BETHESDA, Maryland, April 12 -- The American College of Medical Genetics Foundation for Genetic and Genomic Medicine issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: The ACMG Foundation for Genetic and Genomic Medicine (ACMGF) announced today that Marilyn C. Jones, MD, FACMG; Harry Ostrer, MD, FACMG; Lisa G. Shaffer, PhD, FACMG and Katie Johansen Taber, PhD were elected to the Board of Directors of the ACMGF. The ACMG Foundation is a national nonprofit foundation dedicated to facilitating t  more

LAUREL, Maryland, April 12 -- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory issued the following news release: For the third year in a row, the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, has won an Early Talent Award from Handshake (https://joinhandshake.com/early-talent-awards/), an online recruiting platform for college students and recent alumni. Given to just 180 out of the more than 900,000 companies that use the platform, the award recognizes employers o  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, April 11 -- The Security Industry Association issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: On April 8, 2024, during its last day of regular session, the Maryland General Assembly unanimously passed House Bill 338/Senate Bill 182 to regulate the use of facial recognition technology by law enforcement across the state, which will now be sent to Gov. Wes Moore for his signature. Currently there are no statutory requirements, and use is governed by individual agenc  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: House Republicans are threatening to withhold funding for the collapsed Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore unless President Biden reverses the pause on approvals for new methane gas exports, or LNG. In a visit to Maryland on Friday, the President reiterated his commitment to reopen the Baltimore port and provide federal funding. The funding would be allocated to the reconstruction of the bridge, which could take from   more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, April 11 -- The Solid Waste Association of North America issued the following news release: The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) submitted comments on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s proposed regulation on the "Definition of Hazardous Waste Applicable to Corrective Action for Releases From Solid Waste Management Units" and comments on the EPA's proposed "Listing of Specific PFAS as Hazardous Constituents." EPA's proposed changes to the Reso  more