CHEVY CHASE, Maryland, Dec. 1 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Society of Addiction Medicine posted the following news release: * * * ASAM Statement on Passage of the SUPPORT Reauthorization Act * Congress' reauthorization of SUPPORT is a needed step to address America's addiction crisis, but the administration's weakening of SAMHSA casts doubts on if this funding will reach addiction treatment clinicians on the frontlines Further legislation is also needed to expand and strengthen   more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Dec. 1 [Category: Health Care] -- Humanity and Inclusion issued the following news release: * * * Civilian Casualties Remain Alarmingly High as Use of Landmines Spreads * Published on December 1, the Landmine Monitor 2025 reports at least 6,279 victims of landmines and explosive remnants of war in 2024, the highest annual figure since 2020, and a 9% increase from the previous year (5,757 casualties in 2023) amid grave concerns regarding the announcement by six States  more

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland, Dec. 1 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: * * * FRCE reestablishes repair capability in support of vital carrier delivery mission * A team at Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) stepped up to provide auxiliary power units to the U.S. Navy's last remaining C-2A Greyhound squadron when no other source could, supporting the continuation of the vital carrier onboard delivery mission. When evolving fleet needs required an extension   more

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland, Dec. 1 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: * * * From polar bears to precision strikes: McMechan's 40-year score * James McMechan counted polar bear points before he counted missile hits Growing up in Ames, Iowa, the future electronics engineer camped with his father through brutal Midwestern winters. Tents pitched on frozen ground. Thermometers plunging below zero. Boy Scout patches earned for enduring 100 nights of subfreezin  more

CHEVY CHASE, Maryland, Dec. 1 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Society of Addiction Medicine posted the following news release: * * * Guest Editorial -- Contingency Management Saves Lives: From Evidence to Action * By Lara Coughlin, PhD, and Allison Lin, MD, DFASAM With helpful feedback from Devin C. Tomlinson, PhD, Lan Zhang, PhD, H. Myra Kim, ScD, MPH, Gabriela Khazanov, PhD, James R. McKay, PhD, and Dominick DePhilippis, PhD For decades, contingency management (CM) has been the  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Dec. 1 -- Johns Hopkins Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals from Plastics Shown to Promote a Chronic Inflammatory Skin Condition * A Johns Hopkins Medicine study involving a dozen people with the inflammatory skin disease hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), which mostly affects skin folds, is believed to be the first to provide evidence that hormone-disrupting chemicals commonly found in ultra-processed food and single-use water bott  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Dec. 2 -- Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health issued the following Q&A with Detian Deng, senior data science manager for TikTok ads: * * * Alumni Spotlight: Detian Deng, ScM '13, MSE '17, PhD '18 Detian Deng graduated from Johns Hopkins University with his MSE in Computer Science in 2017, and with his ScM and PhD in Biostatistics from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in 2013 and 2018. Currently, Deng works as a Sr. Data Science   more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Dec. 1 [Category: Health Care] -- Humanity and Inclusion issued the following news release: * * * Joint Civil Society Statement on Ukraine's Unlawful Suspension of the Mine Ban Treaty * This statement has been signed by five humanitarian disarmament coalitions and 77 civil society organizations across 39 countries. As civil society coalitions and organizations working to reduce the catastrophic impact of war through humanitarian disarmament, we are deeply alarmed b  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Dec. 2 (TNSjou) -- The Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs issued the following news: * * * New Approaches Needed to Combat New Mosquito in African Cities The rise of an invasive mosquito species is forcing experts to rethink how human behavior and community trust shape disease control. * A new study in Malaria Journal, led by the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs and U.S. President's Malaria Initiative (PMI), warns that Africa's malaria fight  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, Dec. 2 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences issued the following news: * * * A New Algorithm Helps Track Calories Burned for People With Obesity NIH-supported researchers have created an open-source, machine learning algorithm (a free tool to study and understand data) that can be used in wrist-worn tools, such as smartwatches, to better track how many calories people  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Nov. 26 -- Johns Hopkins Medicine issued the following news release: * * * The Pterosaur Rapidly Evolved Flight Abilities, In Contrast to Modern Bird Ancestors, New Study Suggests * In a study of fossils, a research team led by an evolutionary biologist at Johns Hopkins Medicine suggests that a group of giant reptiles alive up to 220 million years ago may have acquired the ability to fly when the animal first appeared, in contrast to prehistoric ancestors of modern birds  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 1, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Raskin, Rep. Kamlager-Dove Demand FBI Director Kash Patel Reimburse Taxpayers, Produce Records After Using Government Jet for Personal Flights, Lavish Vacations, and Romantic Date Nights Democrats Expose Brazen Abuse of FBI Planes Amid Republican Shutdown and Pattern of Luxury Jet Abuse Across Trump Administration   more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Dec. 1 -- Johns Hopkins Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Study Shows Quitting Smoking Completely Is Best Way to Protect Your Health * In a study funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, new research from Johns Hopkins Medicine adds to existing evidence that smoking fewer cigarettes does not eliminate cardiovascular disease risk, and quitting entirely is the most effective strategy for improving health. Cigarette smoking is the leading p  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Dec. 1 [Category: Union] -- National Nurses United issued the following news release: * * * Union nurses to protest at Lafayette Square, demanding: "Don't let billionaires hog our health care!" * Nurses represented by National Nurses United (NNU), the country's largest nurses union, will be joined by allies including members of Congress for a protest at Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Dec. 3. After a rally with speakers, nurses and allies will mar  more