COLUMBIA, Maryland, Feb. 5 -- The Foundation Fighting Blindness issued the following news: * * * Foundation Fighting Blindness Hosting Webinar for Eye Care Professionals: Gene Therapies for Inherited Retinal Diseases: The Nuts and Bolts, Challenges, and Opportunities The free, online event at 7 p.m. ET on March 13, 2025, will feature presentations from Christine Kay, MD, Vitreoretinal Associates in Gainesville, Florida, and Thomas Mendel, MD, PhD, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.   more

COLUMBIA, Maryland, Feb. 5 -- The Universities Space Research Association issued the following news release: * * * Grand Canyons of the Moon Washington, D.C., and Houston, TX--February 4, 2025. In a significant discovery, a team of scientists at the Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI), an institute of the Universities Space Research Association (USRA), found that two immense canyons hidden in the lunar far side are similar in width and depth to the Earth's Grand Canyon. The findings were publ  more

UPPER MARLBORO, Maryland, Feb. 5 -- The AFL-CIO International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers issued the following news release: * * * IAM Union Urges Stronger Airline Worker Protections After Latest Serious On-Job Incident CHICAGO, Feb. 3, 2025 -- Following a weekend incident at O'Hare International Airport in which an International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) Union ramp worker at United Airlines was seriously injured in a collision between a plane a  more

LAUREL, Maryland, Feb. 4 [Category: Science] -- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory posted the following news release: * * * International Team Readies the Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe for Launch The final instrument set to fly on NASA's Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) -- currently coming together at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland -- has been integrated onto the spacecraft. The IMAP mission will ob  more

NEW YORK, Feb. 5 -- New York Civil Liberties Union issued the following statement on Feb. 4, 2025: * * * Two New York City hospital systems reportedly canceled appointments for young patients seeking gender-affirming care following President Trump's executive order threatening federal funding cuts to providers of such services. Another hospital system has reportedly removed information about care for transgender youth from its website. Today, the ACLU, the ACLU of Maryland, Lambda Legal, and t  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Feb. 5 -- The National Medical Association issued the following news release: * * * NMA Statement on Serious Public Health Concerns - Black Physicians Express Concern Over Policy Changes Black Physicians Express Concern Over Policy Changes Statement attributable to: Virginia A. Caine, MD 125th President, National Medical Association The National Medical Association (NMA) stands firm in advocating for health care access for Black Americans. We have been consistent   more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Feb. 5 -- The National Information Standards Organization issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2025: * * * RDA-US and NISO to Collaborate on US National PID Strategy The Research Data Alliance-United States (RDA-US) and the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) announced today their intent to collaborate in the development of an ANSI/NISO standard for a US national Persistent Identifier (PID) strategy. The Working Group formed to achieve this goal wil  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Feb. 4 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: * * * Roger Ramirez-Barrios wins 2024 Zoetis Distinguished Veterinary Teacher Award More stories from the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine Roger Ramirez-Barrios, clinical associate professor of veterinary parasitology, has been awarded the 2024 Zoetis Distinguished Veterinary Teacher Award. The award recognizes faculty members demonstrating exceptional leadership, character, and teaching ability while  more

TAKOMA PARK, Maryland, Feb. 5 -- The Chesapeake Climate Action Network issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2025: * * * Violation-Riddled MVP Developer Submits Request to Alter Southgate Pipeline CCAN highlight: "Mountain Valley Pipeline has spent decades trying to break and bend the rules to rush through unnecessary, dangerous methane gas pipelines that put communities and vulnerable ecosystems at risk," said Victoria Higgins, Virginia Director for Chesapeake Climate Action Network.  more