ROCKVILLE, Maryland, Jan. 15 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Society of Addiction Medicine posted the following news wrapup: * * * The ASAM Weekly for January 13, 2026 Experience would tell us not to make predictions for 2026, but let's try to make sense of the evidence anyway... Telehealth flexibilities have been extended for controlled substances, and an exception for buprenorphine inductions has been made permanent ( ASAM ). Teenage alcohol and substance use continue to remain at more PR

TORONTO, Ontario, Jan. 14 -- The University of Toronto posted the following news: * * * Christopher Essert named dean of the Henry N.R. Jackman Faculty of Law * Christopher Essert - a professor, legal scholar and theorist - has been appointed dean of the University of Toronto's Henry N.R. Jackman Faculty of Law. A widely published researcher in private law, property and tort theory, as well as legal and political philosophy, Essert will serve in the role from Feb. 1, 2026 to Dec. 31, 2030. more PR

PARIS, France, Jan. 14 [Category: Media] -- Reporters Without Borders issued the following news: * * * One year into Trump's second term: increasingly repressive US president on track to join ranks of world's worst press freedom predators * After winning re-election in 2024, Donald Trump promised to be a dictator "on day one." When it comes to press freedom, he has kept his word, extending the war on the press he launched while running for his first term with grave attacks on access to relia more PR

BEDFORD PARK, Australia, Jan. 15 -- Flinders University posted the following news: * * * Reporting harassment 'not worth it' * Despite recent legal reforms and increased emphasis on upholding workplace conduct policies, most people who experience sexual harassment at work still do not report it. Two new studies from Flinders University suggest that it is not just the fear of retaliation that stops people from speaking, but also feeling unsupported by systems that will not protect them. T more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Rep. Blake Moore, R-Utah, issued the following news release: * * * Representatives Blake Moore, John Moolenaar Introduce Legislation to Prevent Foreign Adversaries from Abusing American Surrogacy Industry * WASHINGTON -Representatives Blake Moore (R-UT) and John Moolenaar (R-MI), Chairman of the Select Committee on China, introduced legislation to prevent foreign adversarial nations from abusing the American surrogacy industry to obtain U.S. citizenship for their child more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 [Category: Political] -- Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly the NARAL Pro-Choice America) posted the following news release: * * * Reproductive Freedom for All Responds to Senate Republicans' Sham Hearing Recycling Disinformation About Medication Abortion * Washington, DC - Today, the GOP-led Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) held a sham hearing to recycle lies and debunked claims about mifepristone-a safe and effective medication that  more PR

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Jan. 14 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: * * * Even threat of Federal Reserve's independence can imperil accountability, says expert Federal prosecutors reportedly have opened a criminal investigation into whether Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell lied to Congress about the scope of the central bank's renovation of its Washington, D.C. headquarters. The investigation, approved by a longtime ally of President Trump, "marks a critical test of central bank inde more PR