Wednesday, September 29, 2021 Dear PSA Director, In August, Congress passed a budget resolution, which laid the framework for the final recovery bill. Now, Congress is debating whether to extend the enhanced and fully refundable...
AUDIO: Amelia Kegan, Legislative Director, Domestic Policy, Friends Committee on National Legislation
(Washington, D.C., Thursday, September 23, 2021) – Amid both an ongoing pandemic and stubborn economic slowdown, Congress must pass an expansive recovery bill to revamp our economy and society—all paid for by making our tax...
VIDEO: Jason Hunter, Chief, FEMA Floodplain Management & Insurance Branch
(Atlanta, GA, Tuesday, September 21, 2021) – Peak hurricane season runs through late October, and as severe storms intensify across the country, residents in the Atlanta area need to understand their flood risk and take…
AUDIO: Vincent Abril, External Affairs Specialist, FEMA
(Washington, D.C., Tuesday, September 21, 2021) – Heavy rain from Hurricane Ida caused severe flood damage to homes in your area. As a result, thousands of people may be wondering how to begin the recovery...
AUDIO: Vincent Abril, External Affairs Specialist, FEMA
(Atlanta, GA, Tuesday, September 21, 2021) – With peak Atlantic hurricane season running until late October, and severe storms not showing any signs of slowing down, residents in the Atlanta area need to understand their...
VIDEO: Maria Kefalas, Patient Advocate, Professor, Philanthropist, and Author of Harnessing Grief: A Mother’s Quest for Meaning and Miracles, and Laura Adang, MD, PhD, Pediatric Neurologist at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
(London, UK, Monday, September 20, 2021) – This month, as advocates focus on bringing attention to all leukodystrophies, they are also working to raise awareness of one leukodystrophy in particular – Metachromatic Leukodystrophy or MLD….
AUDIO: Michael B. Poliakoff, President, American Council of Trustees and Alumni
(Washington, D.C., Friday, September 17, 2021) – A new report from the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA), Building a Culture of Free Expression in the Online Classroom, details how the rapid shift to...
AUDIO: Lindsay Clarke, Vice President of Health Education and Advocacy, Alliance for Aging Research
(Washington, DC, Thursday, September 16, 2021) – Vaccines have clearly been on everyone’s mind throughout the pandemic, but even more so now that the Delta variant is here and people are considering COVID-19 boosters. Additionally,...
(Washington, DC, Wednesday, September 15, 2021) – Following the FDA’s approval of the first Biologics License Application (BLA) for a COVID-19 vaccine (Pfizer-BioNTech), now is an important opportunity to reiterate that all of the COVID-19…
AUDIO: Dr. John Lynch, Board of Directors, American Urological Association, and a Prostate Cancer Survivor
(Baltimore, MD, Wednesday, September 15, 2021) – Other than skin cancer, prostate cancer is the most common cancer in American men. Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, studies have shown many men are missing...