WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- Accountable.US, an organization that says it conduct investigations to expose conflicts of interest, issued the following news release on Jan. 16, 2025: Yesterday, Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown filed a lawsuit against the rent-pricing algorithm company RealPage and eight corporate landlords in Maryland alleging the companies abused algorithmic pricing schemes to raise prices against renters. Government watchdog Accountable.US previously wrote to Attorney Gen  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release on Jan. 17, 2025: The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, announced today that it is hosting a community event for volunteers to participate in its 'MLK Day of Service' project to package and distribute brown bag lunches for unhoused people in Baltimore City. This year's event will feature special   more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Jan. 18 -- Johns Hopkins Medicine issued the following news release: The weather's frosty, pine mist floats on the wind, and the distinctive aromas of cozy fireplaces, seasonal baking and hot cider fill the air. But winter's scents aren't the only things being spread. Winter also marks the height of the respiratory virus season, a period of sniffles, sneezes, congestion, fever and other maladies brought about primarily by four pathogens: the respiratory syncytial virus (RS  more

CHEVY CHASE, Maryland, Jan. 17 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Society of Addiction Medicine issued the following news release: * * * KYSAM Pushes Back Against Potential Reinstating of Prior Authorization on Medications for OUD On January 10, the Kentucky Society of Addiction Medicine (KYSAM) sent a comment letter to Secretary Eric Friedlander of the Kentucky Department of Health and Family Services opposing the prospect of reinstating prior authorization on medications for opioid use  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 [Category: Science] -- The Food and Water Watch issued the following news release: * * * Message to Moore Administration: Nuclear is Not Clean Energy Legislation from Administration Promotes Huge, Ill-Advised Nuclear Buildout Today, Maryland Governor Wes Moore released new energy legislation that heavily promotes the buildout of new nuclear energy in Maryland. The Empowering New Energy Resources and Green Initiatives Toward a Zero-Emission (ENERGIZE) Maryland Act signifi  more

ADELPHI, Maryland, Jan. 18 -- The University of Maryland Global Campus issued the following news: University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC) faculty member Brandon Schweitzer spent most of November 2024 in Colombia working on a Fulbright Specialist Grant. Schweitzer focused on the link between corporate profitability and responsible environmental, social and governmental business practices in Latin America. Schweitzer, collegiate associate professor of accounting, was selected by the Fulbrig  more

TUCSON, Arizona, Jan. 17 (TNSres) -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: A team of astronomers led by University of Arizona researcher Catherine Fielder has obtained the most detailed images of a small galaxy and its surroundings, revealing features typically associated with much larger galaxies. The observations provide a rare, elusive glimpse into how small galaxies form and evolve, suggesting that the mechanisms fueling galaxy growth may be more universal than previo  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Jan. 17 (TNSres) -- The University of Baltimore issued the following news release: Social Equity in a Post-Roe Environment: Gender, Race, and the Rule of Law, a new book co-authored by The University of Baltimore Prof. Lorenda A. Naylor and Associate Prof. Heather Wyatt-Nichol, examines the many factors contributing to the U.S. Supreme Court's 2022 overturning of the nation's long-standing legal doctrine on access to abortion, Roe v. Wade, and the resulting upheaval which h  more

MACOMB, Illinois, Jan. 17 (TNSres) -- Western Illinois University issued the following news release: Western Illinois University is proud to celebrate the accomplishments of Onic Shuvo, an alumnus of our Master of Science in Physics program. Shuvo's research in astrophysics has led to significant achievements, earning him recognition in the international scientific community. Shuvo is now a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC). He is part of a project that   more