BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 27 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts issued the following statement on March 26, 2024: * * * The U.S. Supreme Court will today hear oral arguments in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, a case that could have serious effects on people's ability to access abortion and miscarriage care nationwide. The case could make it more difficult for people across the country to access mifepristone, a medication used in abortion and miscarriage treatme  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 27 -- Oxfam America issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: As Yemen enters its tenth year of war, its people face renewed airstrikes and a deepening economic crisis that risks pushing millions into starvation, Oxfam warns today. Today marks nine years since the escalation of the conflict in Yemen. A temporary UN-brokered truce expired in 2022 and, while it has largely held, recent Houthi military activity in the Red Sea and US and UK-led airstrikes ag  more

NEWTON, Massachusetts, March 27 -- Clean Water Action issued the following news release: Newton North High School is fighting plastic pollution by piloting a new reusable container program for schools. Students will have the option to opt-in for a reusable take-out container, rather than disposable food packaging, when purchasing food in the cafeteria. They can then return it to the school's designated bins where it will be washed and sanitized by cafeteria staff for reuse. The reusable contain  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 27 -- The Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association issued the following statement on March 26, 2024: * * * "Any potential transfer of Stewardship Health should center around the needs of patients and help stabilize -- not further harm-- the commonwealth's already fragile healthcare system. "We believe a transaction of this magnitude must be subject to a stringent and transparent approval process that invokes Massachusetts' best oversight tools - the very same  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 27 -- Reproductive Equity Now, an organization that says it advances reproductive justice and eliminates barriers to safe and legal abortion care, issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: The Supreme Court of the United States will today hear oral arguments concurrently in the consolidated cases of Food & Drug Administration v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine and Danco Laboratories v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, two cases concerning the U.S. Foo  more

WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, March 27 (TNSres) -- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution issued the following news release: * * * Working together, a deep-sea robot and human occupied submarine led the discovery * * * The pace of discovery in the oceans leaped forward thanks to teamwork between a deep-sea robot and a human occupied submarine leading to the discovery of five new hydrothermal vents in the eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean. Late last week, ocean scientists aboard the research vessel   more