Targeted News Service logo

-- Preview Email Newsletter
Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Massachusetts Newsletter for 2024-03-22 ( 4 items )  
Ceres Supports Bipartisan FOREST Act to Build More Responsible Agricultural Supply Chains in the U.S. and Around the World (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 22 -- Ceres, a non-profit organization that is mobilizing many of the world's largest companies and investors to take stronger action on climate change, water scarcity and other global sustainability challenges, issued the following news release on March 21, 2024: On International Day of Forests, Ceres today announced its support for the FOREST Act, bipartisan federal legislation that would leverage U.S. trade policy to protect global biodiversity and the climate by more PR

Pigs Are Not Organ Farms for Humans: PETA Statement on Latest (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 22 -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following statement on March 21, 2024: * * * Please see the following statement from PETA Senior Vice President Kathy Guillermo regarding the transplantation of a kidney from a genetically engineered pig to a 62-year-old man at Massachusetts General Hospital: Pigs are not merely housing their organs until humans need them. Before we get carried away by the hype, it's worth thinking back to decades of fai more PR

Plaintiffs Urge Federal Court to Reverse Trump-Era Health Care Discrimination Rule (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 21 -- The National Women's Law Center issued the following joint statement on March 20, 2024, with 15 organizations: * * * Plaintiffs in Boston Alliance of LGBTQ+ Youth (BAGLY) et al v. HHS, a lawsuit challenging the Trump-Pence Administration's "Rollback Rule" undermining health care nondiscrimination protections contained in Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), filed a motion for summary judgment calling on the U.S. District Court for the District of Ma more PR

Tufts Medicine Announces Virtual-First Approach to Improve Access to Care (10)
BURLINGTON, Massachusetts, March 22 -- Tufts Medicine, an integrated health system that says it brings together academic and community healthcare to deliver accessible care experiences to consumers across Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Tufts Medicine announced a new Virtual-First initiative, powered by artificial intelligence (AI), that will enhance patient experiences and improve access to affordable, quality health care. Tufts Medicine patients will soon have access to a di more PR