Friday - March 27, 2026

Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Maryland

8 items
150 Global Regulators, Health Authorities, Notified Bodies and Industry Partners Gather in Brussels for 2025 Combination Products in the EU
ROCKVILLE, Maryland, Jan. 31 -- The Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society issued the following news release: * * * 150 Global Regulators, Health Authorities, Notified Bodies and Industry Partners Gather in Brussels for 2025 Combination Products in the EU Brussels -- 30 January 2025 -- DIA and the Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society (RAPS) just wrapped "2025 Combination Products in the EU," a summit convening 28-29 January at the Radisson Grand Place in Brussels. With a focus on addres  more
AACOM Applauds Introduction of Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Reauthorization Act
CHEVY CHASE, Maryland, Jan. 30 -- The American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Legislation would extend critical grant funding for healthcare professional mental health * * * The American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) commends U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Todd Young (R-IN), Jack Reed (D-RI) and Roger Marshall (R-KS) for introducing the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Reauthorization Act. Ori  more
Auto Care Association Launches Sponsorship Bundles for ACPN, Women in Auto Care, YANG Communities
BETHESDA, Maryland, Jan. 30 -- The Auto Care Association issued the following news release: The Auto Care Association is excited to announce a new sponsorship opportunity for companies looking to support its most active and engaged individual-based communities: the Automotive Content Professionals Network (ACPN), Women in Auto Care, and the Young Auto Care Network Group (YANG). For the first time, companies can sponsor all three communities together through new sponsorship bundles, with tiered   more
CLINIC Disturbed By Implications of New Laken Riley Act
SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Jan. 30 -- Catholic Legal Immigration Network issued the following news release on Jan. 29, 2025: Today, President Donald Trump is expected to sign into law the Laken Riley Act which passed in Congress last week. The new law expands mandatory detention to include noncitizens merely accused -- not yet convicted -- of low-level crimes such as theft or shoplifting, as well as any crime that results in death or serious bodily injury. The bill also gives state attorneys gen  more
Gun Safety Advocates with Maryland Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action Joined By State Lawmakers and Community Partners to Advocate for Continued Progress on Gun Safety
NEW YORK, Jan. 30 [Category: Sociological] -- Everytown for Gun Safety posted the following news release: * * * Gun Safety Advocates with Maryland Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action Joined By State Lawmakers and Community Partners to Advocate for Continued Progress on Gun Safety ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Today, volunteers with Maryland Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, survivors of gun violence, and local organizations against gun violence were joined by state lawmakers includ  more
NMA Statement on Tuberculosis Outbreak
SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Jan. 31 -- The National Medical Association issued the following statement on Jan. 29, 2025: * * * Trump Administration Halts Health Federal Agency Reports as Kansas experiences tuberculosis outbreak * * * The Trump Administration has placed a hold on external communications from top federal health agencies including U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Institutes of Health (NIH), and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). This  more
Stripping Protections From Venezuelans Is a Betrayal of U.S. Values
SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Jan. 31 -- Catholic Legal Immigration Network issued the following news release: The Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC), condemns in the strongest terms the Trump administration's revocation of the Biden administration's extension of temporary legal protections for more than 600,000 Venezuelans seeking safety in the United States. "This decision is a betrayal of our nation's moral and legal obligations to protect those fleeing violence and persecution,"   more
Universities Space Research Association: Recent Study Assesses Strategies to Bring Back Water From the Moon
COLUMBIA, Maryland, Jan. 31 (TNSjou) -- The Universities Space Research Association issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. and Houston, TX--January 30, 2025. In a recent study, researchers from the University of New Mexico and Universities Space Research Association's Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) examined the shadowed regions near the Moon's south pole to assess strategies for returning water ice and other volatiles from the Moon. They examined how sampling methods might imp  more