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: 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...
AUDIO: Vasu Jakkal, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Security, Compliance and Identity
(Redmond, WA, Wednesday, September 15, 2021) – Today, those with a Microsoft account can completely remove their passwords and instead opt to use the Microsoft Authenticator app, Windows Hello, a security key, or a verification code to sign-in to...
AUDIO: Dr. Dan Milner, Chief Medical Officer, ASCP
(Chicago, IL, Tuesday, September 14, 2021) – The healthcare workforce is overwhelmed by COVID. Pathology and laboratory professionals struggle to keep up with the increasing number of coronavirus tests that need immediate analysis. This means people with cancer...
AUDIO: Melinda French Gates, Co-Chair – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
(Seattle, WA, Tuesday, September 14, 2021) – The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation released its fifth annual Goalkeepers Report this week, with new data about the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on health and the global economy....