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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Leaders Convene in NYC at ‘National Conference on Rent Control and Tenant Rights’...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AHF Launches Statewide Campaign Urging Full Restoration of Florida's AIDS Drug Assistance Program...

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CUPE Ontario’s Health Care Workers Coordinating Committee (HCWCC) held a round table discussion with MPPs at Queen’s Park today. The discussions focused on the challenges facing long-term care and retirement home workers in Ontario. The Covid-19 pandemic shone a light on Ontario’s long-term care and retirement home sector in a way that nothing else was able to before. The clear pitfalls of understaffing, lack of necessary resources, and health and safety concerns which...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CCAGW encourages Congress to support the enactment of H.R. 8293, the Abolish the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation Act....

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--American voters overwhelmingly trust independent doctors and scientists on vaccines, prefer candidates who support vaccine access, and want immunization recommendations free of political interference, according to a new national poll. The survey – conducted April 1-3, 2026, by Echelon Insights among 1,012 voters in the likely electorate – comes at a time when changes in vaccine policy and federal guidance are commanding increased national attention. The findings sug...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, the Goldman Environmental Foundation announced six recipients of the 2026 Goldman Environmental Prize, the world’s foremost award for grassroots environmental activists: Iroro Tanshi, Borim Kim, Sarah Finch, Theonila Roka Matbob, Alannah Acaq Hurley, and Yuvelis Morales Blanco. Awarded annually to environmental heroes from each of the world’s six primary regions, the Goldman Environmental Prize honors the achievements and leadership of grassroots environme...

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The postponement of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan’s (BCBSM) proposed reimbursement policy affecting evaluation and management (E/M) services billed with modifier 25 marks a critical step in safeguarding accurate physician reimbursement, reducing administrative burden and protecting patient access to timely, high-quality care. The decision, announced April 15, follows significant feedback from osteopathic physicians and organized medicine regarding the policy’s ope...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles (AAGLA) announced on Friday that it had prevailed in its lawsuit against the City of Los Angeles seeking to overturn the city’s Ordinance No. 187764 (“Relocation Assistance Ordinance”), which forced rental housing providers to pay substantial relocation fees when implementing a rent increase exceeding a specified amount on housing legally exempt from local and state rent stabilization rules. In its lawsuit, AAGLA arg...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Susan G. Komen®, the world’s leading breast cancer organization, applauds the introduction of the Breast Cancer Research Stamp Reauthorization Act of 2026 and urges swift passage to secure continued vital research funds. The legislation, introduced by Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Senator Ashley Moody (R-FL), Representative Beth Van Duyne (R-TX-24) and Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-25), would allow the continuation of an important source for breast can...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The National Association for Veterans Rights (NAVR) today applauds the Commonwealth of Virginia and the State of Mississippi for enacting new laws designed to strengthen consumer protections for Veterans while preserving their right to choose how they seek assistance with their earned disability benefits. With the signing of Virginia’s Senate Bill 315, the “Safeguarding American Veteran Empowerment Act (SAVE),” and Mississippi’s House Bill 1076, the “Preserving Lawf...