SILVER SPRING, Maryland, April 22 -- The Association of University Centers on Disabilities issued the following news: * * * Advancing Autism Support in Georgia: Over a Decade of Progress and Advocacy The Autism Plan of Georgia envisions a future where all children with autism and related disorders have access to high-quality, family-centered, comprehensive, and coordinated services and supports. The Center for Leadership in Disability, housed within the School of Public Health at Georgia Stat  more

WASHINGTON, April 21 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR's Maryland Office Applauds 'Historic' UMD College Park Vote in Support of Divestment Referendum The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today applauded a historic vote by students at the University of Maryland College Park (UMD) last evening to pass a ballot referen  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, April 22 -- The Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs issued the following news: * * * Malaria Prevention Behaviors are Improving in Zambia, New Survey Finds "It's wonderful to see how well the investments in malaria ... made over the last decade or so are paying off," says CCP's Angela Acosta, the malaria technical advisor for the Malaria Behavior Survey. By Stephanie Desmon The most-recent Malaria Behavior Survey (MBS), led by the Johns Hopkins Center for Co  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, April 22 -- Johns Hopkins Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Older Adults Respond Well to Immunotherapy Despite Age-Related Immune System Differences Older adults with cancer respond just as well as younger patients to immune checkpoint inhibitors despite age-related immune system differences, according to a study by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and its Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, and the Johns Hopkins Con  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, April 22 -- National Nurses United issued the following news release: * * * New Orleans nurses deliver notice for third strike at University Medical Center Nurses at UMC say their third strike against management comes as contract negotiations remain stalled. Registered nurses at University Medical Center (UMC) in New Orleans, Louisiana, are preparing for a third strike amid on-going negotiations for a first union contract with LCMC Health. Nurses on the hospital's co  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, April 22 -- The Chesapeake Bay Program issued the following news: * * * Stakeholders' Advisory Committee member shares her thoughts on how to foster the next generation of environmental leaders Sara Ramotnik represents a new generation of Bay leaders By Alex LoCurto Sara Ramotnik works for the Choose Clean Water Coalition as a policy specialist, where she coordinates fellow non-governmental organization (NGO) partners from across the watershed to advocate for clean wate  more