CHEVY CHASE, Maryland, Feb. 10 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Society of Addiction Medicine posted the following news release: * * * ASAM Endorses Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act In 2024, Congress failed to provide meaningful financial relief for physicians who treat patients and seniors enrolled in Medicare. Lawmakers allowed payment cuts to go into effect as part of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) CY 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule   more

CHEVY CHASE, Maryland, Feb. 10 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Society of Addiction Medicine posted the following news release: * * * ASAM Submits Comments on 2026 Medicare Advantage & Part D Proposed Rule On January 27, ASAM provided comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding its calendar year 2026 Medicare Advantage (MA) and Part D proposed rule. ASAM recommends that CMS: * Finalize proposals to limit cost-sharing in MA and Medicare cost plans (cost   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR Calls on Md. Dept. of Public Safety and Correctional Services to Ensure Religious Accommodations for Muslim Inmates During Ramadan The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today issued a letter to the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Servic  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Feb. 10 -- Virginia Tech posted the following news: * * * Case by case, students learn problem-solving skills under returning professor More stories from the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine When Stefanie DeMonaco walks the halls of the Veterinary Teaching Hospital at Virginia Tech she is exactly where she wants to be - working directly with students and patients. Her return to Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, where she was a resident  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, Feb. 11 -- Cystic Fibrosis Foundation issued the following news release: * * * CF Foundation Responds to the National Institutes of Health Announcement to Limit Funding for Indirect Costs Protecting research is vital to ensuring people with CF can lead long, fulfilling lives. BETHESDA, Md. -- The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation issued the following statement in response to the recent announcement by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that it will set the reimbursement rat  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Feb. 11 -- The Entomological Society of America issued the following news release: * * * ESA Statement on the Growing Threat to Scientific Progress Annapolis, MD; February 10, 2025--At the Entomological Society of America, we have watched with growing alarm over recent weeks as actions by the federal government have threatened to severely derail scientific progress. While many outcomes remain unclear, funding freezes, travel bans, workforce reductions, data removal, shutt  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Feb. 10 -- Virginia Tech posted the following news: * * * Experts available: Impact of tariffs on steel, aluminum, confirmation votes, myths and facts about chocolate and your health, and more More stories from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences More stories from the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences More stories from the College of Science More stories from the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine The Virginia Tech media relations   more

HERNDON, Virginia, Feb. 11 -- The RV Industry Association issued the following news: * * * Impact of CARB's ACT Regulation On Motorhomes: What You Need To Know UPDATE 2/10/25: RV Industry Association, State Trucking Associations Address Advanced Clean Truck Rule Implementation The latest: The California Air Resources Board's Advanced Clean Truck rule has been adopted by ten other states across the country. Rules in Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, and Washington will take effect   more

LAUREL, Maryland, Feb. 10 [Category: Science] -- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory posted the following news release: * * * Johns Hopkins APL Program Helps Nation Protect Critical Assets in Space A digital engineering program developed by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, is helping U.S. space agencies protect satellites and other systems vital to national security. The APL-developed modeling, simulation and analysis tool leverages  more

CHEVY CHASE, Maryland, Feb. 10 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Society of Addiction Medicine posted the following news release: * * * The ASAM Weekly for February 5th, 2025 This Week in the ASAM Weekly Viewing harm reduction as a therapeutic approach to heal maladaptive attachments is a thoughtful concept, but it's not an easy one to convey ( Psychology Today ). Could we instead use a simpler message like "addiction is a relationship"? For example, certain types of use represent "  more