BETHESDA, Maryland, March 14 -- The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists issued the following news release on March 13, 2024: The ASHP (American Society of Health-System Pharmacists) announced today 4,916 individuals matched with 2,200 pharmacy residency programs across the country in Phase I of ASHP's 2024 Pharmacy Residency Match. The Phase I results include an early commitment of 664 postgraduate year 1 (PGY1) residents who accepted a PGY2 position at their current program. With 5,  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release on March 13, 2024: The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today acknowledged Ramadan greetings delivered during the House Floor Session in the Maryland General Assembly on Monday, March 11, by State Delegate Tiffany Alston. Video: House Floor Remarks Welcoming Ramadan (https://www.youtube.com/wa  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, March 14 -- The Center for a Humane Economy issued the following news release on March 13, 2024: Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy applauded Reps. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., and Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., for leading an effort in Congress to phase out mink farming in the United States because of documented zoonotic-disease threats and demonstrably inhumane treatment of animals. Evenly divided by political party, original cosponsors of the Minks in Narrowly Kep  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, March 13 -- The Chesapeake Bay Foundation issued the following news release on March 12, 2024: Bipartisan legislation to extend programs essential to Bay restoration and other regional conservation efforts across the country cleared the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee today by unanimous voice vote. The America's Conservation Enhancement (ACE) Reauthorization Act would extend and set funding levels through fiscal year 2030 for the EPA Chesapeake Bay Program, t  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, March 14 (TNScapv) -- Humanity and Inclusion, an organization that says it promotes disability rights, rehabilitation and ensure people live, issued the following news release: * * * 25 NGOs call on governments to prioritize ceasefire and ground-based humanitarian aid as deaths from malnutrition and disease rise * * * Human rights and humanitarian organizations present on the ground in the Gaza Strip have reiterated since the start of the current escalation that the   more

BETHESDA, Maryland, March 14 -- The American College of Medical Genetics Foundation for Genetic and Genomic Medicine issued the following news release: Melissa A. Kelly, MS, CGC is the recipient of the 2024 ACMG Foundation Carolyn Mills Lovell Genetic Counselor Award. Ms. Kelly received the Lovell award for her platform presentation at the 2024 ACMG Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting, "Integrating genomic medicine into healthcare: Experience disclosing >5,000 clinically relevant results within th  more

BOWIE, Maryland, March 14 -- The Epilepsy Foundation issued the following news release: Outbound Pharma, a life sciences boutique firm specializing in business development and lead generation, is launching a charity campaign, "Meet for Epilepsy" to benefit the Epilepsy Foundation. "We are thrilled to collaborate with the Epilepsy Foundation for our quarterly give-back campaign," said Dr. Claudio Rota, founder and managing director at Outbound Pharma. "With the "Meet for Epilepsy" campaign, we   more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, March 14 -- The Security Industry Association issued the following news release: The Security Industry Association (SIA) has appointed Wayne Dorris of Axis Communications to serve as the new chair of SIA's Cybersecurity Advisory Board. The SIA Cybersecurity Advisory Board (CAB) is a group of industry cybersecurity experts appointed by the SIA Board of Directors whose mission is to guide SIA members ahead of potential cybersecurity issues related to converged security m  more

HUNT VALLEY, Maryland, March 14 -- America's Public Television Stations issued the following news release on March 13, 2024: HUNT VALLEY, MD and ARLINGTON, VA - Sinclair Broadcast Group, LLC, a subsidiary of Sinclair, Inc. (NASDAQ: SBGI) and America's Public Television Stations (APTS) today announced that, in markets where Sinclair has deployed NEXTGEN Broadcast Service (ATSC 3.0) and a public television station has not, Sinclair will provide free carriage of a virtual channel from that public   more

CHEVY CHASE, Maryland, March 14 (TNSres) -- The American Society of Addiction Medicine issued the following ASAM Weekly roundup on March 13, 2024: * * * This Week in the ASAM Weekly "The War on Recovery" is a multi-part, year-long investigation into how the US makes it difficult to obtain medications for OUD. In this first installment, STAT News (https://email.asam.org/t/t-i-ejllldy-l-j/?_gl=1*1ms96q9*_ga*MjEwMDc2ODIxMC4xNzA5ODAzMjUx*_ga_SRVJ8V0QZQ*MTcxMDM5ODEyNC43LjEuMTcxMDM5ODI4OC4yOC4wLjA.  more

LAUREL, Maryland, March 14 -- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory issued the following news release: Three staff members at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, received honors for excellence in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) as a part of the Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA) at the 2024 BEYA STEM Conference, held Feb. 15-17. Career Achievement in Industry Award George Coles, an engineer in APL's Research a  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, March 14 -- Vietnam Veterans of America issued the following news release: Vietnam Veterans of America National President Jack McManus presented VVA's 2024 legislative priorities and policy initiatives on March 13, 2024, before the joint hearing of the House and Senate Veterans' Affairs Committees. In his testimony, McManus highlighted several of VVA's top legislative priorities and policy initiatives: * Assure full funding of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency so   more