BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 8 -- Boston University School of Public Health issued the following Q&A on Dec. 7, 2023, with Jirair Ratevosian, master's degree in public health: * * * By Megan Jones Jirair Ratevosian (SPH'07) believes there ought to be more healthcare leaders in the halls of Congress. With over 20 years of practice in the field of public health, Ratevosian is not shy to say science should be in the driver's seat when it comes to decision-making around health. He points out that  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Dec. 9 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: By Joan Tupponce In August 2011, Jimmy Webber carried out his solemn duty on a tragic scale: He was at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington when the caskets of 17 U.S. Navy Seals were being transferred to Arlington National Cemetery. Their helicopter had been shot down in the largest single-incident loss of American lives in Operation Enduring Freedom - Afghanistan. "I folded flags and carried tho  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release on Dec. 4, 2023: Last weekend, Donald Trump loudly proclaimed his promise to rip health care away from millions of Americans - saying Republicans 'should never give up' their goal of repealing Obamacare, and Californians are hearing how Republicans will help the disgruntled former president rip their health care apart. The San Diego Union-Tribune outlined the latest push to destroy the Affor  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news on Dec. 2, 2023: Today, America's Democratic governors voted to elect Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to serve as the new Chair of the Democratic Governors Association and Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly to continue to serve as DGA Vice Chair for 2024. The vote occurred at the DGA's Annual Meeting, held in Phoenix, Arizona. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy will remain in DGA leadership as Finance Chair. "I am honored to be the nex  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: MAGA Republicans stooped to new lows this week with their extremism, hypocrisy, chaos, and -- as President Biden would call it -- malarkey. In case you missed it: Donald Trump said the quiet part out loud and told Sean Hannity that he would be a dictator on day one if reelected. Trump also traded endorsements with high-profile Republicans who want to gut Medicare and Social Security. In the MAGA race to  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: Happy Monday and welcome to another week of MAGA Mike Johnson marching in lockstep with Donald Trump by using the People's House as a personal stage for Trump's campaign sequel. New reporting uncovered that Johnson wrote the foreword for a 2022 book that promoted several debunked conspiracy theories, including Pizzagate, and used homophobic slurs. Johnson has since doubled down on his support for the book  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 -- Protect Our Care issued the following news on Nov. 29, 2023: Last night, Donald Trump doubled down on his call to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), saying it would be "a priority of the Trump administration." This comes after a barrage of negative press (https://www.protectourcare.org/headlines-trump-calls-for-termination-of-the-affordable-care-act-putting-health-care-for-tens-of-millions-of-people-in-jeopardy/) for his call to "terminate" the ACA. In total, if the AC  more

RENO, Nevada, Dec. 8 -- The University of Nevada issued the following news release: "The University and NNIC work closely with the broader community to help connect me to people, systems, and insights and I realized early on that this is the kind of foundation that will help more individuals back home when I return." It took Dr. Hamza Asumah one night to fill out his application for the Mandela Washington Fellowship. After graduating from the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons and comple  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- The U.S. Agency for International Development issued the following statement on by Administrator Samantha Power: * * * Earlier this year, USAID joined the international disability community in mourning the loss of Judith "Judy" Heumann. Known as the "Mother of the Disability Rights Movement," Judy was a tireless advocate for persons with disabilities around the world and a personal hero of mine. During her time as the Department of State's first Special Advisor for Intern  more