ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, March 9 -- The Chesapeake Bay Foundation issued the following news release: Following a banner year for Chesapeake Bay oyster restoration and aquaculture, the Chesapeake Oyster Alliance (COA) this week announced it has recorded a new total of 6 billion oysters directly added to the Bay since 2017. COA's count aims to include all oysters directly added to the Bay and its tributaries through restoration and aquaculture. These efforts have now surpassed the halfway mark to th  more

CHEVY CHASE, Maryland, March 8 (TNSres) -- The American Society of Addiction Medicine issued the following ASAM Weekly roundup on March 7, 2024: Leaders from the National Institutes of Health are calling on researchers to participate in and benefit from the All of Us Research Program, an initiative leveraging big data and technology to bring precision medicine to diverse populations while addressing health disparities and inequities (Nature Medicine: https://email.asam.org/t/t-i-ewljlk-l-j/?_gl  more

ROCKVILLE, Maryland, March 9 -- The U.S. Pharmacopeia, an organization that says it focuses on building trust in the supply of safe, quality medicines, issued the following statement on March 8, 2024: * * * As a public standards-setting organization committed to safeguarding public health, the U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP) reviewed the recent Citizen Petition to the U.S. FDA by a third-party laboratory testing company. Its study described in the Citizen Petition found high levels of benzene, a known  more