CHEVY CHASE, Maryland, May 14 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Society of Addiction Medicine posted the following news release: * * * Advocacy Toolkit: Eliminate the Prohibition on the Prescribing of Methadone for OUD A Grassroots Toolkit for the DOJ Anticompetitive Regulations Task Force Request for Public Comment Advocacy Opportunity The Department of Justice (DOJ) Anticompetitive Regulations Task Force is seeking comment by May 27 on "laws and regulations that make it more diff  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, May 15 -- Disability Belongs (formerly RespectAbility) issued the following news: * * * Centering Disability in Long-Term Services and Supports By Nelly Nieblas Every day, millions of people across the United States rely on long-term services and supports (LTSS) to lead full and independent lives. These supports--ranging from in-home caregiving and personal attendant services to assistive technology and transportation--are not about comfort or convenience. They are abou  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, May 15 -- The Chesapeake Bay Foundation posted the following news release on May 13, 2025: * * * Chesapeake Bay Foundation Applauds Governor Moore for Signing Bay Legacy Act Today, in an exciting step for clean water and the local economies it supports, Governor Wes Moore signed the Chesapeake Bay Legacy Act (HB506) into Maryland law. This legislation, sponsored by the Governor in partnership with Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Department of Agriculture   more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, May 14 -- The Chesapeake Bay Program posted the following commentary: * * * A penny for your water quality Water-penny beetles play an important role in indicating clean water By Bianca Martinez Penn While they are physically small, the role water-penny beetles play in the Bay ecosystem is anything but that. Deriving its name from their penny-like appearance, water-penny beetles have a copper colored, circular shell that covers its extremities. This camouflages the inse  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, May 15 -- The National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild issued the following news release: * * * Immigration Advocacy Groups Sue ICE on Behalf of People Held Illegally in Inhumane Conditions in Baltimore Holding Cells The Amica Center for Immigrant Rights and the National Immigration Project filed a federal class action lawsuit on behalf of two women detained unlawfully and in inhumane conditions in holding rooms at the George Fallon Federal Building in B  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, May 15 -- Johns Hopkins Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Combining Laboratory Techniques Yields Wealth of Information About Deadly Brain Tumors Clinicians from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and four other institutions have demonstrated that doctors can gain a wealth of knowledge about a patient's cancer by using multiple laboratory techniques to study tumor tissue taken from needle biopsies of glioblastoma, a highly aggressive form of brain cance  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, May 15 -- Johns Hopkins Medicine issued the following news release: * * * People with Lupus Who Have Certain Antibodies Are More Likely to Experience Blood Clots, Researchers Find Scientists say 'anti-TFAM' antibodies are linked to thrombosis and mitochondrial damage in people with lupus Some patients with lupus who possess specific antibodies are at a higher risk of thrombotic events such as a blood clot, stroke or heart attack, a new study led by Johns Hopkins Medicin  more

CHEVY CHASE, Maryland, May 14 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Society of Addiction Medicine posted the following news release: * * * The ASAM Weekly for May 12th, 2025 This Week in the ASAM Weekly It can be a challenge for clinicians to be the catalyst for healthy behavioral change in people, especially at the population level. That's one reason why a special report from the International Agency for Research on Cancer is timely: reducing the incidence of cancer will depend on a redu  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- World Wildlife Fund issued the following news release on May 13, 2025: * * * WWF Statement on Maryland Extended Producer Responsibility Law Today, Maryland Governor Wes Moore signed a bill into law that establishes Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for plastic and packaging materials in the state. Maryland now joins several other states across the nation that have enacted Extended Producer Responsibility policies, which hold producers of packaging financially respon  more