Public Policy & Government News

MUMBAI, India--(BUSINESS WIRE)--FLUX launches Second Chapter in India for Transgender & Non-binary Communities...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fifty Countries Strong: AHF ‘Keeping the Promise’ on World AIDS Day...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dr. Krishnan Suthanthiran and his TeamBest Global family of companies—recognized innovators in cost-effective technologies for the diagnosis/treatment of cancer and vascular diseases, including theranostics—have issued an open call for deeper collaboration with the Association of Radiation Oncologists of India (AROI). Suthanthiran founded the International Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ISTRO) under the Best Cure Foundation (BCF) and the Brachytherap...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CAGW named Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson its November 2025 Porker of the Month for demanding nearly $500 million in new taxes....

SYDNEY, NS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Long term care workers from Northside Community Guest Home, represented by Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) 1876, voted 97% in favour of a strike mandate, citing low wages and overwork due to understaffing as their main issues. “The last thing we want is to end up on strike,” admitted CUPE 1876 President Wanda Bond, “but the reality is that long term care workers are at their breaking point. Not just here, but across the province. We are stretched thin due...

LOCKEPORT, NS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Surf Lodge Long Term Care workers, represented by Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) 3257, voted 100% in favour of a strike mandate. CUPE 3257 is fighting for fair wages that acknowledge their pivotal role in the health care system and improved recruitment and retention to reduce mandatory overtime issues. “Every day, long term care workers, whether LPNs, CCAs, Cooks, Ward Clerks, or Laundry workers, come to work and play an instrumental role in taking car...

HALIFAX, NS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ivy Meadows long term care workers, represented by Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) 3618, voted 94% in favour of a strike mandate last week, joining a dozen other CUPE locals province-wide in their fight for fair wages and improved recruitment and retention. “It’s disheartening to know that we’re the lowest paid long term care workers in the Atlantic provinces and have the government do nothing about it,” admitted CUPE 3618 President Denise Tanner. “We’re...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A new Correspondence Letter in The Lancet HIV from AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) raises concerns that the World Health Organization’s recommended three-test system for HIV diagnosis—designed to avoid rare false-positive results—may unintentionally slow down how quickly people begin lifesaving HIV treatment. While the strategy aims to improve accuracy, many clinics lack the staff, supplies, and time required to carry out three separate rapid tests during a single...

ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Core & Main Updates Time of Fiscal 2025 Third Quarter Results Conference Call...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Foundation for the Development of Western Syria today sounded the alarm over a series of violent attacks carried out over the last seventy-two hours in the city of Homs, where armed bands operating under the protection of the Jolani regime conducted what witnesses have described as pogrom-style assaults on Alawite and Christian neighborhoods, as well as in Latakia, Baniyas, and Tartous. Although regime media has attempted to portray the attackers as “bedouins,”...