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Freedom From Religion Foundation: Voucher Fight Exposes Dangers of Taxpayer-Funded Religious Education
MADISON, Wisconsin, April 23 -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release on April 22, 2026:
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Voucher fight exposes dangers of taxpayer-funded religious education
A growing controversy over inclusion of Muslim schools in state voucher programs illustrates a core problem with taxpayer-funded religious education.
As Texas rolls out its $1 billion school voucher program, one of the largest in the country, Islamic schools have faced exclusion amid openly hostile rhetoric from state officials. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has bluntly stated, "We don't want school choice
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MADISON, Wisconsin, April 23 -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release on April 22, 2026:
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Voucher fight exposes dangers of taxpayer-funded religious education
A growing controversy over inclusion of Muslim schools in state voucher programs illustrates a core problem with taxpayer-funded religious education.
As Texas rolls out its $1 billion school voucher program, one of the largest in the country, Islamic schools have faced exclusion amid openly hostile rhetoric from state officials. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has bluntly stated, "We don't want school choicefunds going to radical Islamic indoctrination."
Abbott's comment lays bare what voucher proponents often deny: that so-called "school choice" programs are not religiously neutral, but instead invite government officials to pick and choose which religions they favor for public support. Such schemes inevitably lead to discrimination and constitutional violations.
"You can't have it both ways," FFRF Co-President Annie Laurie Gaylor points out. "If taxpayer dollars are going to fund sectarian religious education, then the government is inevitably forced to decide which religious teachings are 'acceptable' and which are not, thereby engaging in discrimination against some and favoritism toward others. That's precisely the kind of action the Constitution forbids."
Already, some Islamic schools are suing, alleging religious discrimination after being excluded from participation while Christian schools are invited to receive public funds. Even as courts have intervened to allow applications, Texas officials continue to signal resistance to including Islamic institutions.
At the same time, lawmakers in other states are advancing policies that explicitly target Muslim-affiliated schools. In Florida, recent legislation threatens to strip voucher funding from schools tied, often speculatively, to organizations labeled as "terrorist," raising serious concerns about religious profiling and government overreach.
FFRF emphasizes that this is not an isolated problem, but an inherent feature of voucher schemes.
"When public money is diverted to religious schools, discrimination is not a bug, it's the system working as designed," Gaylor explains. "Today, it's Muslim schools being targeted. Tomorrow, it could be another minority faith. The only consistent and constitutional solution is to keep taxpayer dollars out of religiously segregated schools altogether."
Voucher advocates champion public funding for Christian schools, insisting these programs are about "freedom" and "neutrality," but sing a different tune when their tax dollars might go to support religions they do not subscribe to.
"Tax dollars should go only to public schools, which welcome all-comers and are dedicated to teaching, not indoctrinating in religion," adds Gaylor.
The Freedom From Religion Foundation objects to citizens being taxed to support any religion, and especially being used to proselytize students.
FFRF will continue to oppose voucher programs nationwide and defend the constitutional separation between state and church.
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The Freedom From Religion Foundation is a U.S.-based nonprofit dedicated to defending the constitutional principle of separation between state and church and educating the public on matters relating to nontheism. With nearly 42,000 members, FFRF is the largest association of freethinkers (atheists, agnostics and humanists) in North America. For more information, visit ffrf.org.
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Original text here: https://ffrf.org/news/releases/voucher-fight-exposes-dangers-of-taxpayer-funded-religious-education/
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FFRF Ensures Nonreligious Students are Eligible for Iowa's Highest Athletic Honor
MADISON, Wisconsin, April 23 -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release on April 22, 2026:
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FFRF ensures nonreligious students are eligible for Iowa's highest athletic honor
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has persuaded the Iowa High School Athletic Association to revise the criteria student-athletes need to win the state's highest school honor.
A concerned Iowa parent reported that the Iowa High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) was imposing a religious criterion on students in order to be eligible for the Bernie Saggau Award of Merit, an award described
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MADISON, Wisconsin, April 23 -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release on April 22, 2026:
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FFRF ensures nonreligious students are eligible for Iowa's highest athletic honor
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has persuaded the Iowa High School Athletic Association to revise the criteria student-athletes need to win the state's highest school honor.
A concerned Iowa parent reported that the Iowa High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) was imposing a religious criterion on students in order to be eligible for the Bernie Saggau Award of Merit, an award describedas the "highest student honor" that the association awards annually. According to the official description, the award is "presented annually to the graduating student who best exemplifies a patriotic spirit, with strong religious and moral convictions, living and professing the qualities of honesty, integrity and sportsmanship [emphasis added]." FFRF learned that high schools throughout Iowa were advertising the award using the "strong religious and moral convictions" language.
FFRF stepped in to make certain nonreligious students are also eligible for the award.
"Because the IHSAA is a state actor due to its operational agreement with the Iowa Department of Education, the IHSAA is obligated to respect students' First Amendment rights," FFRF Staff Attorney Sammi Lawrence wrote to the district.
Public school students have a constitutional right to be free from discrimination on the basis of religion or nonreligion when participating in the Iowa High School Athletic Association contest. Participation includes students' eligibility for the Bernie Saggau Award of Merit regardless of whether they subscribe to a religion. It is well settled that public entities may not show favoritism toward or coerce belief or participation in religion, especially in the school context. By conditioning eligibility for the award on "strong religious . . . convictions," the association is clearly favoring religion over nonreligion.
Thankfully, the organization took FFRF's guidance on the issue.
Iowa High School Athletic Association Executive Director Tom Keating emailed FFRF informing the state/church watchdog of a new, more inclusive approach regarding the award.
"The words, 'religious and' have been removed from the verbiage on the award certificate," Keating wrote. "This year's certificates will reflect that change."
FFRF is pleased to see the Iowa's top school athletic association work to make a respectful environment for freethinking Hawkeye State students.
"Students should never be excluded from an award because they are atheists or otherwise nonreligious, particularly when 44 percent of young people today have no religious affiliation," says FFRF Co-President Annie Laurie Gaylor. "We're pleased the association corrected this unconstitutional requirement and will judge students based on merit rather than applying an inappropriate religious litmus test."
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The Freedom From Religion Foundation is a national nonprofit organization with over 41,000 members across the country, including hundreds of members in Iowa. FFRF's purposes are to protect the constitutional principle of separation between church and state, and to educate the public on matters relating to nontheism.
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Original text here: https://ffrf.org/news/releases/ffrf-ensures-nonreligious-students-are-eligible-for-iowas-highest-athletic-honor/
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Wellcome responds to Lancet Countdown Europe report
LONDON, England, April 22 -- Wellcome, a charitable foundation, posted the following news release:
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Wellcome responds to Lancet Countdown Europe report
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Dr Madeleine Thomson, Head of Climate Impacts and Adaptation at Wellcome, said:
"The past three years have been the hottest ever recorded, and with a possible El Nino in 2026, that trend is likely to continue. The Lancet Countdown Europe report exposes the growing human cost of climate change with more than 60,000 heat attributable deaths in 2024 and a quadrupling of the risk for dengue outbreaks over the last decade compared to 1980-2010.
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LONDON, England, April 22 -- Wellcome, a charitable foundation, posted the following news release:
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Wellcome responds to Lancet Countdown Europe report
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Dr Madeleine Thomson, Head of Climate Impacts and Adaptation at Wellcome, said:
"The past three years have been the hottest ever recorded, and with a possible El Nino in 2026, that trend is likely to continue. The Lancet Countdown Europe report exposes the growing human cost of climate change with more than 60,000 heat attributable deaths in 2024 and a quadrupling of the risk for dengue outbreaks over the last decade compared to 1980-2010.
"Every summer, Europe faces soaring temperatures, that are putting lives and livelihoods at risk. The impacts fall hardest on the most vulnerable: young children, pregnant and older people, and those with existing health conditions. Europe is simply not prepared for the health challenges ahead in our rapidly changing climate.
"The good news is that proven, practical solutions already exist. European leaders must adapt to the new climate reality and speed up the transition away from fossil fuels. Scientific evidence shows that cleaner energy and transport deliver major benefits for our health, our economies, and our climate - a triple win."
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Original text here: https://wellcome.org/insights/articles/wellcome-responds-lancet-countdown-europe-report
Rockefeller Foundation Announces Second Class of U.S. Big Bets Fellows at Baltimore Convening
NEW YORK, April 22 -- The Rockefeller Foundation posted the following news release on April 21, 2026:
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Rockefeller Foundation Announces Second Class of U.S. Big Bets Fellows at Baltimore Convening
10 bold innovators from across the United States named to The Rockefeller Foundation fellowship dedicated to driving economic opportunity and helping their communities thrive.
Fellows focusing on distinct projects to help their communities realize economic opportunities, including: expanding workforce pathways, deploying blended capital for climate resilience, building AI-powered talent-matching
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NEW YORK, April 22 -- The Rockefeller Foundation posted the following news release on April 21, 2026:
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Rockefeller Foundation Announces Second Class of U.S. Big Bets Fellows at Baltimore Convening
10 bold innovators from across the United States named to The Rockefeller Foundation fellowship dedicated to driving economic opportunity and helping their communities thrive.
Fellows focusing on distinct projects to help their communities realize economic opportunities, including: expanding workforce pathways, deploying blended capital for climate resilience, building AI-powered talent-matchingtools, scaling registered apprenticeships, and strengthening regional innovation ecosystems.
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BALTIMORE | April 21, 2026 -- The Rockefeller Foundation today announced its second class of U.S. Big Bets Fellows at Big Bets for America: Baltimore, a national convening designed to surface, accelerate, and scale the most ambitious solutions to the country's most pressing challenges. This year's 10 fellows -- working in California, Central Appalachia, Indiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, and West Virginia -- joins a growing network of homegrown leaders who are working to ensure that every American, regardless of their zip code, has a real shot at opportunity and prosperity.
Vulnerable communities across the country face mounting economic uncertainty, with far too many families cut off from quality, well-paying jobs and the economic mobility that defines the American Dream. The U.S. labor force participation rate is down to 61.9 percent -- the lowest level since 2021 -- and inflation rose nearly a full percentage point last month. This year's U.S. Big Bets Fellows are working to solve those challenges, channeling local ingenuity into bold, community-driven actions that are already generating results.
"With AI reshaping our economy more profoundly than the Industrial Revolution and too many Americans feeling left behind, this is the time to invest in outstanding local leaders who are advancing dignity in this country," said Dr. Rajiv J. Shah, President of The Rockefeller Foundation. "These 10 young leaders are forging unlikely partnerships and harnessing technological innovation to help connect Americans to jobs and opportunity. We are proud to support them and excited to see what they'll do."
Over the course of the five-month fellowship, The Rockefeller Foundation will provide the 2026 U.S. Big Bets Fellows with tailored programming, peer networking, and professional development designed to sharpen their theories of change, build cross-sector partnerships, and mobilize the resources needed to scale their solutions. This year's fellows are working on solutions including building workforce pathways and unlocking capital for underserved communities:
* California - Rachel Halfaker: Help under-resourced communities in California build essential infrastructure, including housing, clean energy, and broadband, by equipping community organizations and providers with AI tooling and protocols that drive down the cost and time of complex planning, financing, and approval processes.
* Central Appalachia - Andrew Crosson: Invest in climate-resilient businesses, community-owned projects, and anti-displacement efforts to create jobs and help communities in Central Appalachia build lasting wealth.
* Indiana - John McDonald: Create stable, well-paying jobs in Indiana by turning real industry challenges into new companies, connecting employers, entrepreneurs, and research to build and scale ventures rooted in regional demand.
* Massachusetts - Rohan Sandhu: Create a robust evidence base for local economic development and turn lessons from individual experiments into system wide learning, so communities across the United States can use what works to create good jobs and lasting prosperity.
* National - Lourdes German: Help distressed communities across the United States access public, private, and philanthropic capital, investing in locally driven projects that strengthen long-term economic opportunity, produce quality jobs, and other place-based outcomes.
* New Jersey - Chid Liberty: Reignite the American Dream by making paid apprenticeships the default path to a well-paying career -- especially for returning citizens, Veterans, and those experiencing housing instability who have been locked out of traditional pathways.
* New York - Angela N. Son: Help jobseekers in New York access well-paying clean energy career pathways by creating an easy-to-use, navigable database of training programs and relevant certifications.
* North Carolina - Shalin Jyotishi: Build the capacity of America's community colleges to connect low-income students to the jobs created and shaped by emerging technologies, regional innovation ecosystems, and tech-based economic development.
* Ohio - Serena Jezior: Transform how job seekers in Cleveland, Ohio connect with quality employers and jobs, using AI to align their core interests and innate skills for longer-lasting career opportunities.
* Tennessee - Marshall Scott Ogier: Help residents in Memphis, Tennessee -- especially those facing barriers like low income, childcare, and transportation -- secure stable, living-wage jobs by connecting fragmented workforce efforts into one coordinated system of training, supports, and employer-linked opportunities.
The 2026 Fellows were announced during Big Bets for America: Baltimore, part of a national series of convenings that together reflect how American leaders -- spanning philanthropy, policy, private sector, and non-profits -- can come together to tackle the most pressing challenges and scale innovative solutions nation-wide. The events celebrate ingenuity, mobilize cross-sector leadership, and translate local progress into national momentum.
The 2026 U.S. Big Bets Fellowship builds on the momentum of its inaugural class, announced in May 2025, which brought together 11 fellows from Alaska to West Virginia working on everything from Food is Medicine initiatives to Indigenous economic development. Those fellows are now deepening their impact -- refining their approaches, forging new partnerships, and demonstrating that local solutions, when properly supported, can achieve national scale. The 2026 U.S. Big Bets Fellows also join previous classes for Latin America and Asia-Pacific, which were announced in 2024 and 2025, respectively.
"This fellowship showed me what it looks like when people doing this work actually find each other," said Colby Hall, 2025 U.S. Big Bet Fellow and Director of Regional Economic Development at Craft Philanthropy. "The relationships I built with this cohort are ones I'll be leaning on for years to come."
Since its founding in 1913, The Rockefeller Foundation has worked across political, sectoral, and community lines to deliver results for people across the United States. Since 2005, the Foundation has invested nearly $3 billion in the United States -- across every state -- to advance Food is Medicine initiatives, and efforts to expand economic opportunity for all. This includes a $300 million commitment to America's future over the past three years.
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About The Rockefeller Foundation
Investing $30 billion over the last 113 years to promote the well-being of humanity, The Rockefeller Foundation is a pioneering philanthropy built on unlikely partnerships and innovative solutions that deliver measurable results for people in the United States and around the world. We leverage scientific breakthroughs, artificial intelligence, and new technologies to make big bets across energy, food, health, and finance, including with our public charity, RF Catalytic Capital (RFCC). For more information, sign up for our newsletter at www.rockefellerfoundation.org/subscribe and follow us on X @RockefellerFdn, Instagram @rockefellerfdn, and LinkedIn @the-rockefeller-foundation.
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Original text here: https://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/news/rockefeller-foundation-announces-second-class-us-big-bets-fellows-baltimore-convening/
Reed & Perrine Lawn Products Workers Escape Union After Fighting Frivolous Union Delay Tactics
SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, April 22 -- The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation posted the following news release:
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Reed & Perrine Lawn Products Workers Escape Union After Fighting Frivolous Union Delay Tactics
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After workers requested union removal vote in 2024, union bosses blocked the vote for a year and a half using specious allegations
Manalapan Township, NJ (April 22, 2026) - After a year-and-a-half delay caused by frivolous union legal tactics, employees at Reed & Perrine Lawn Products (a division of The Andersons, Nasdaq: ANDE) have finally succeeded in removing United
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SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, April 22 -- The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation posted the following news release:
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Reed & Perrine Lawn Products Workers Escape Union After Fighting Frivolous Union Delay Tactics
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After workers requested union removal vote in 2024, union bosses blocked the vote for a year and a half using specious allegations
Manalapan Township, NJ (April 22, 2026) - After a year-and-a-half delay caused by frivolous union legal tactics, employees at Reed & Perrine Lawn Products (a division of The Andersons, Nasdaq: ANDE) have finally succeeded in removing UnitedFood and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 152 union officials from power at their workplace. Reed & Perrine employee Christine Bradach kicked off the effort among her coworkers to remove the UFCW union in November 2024 when she filed a decertification petition at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Bradach received free legal aid from National Right to Work Foundation staff attorneys in filing her petition.
The NLRB is the federal agency responsible for enforcing private sector labor law, a task that includes administering elections to install (or "certify") and remove (or "decertify") unions. Bradach's petition contained employee signatures well in excess of the threshold required to prompt the NLRB to hold a decertification election. Bradach's work unit includes production department and shipping department employees at Reed & Perrine Lawn Products.
Almost immediately after Bradach had filed her petition, UFCW union bosses filed so-called "blocking charges" to stop the vote from happening. Blocking charges are unproven allegations of employer misconduct that union officials file in order to delay or derail an employee-requested union decertification election. Blocking charges often have little or nothing to do with employees' reasons for wanting to vote out a union, yet NLRB officials will frequently delay decertification elections for months or years without even holding a hearing into the charges' veracity or connection to employee dissatisfaction.
In Bradach's case, NLRB Region 22 blocked Bradach and her coworkers' requested vote based on UFCW officials' blocking charges. Almost a year and a half later, UFCW union officials withdrew the blocking charges - presumably because the NLRB communicated that it would finally dismiss them for having no merit. Immediately after NLRB Region 22 announced it would finally take up Bradach's petition, UFCW Local 152 officials announced they were "disclaiming interest" in continuing their control over the facility - in other words, leaving the facility immediately to avoid an employee vote that would have likely ended in a lopsided loss for the union.
UFCW Union Officials Continued to Take Dues While Blocking Removal Vote
New Jersey lacks Right to Work protections for its private sector employees. This means UFCW union officials had the power to enforce contracts that required Reed & Perrine employees to pay money to the union or be fired. In contrast, in states that have Right to Work laws, union membership and all union financial support are strictly voluntary.
"My colleagues and I had had it with the UFCW, but they stuck around in the workplace after we made it clear we no longer wanted the union," commented Bradach. "It's a farce for them to claim they 'represented' us, especially when they were actively trying to block us from just having a vote on whether we wanted to continue with the union. My colleagues and I are glad we're finally free."
Trump NLRB Urged to Eliminate 'Blocking Charge' Policy
The Foundation has pressed the NLRB for years to end its non-statutory blocking charge policy. The Foundation has instead advocated for a return to the Election Protection Rule, which prevented many aspects of blocking charge-related gamesmanship before the Biden NLRB overturned it in 2022. Under the Election Protection Rule, allegations of misconduct related to a union decertification election could not block employees from exercising their right to vote. In most cases, the Rule permitted the immediate release of the vote tally as opposed to ordering ballots to be impounded during litigation over blocking charges.
"As Ms. Bradach's case shows all too well, the 'blocking charge' policy just incentivizes union officials to act cynically and opportunistically while the rights of the workers they claim to 'represent' suffer," commented National Right to Work Foundation President Mark Mix. "An approach that is more protective of workers' rights is found in the Election Protection Rule, which mandates that allegations over interference be dealt with after employees have had a chance to exercise their right to vote.
"The Trump NLRB should work quickly to protect workers' freedom of choice from restrictive and unreasonable doctrines like the 'blocking charge' policy, which serve only to empower union special interests to the detriment of the rights of rank-and-file workers," added Mix.
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The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation is a nonprofit, charitable organization providing free legal aid to employees whose human or civil rights have been violated by compulsory unionism abuses. The Foundation, which can be contacted toll-free at 1-800-336-3600, assists thousands of employees in about 200 cases nationwide per year.
Posted on Apr 22, 2026 in News Releases
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Original text here: https://www.nrtw.org/news/reed-perrine-bradach-ufcw-04222026/
Congress Rightfully Moves Forward on National Data Privacy Framework, Says ITIF
WASHINGTON, April 22 [Category: Computer Technology]-- The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation posted the following news release:
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Congress Rightfully Moves Forward on National Data Privacy Framework, Says ITIF
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WASHINGTON-In response to House Energy and Commerce Committee Vice Chairman John Joyce (R-PA) introducing the SECURE Data Act, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), the leading think tank for science and technology policy, issued the following statement from Vice President Daniel Castro:
Congress should move forward with legislation like the
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WASHINGTON, April 22 [Category: Computer Technology]-- The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation posted the following news release:
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Congress Rightfully Moves Forward on National Data Privacy Framework, Says ITIF
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WASHINGTON-In response to House Energy and Commerce Committee Vice Chairman John Joyce (R-PA) introducing the SECURE Data Act, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), the leading think tank for science and technology policy, issued the following statement from Vice President Daniel Castro:
Congress should move forward with legislation like theSecure Data Act. It reflects the right approach to federal privacy-establishing a clear, consistent national framework that prioritizes meaningful consumer data protections. For too long, Congress has delayed action while the stakes have only grown. This bill moves the conversation in a more practical direction, focusing on real safeguards rather than recreating the burdensome, box-checking compliance regime seen under GDPR.
Contact: Nicole Hinojosa, press@itif.org
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Original text here: https://itif.org/publications/publications/2026/04/22/congress-rightfully-moves-forward-on-national-data-privacy-framework-says-itif/
Breakthrough T1D Celebrates Approval of Tzield for Use in Young Children to Delay the Onset of Insulin-Dependent Type 1 Diabetes
NEW YORK, April 22 -- Breakthrough T1D (formerly JDRF) a non-profit dedicated to funding type 1 diabetes research, posted the following news release:
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Breakthrough T1D Celebrates Approval of Tzield for Use in Young Children to Delay the Onset of Insulin-Dependent Type 1 Diabetes
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NEW YORK, April 22, 2026 -Breakthrough T1D, formerly JDRF, the leading global type 1 diabetes (T1D) research and advocacy organization, applauds today's decision by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to approve Sanofi's Tzield (teplizumab-mzwv) for use in children ages one and older to delay the onset
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NEW YORK, April 22 -- Breakthrough T1D (formerly JDRF) a non-profit dedicated to funding type 1 diabetes research, posted the following news release:
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Breakthrough T1D Celebrates Approval of Tzield for Use in Young Children to Delay the Onset of Insulin-Dependent Type 1 Diabetes
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NEW YORK, April 22, 2026 -Breakthrough T1D, formerly JDRF, the leading global type 1 diabetes (T1D) research and advocacy organization, applauds today's decision by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to approve Sanofi's Tzield (teplizumab-mzwv) for use in children ages one and older to delay the onsetof insulin-dependent T1D. Tzield, the world's first disease-modifying therapy for T1D, was approved by the FDA in 2022 to safely delay the progression of T1D from stage 2 to stage 3, when insulin therapy is required, in individuals 8 and older. Today's announcement marks a pivotal milestone for the T1D community, advancing disease-modifying care and extending new hope to young children with stage 2 T1D who are often at high risk of rapidly progressing to insulin-dependent T1D.
"Tzield's approval for use in children ages one and older marks a defining moment in the treatment of type 1 diabetes," said Aaron Kowalski, Ph.D., Breakthrough T1D CEO. "By expanding the population eligible for this disease-modifying drug, we are taking a meaningful step toward changing the trajectory of type 1 diabetes. Intervening earlier and slowing the disease's progression will provide the gift of time to young children and their caregivers, potentially improving lifelong outcomes. I am immensely proud of Breakthrough T1D's role in advancing the research that made Tzield possible. Breakthrough T1D applauds the FDA for today's important decision to expand Tzield's use and thanks Sanofi for its continued commitment to therapies for the type 1 diabetes community."
From its initial approval to today's expanded use, Tzield gives people in early-stage T1D the possibility of more years without the daily physical, emotional and financial burdens of the disease. By slowing the progression of T1D, Tzield also delays the onset of complications frequently associated with T1D including eye, kidney, nerve and heart disease.
"The expanded approval of Tzield is encouraging and highlights the importance of Breakthrough T1D's commitment to advancing next-generation disease-modifying therapies for type 1 diabetes that can change the lives of people with the disease," said Breakthrough T1D Chief Scientific Officer Sanjoy Dutta, Ph.D. "Today's decision underscores the critical importance of early detection of type 1 diabetes through screening. The promise of Tzield can only be realized when we can identify those who may benefit from the disease-modifying therapy through screening."
About Breakthrough T1D, Formerly JDRF
As the leading global type 1 diabetes research and advocacy organization, Breakthrough T1D helps make everyday life with type 1 diabetes better while driving toward cures. We do this by investing in the most promising research, advocating for progress by working with government to address issues that impact the T1D community, and helping educate and empower individuals facing this condition.
About Type 1 Diabetes (T1D)
T1D is an autoimmune condition that causes the pancreas to make very little insulin or none at all. This leads to dependence on insulin therapy and the risk of short and long-term complications, which can include highs and lows in blood sugar; damage to the kidneys, eyes, nerves, and heart; and even death. Globally, it impacts 9.5 million people. Many believe T1D is only diagnosed in childhood and adolescence, but diagnosis in adulthood is common and accounts for nearly 50% of all T1D diagnoses. The onset of T1D has nothing to do with diet or lifestyle. While its causes are not yet entirely understood, scientists believe that both genetic factors and environmental triggers are involved. There is currently no cure for T1D.
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Original text here: https://www.breakthrought1d.org/for-the-media/press-releases/breakthrough-t1d-celebrates-approval-of-tzield-for-use-in-young-children-to-delay-the-onset-of-insulin-dependent-type-1-diabetes/
