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WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Susan G. Komen®, the world’s leading breast cancer organization, is deeply alarmed by the Trump Administration’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2026 (FY26) which would eliminate all funding for critical cancer prevention and control programs, including the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP), and significantly cut life-saving research at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), including the National Institutes of Health...

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ontario’s largest celebration of Deaf culture will serve as the backdrop for an update about the ongoing strike by CUPE 2073 members who work at Canadian Hearing Services (CHS). Hundreds are gathering for the annual Mayfest expo as workers who support Deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing Ontarians continue to fight to improve services. The press conference will also be livestreamed: https://www.facebook.com/events/1800144273891382/ WHAT: CUPE 2073 in-person and virtual...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--B.C.’s largest union is setting its agenda to tackle economic and political uncertainty head on to defend workers and public services. CUPE BC, the provincial division of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, kicked off its annual convention this evening in Vancouver. Karen Ranalletta, president of CUPE BC, opened the 3-day convention by thanking the union’s 100,000 members in the province for helping re-elect a progressive provincial government....

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Broker Action Coalition (BAC), the leading grassroots advocacy network representing independent mortgage brokers, brought energy and purpose to Capitol Hill this April. More than 125 mortgage brokers and industry professionals from across the country joined together to deliver a unified broker voice straight to the halls of Congress. From April 8–10, the BAC hosted its annual Advocacy in Action Fly-In—an event designed to amplify the voice of independent mortgag...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The nonprofit Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, which promotes the use of human-based research to improve health and replace animal use, enthusiastically supports the U.S. National Institutes of Health’s landmark commitment to prioritize innovative, human-based methods, like organoids, tissue chips, computational models, and real-world data analyses, while reducing animal use. “NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya’s historic announcement that the NIH will prio...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Latino Community Foundation (LCF): WHAT: The Latino Community Foundation (LCF) is hosting a virtual Latino Power Fund Town Hall: Resilience in Action — a powerful national conversation featuring five inspiring nonprofit leaders from across the country. They will reflect on the first 100 days of the new administration and spotlight the grassroots resilience rising from Latino communities. Through stories of compassion, strength, innovation, and fierce determinatio...

OTTAWA, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Cannabis Council of Canada today congratulated Mark Carney on his election victory. As the new government takes shape, the Council renewed its call for policymakers to address glaring gaps and shortcomings in the legal cannabis industry. “Canada likes to position itself as a global leader in legal cannabis – but since legalization in 2018, the federal government has failed this industry and the tens of thousands of hardworking Canadians it supports,” said P...

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Grant awarded to expand tools, advocacy and transparency to address abuse, neglect, and exploitation of older and disabled adults in long-term care....

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Barth Syndrome Foundation (BSF), the only patient advocacy organization solely dedicated to saving lives through education, advances in treatments, and finding a cure for Barth syndrome, today issued the following statement in response to learning the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will delay its decision on the New Drug Application for elamipretide as a treatment for Barth syndrome. “We are deeply disappointed by this further delay but remain hopeful the F...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Susan G. Komen®, the world’s leading breast cancer organization, today commended members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives for reintroducing the Access to Breast Cancer Diagnosis (ABCD) Act. This bicameral, bipartisan effort, led by Representatives Debbie Dingell (MI-12), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25) and Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) and Senators Jeanne Shaheen (NH) and Katie Britt (AL), aims to ensure that financial barriers do not stand in the way of...