ATLANTA, Georgia, July 11 [Category: Medical] -- The American Cancer Society issued the following news release: Today the American Cancer Society (ACS) announced a new collaboration with Trial Library, Inc., and the Prostate Cancer Clinical Trials Consortium (PCCTC) to support a national initiative to accelerate the recruitment of Black patients to prostate cancer clinical trials. Despite declines in overall cancer mortality in the United States, deaths from prostate cancer in Black men repres  more

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on July 11, 2024: * * * Selectees will Partner with Local Unions for Projects Across 8 States * * * Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $1.7 billion from the Inflation Reduction Act to retool shuttered and at-risk manufacturing factories to produce electric vehicles (EVs). The funding will ensure almost a dozen factories across Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, and Virg  more

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- The Electrification Coalition, a group that facilitates the deployment of plug-in electric vehicles, issued the following statement on July 11, 2024: * * * On Thursday, the White House and the U.S. Department of Energy announced $1.7 billion from the Inflation Reduction Act to support converting 11 manufacturing facilities--all closed or at risk of closing--to manufacture electric vehicles and their components. The plants are located in Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maryla  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 11 -- The Georgia Public Policy Foundation issued the following news release: Choice and competition in the health insurance market are not only good for consumers, but providers as well. Background When Gov. Brian Kemp was sworn into office on January 14, 2019, the health insurance landscape in Georgia was dire. Since then, that landscape has seen dramatic improvements thanks to decisions that put the interests of our state and its citizens first. One-and-a-half terms  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 10 -- The Georgia Public Policy Foundation issued the following news release: The Georgia Public Policy Foundation has launched a Spanish-language website, as the Foundation expands its efforts to reach all Georgians. With over 1 million Hispanics calling Georgia home, compromising 10% of the state's population, this website seeks to embrace the diverse voices of Georgia to help strengthen state policy. "We invite Hispanics to join us in improving the lives of Georgians  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 11 -- The Georgia Public Policy Foundation issued the following news release: Most Americans get their health insurance from one of two providers: either through the government or from commercial health plans. While the government provides taxpayer-funded health insurance to seniors (Medicare) and to the low-income and disabled population (Medicaid), commercial health insurance is typically a benefit provided by employers or acquired by families and individuals on health   more

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 11 [Category: Medical] -- The American Cancer Society issued the following news release: A new study led by researchers at the American Cancer Society (ACS) finds four in 10 cancer cases and about one-half of all cancer deaths in adults 30 years old and older in the United States (or 713,340 cancer cases and 262,120 cancer deaths in 2019) could be attributed to modifiable risk factors, including cigarette smoking, excess body weight, alcohol consumption, physical inactivi  more