking Prescription Medication Price Hikes from Drug Makers
After significant price hikes from drug makers, more Americans than ever are looking to online Canadian pharmacies for more affordable and convenient ...
Jan 28, 2021, 13:47 ET Press Leaders Urge Extradition for Daniel Pearl's Kidnappers
National Press Club leaders expressed concern about the Pakistan Supreme Court's exoneration on Thursday of four men accused of luring Wall Street...
Jan 28, 2021, 13:10 ET National Catholic Reporter urges the Vatican to investigate the US bishops' conference
The National Catholic Reporter (NCR), an independent Catholic news source, published an editorial Thursday urging the Vatican to investigate the...
Jan 28, 2021, 11:33 ET New study identifies economic benefits of new international crossing
WINDSOR, ON, Jan. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ - Windsor and Detroit should establish a transportation, distribution, and logistics cluster to best reap the ...
Jan 27, 2021, 17:30 ET Holocaust Survivors Foundation USA Statement on International Holocaust Remembrance Day January 27, 2021
Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. To underscore the importance of this day, we echo...
Jan 27, 2021, 16:22 ET Washington Purchasers Unify To Support Statewide Primary Care Transformation Effort
In a letter sent yesterday, the Washington Health Alliance (Alliance) and the Purchaser Business Group on Health, formerly Pacific Business Group on...
Jan 27, 2021, 15:21 ET American Jewish Committee, U.S. Conference of Mayors Launch Campaign Against Antisemitism
American Jewish Committee (AJC) and the U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) announced today the launch of a national effort to combat antisemitism. The...
Jan 27, 2021, 13:14 ET New Writing Lays 'Woes' of United States at the Feet of Catholic Bishops
An historic writing from a Friend of Medjugorje, founder of the Alabama-based mission, Caritas of Birmingham, lays the current woes of the United...
Jan 27, 2021, 11:45 ET AANP Applauds Biden Administration on Appointment of Rear Admiral Susan Orsega as Acting U.S. Surgeon General
The American Association or Nurse Practitioners® (AANP) applauds the appointment of Rear Admiral Susan Orsega, MSN, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN, to the...
Jan 27, 2021, 11:00 ET FAIR: Illegal Alien Population Soars to a Record 14.5 Million Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic
A promise of a wide-sweeping amnesty from the incoming Biden administration coupled with an expansion of sanctuary jurisdictions, and continued...
Jan 27, 2021, 09:00 ET eHealth Supports Proposal to Re-Open ACA Enrollment For Americans Impacted by COVID-19
Today eHealth (NASDAQ: EHTH) (eHealth.com) announced support for a proposal to re-open enrollment under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for Americans...
