CHEVY CHASE, Maryland, March 27 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Society of Addiction Medicine posted the following news release: * * * ASAM Joins Letter Urging US Senate to Protect Medicaid On March 26, ASAM and over 300 organizations sent a letter to U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune that called upon the Senate to reject the House-passed budget resolution. If passed, the House bill would lead to disastrous cuts across Medicaid, which is the single largest payer of mental health   more

CHEVY CHASE, Maryland, March 27 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Society of Addiction Medicine posted the following news release: * * * ASAM Statement on HHS Restructuring of SAMHSA, Addiction Programs ASAM urges HHS to appoint a leader with expertise in addiction medicine to coordinate critical substance use disorder initiatives across the federal government Rockville, MD (March 27, 2025) - In response to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) reorganization announc  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, March 28 -- The AFL-CIO Amalgamated Transit Union issued the following news release: * * * ATU Applauds Formation of King County Safety Task Force, Urges Other Transit Agencies to Do the Same ATU Local 587-Seattle, WA, Played Key Role in Bringing King County Metro, Politicians, Police, and Stakeholders Together to Push for Real Safety Changes for Workers and Riders Praising the formation of King County's new Transit Safety Task Force after the tragic murder of King   more

WASHINGTON, March 27 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR Action Alert: Join Emergency Interfaith Vigil in Annapolis Opposing Student Repression, Genocide (BALTIMORE, MD, 3/27/2025) - The Maryland Office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, urges the public to join interfaith groups in Maryland's capital of Annapolis on Thursday, Ap  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, March 27 -- The Chesapeake Bay Program issued the following news: * * * Certify your backyard habitat Habitat certification programs celebrate the unique ways your property is helping the environment You've spent countless hours transforming your backyard into a thriving habitat for birds, pollinators and other wildlife--now it's time to make it official! Backyard habitat certification programs recognize gardeners like you for creating eco-friendly landscapes that suppo  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, March 28 -- Humanity and Inclusion issued the following news release on March 27, 2025: * * * Statement: Israeli Airstrikes Intensify in Syria Amid Rising Regional Tensions Humanity & Inclusion (HI) expresses its deep concern over the recent Israeli airstrikes on Syria, which further destabilize an already fragile region and place civilians at grave risk. Danila Zizi, HI Country Director- Syria, says, "These events are linked to regional instability and ongoing host  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, March 28 -- The University of Baltimore issued the following news release: * * * Md. Sen. Emeritus Jill P. Carter to Deliver Commencement Address for UBalt School of Law, May 22 State Sen. Emeritus Jill P. Carter, J.D. '92, will deliver the Commencement address at The University of Baltimore School of Law's May 22 ceremony at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. A tireless advocate for civil rights and criminal justice, Carter has dedicated her career to ensuring that gov  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, March 28 -- National Nurses United issued the following news release: * * * NNU statement on HHS layoffs The nation's largest union of registered nurses provided the following statement in response to today's announcement of mass layoffs in the Health and Human Services department. "Registered nurses continue to be shocked and disturbed by the current administration's starving of critical public health care resources. "Our nation's public health depends on the dedi  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 [Category: Science] -- The Food and Water Watch posted the following news release: * * * Senate Committee Advances MD Bill Promoting Dirty Gas Buildout 50+ Marylanders rallied last month against dangerous buildout of gas infrastructure, including in environmental justice communities Annapolis, MD -- Today, the Maryland Senate Committee voted unanimously to advance HB1035/SB0937, the Next Generation Energy bill. The vote comes nearly a month after over 50 Marylanders joi  more

CHEVY CHASE, Maryland, March 26 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Society of Addiction Medicine posted the following news release: * * * The ASAM Weekly for March 25th, 2025 This Week in the ASAM Weekly Addiction is about (but not limited to) prevention, treatment, and surveys -- lots of surveys. Unfortunately, one of our best national surveys ( NSDUH ) is known for not capturing people who are homeless or unstably housed, missing a crucial population at high risk of co-using stimulan  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, March 28 -- Johns Hopkins Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Two Johns Hopkins Medicine Researchers Named 2024 Fellows of American Association for the Advancement of Science Two researchers from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have been elected 2024 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the largest scientific society in the world and publisher of the Science family of journals. James Berger, Ph.D., direc  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Vaccines and Autism Study Puts a Government Stamp of Approval on Quack Science WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has apparently selected a leading vaccine skeptic who has promoted false claims about immunizations to study the connection between vaccines and autism, according to news reports. David Geier, who Maryland regulators disciplined for practicing me  more