WASHINGTON, June 1 -- A coalition of 29 nursing and health organizations has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency opposing the agency's current proposal to reconsider the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants related to ethylene oxide emissions from commercial sterilization facilities (Docket No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2019-0178). The groups urge the EPA to maintain the 2024 NESHAP standards, which they say provide critical protections against harmful EtO emissions that jeopardize public health, p more ST

EAST LANSING, Michigan, May 28 -- The American Board of Emergency Medicine issued the following news: * * * ABEM Approves Updated AEMUS Program Requirements Advancing Excellence in Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship Training - The American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) Board of Directors has approved revisions to the Advanced Emergency Medicine Ultrasound (AEMUS) Program Requirements. These forward-looking updates represent a collaborative effort across the Emergency Medicine and Ultrasound communities to strengthen fellowship training s more PR

OTTAWA, Ontario, May 29 -- The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives issued the following commentary on May 28, 2026, by Stuart Trew, director of the Trade and Investment Research Project: * * * CUSMA review comes into focus What Trump and the Democrats agree about the future of North American trade - In just over a month, North American governments are expected to decide the future of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA). More likely, they will decide how to decide that future. It's still not clear to anyone, probably U.S. trade neg more PR

WASHINGTON, June 1 -- The Great Lakes Environmental Law Center, Detroit, Michigan, and the Sierra Club submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency challenging the agency's proposed approval of Michigan's Reasonably Available Control Technology rules for the West Michigan ozone nonattainment areas under the 2015 ozone standard. The organizations argue that Michigan's proposed RACT regulations fail to comply with the Clean Air Act and therefore should not be approved as submitted (Docket No. EPA-R05-OAR-2024-0137 more ST

WASHINGTON, June 1 -- The Kresge Foundation, Troy, Michigan, has submitted a public comment letter to the Internal Revenue Service, addressing concerns about the current federal tax compliance requirements for tax-exempt organizations concerning their foreign investments. The letter, directed to the IRS as part of the request for input on the 2026-2027 Priority Guidance Plan, highlights the administrative burden and limited practical benefit associated with several foreign reporting forms, urging regulatory reforms to reduce costs and simplify  more ST

LANSING, Michigan, May 27 -- The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: * * * MDHHS awards $400,000 to expand, improve sickle cell care The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) has awarded nearly $400,000 for five projects to help increase care to individuals with sickle cell disease (SCD) through a competitive grant process. "The proposals selected demonstrate an understanding of the issues people living with sickle cell face in accessing the health care they need," said MDHH more PR

LANSING, Michigan, May 27 -- The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: * * * MDHHS director visits Grand Rapids Red Project to highlight innovative opioid harm reduction efforts funded by opioid settlement dollars Michigan among best-performing states nationally in reducing overdose deaths * Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) Director Elizabeth Hertel visited the Grand Rapids Red Project today to learn about the organization's innovative harm reduction strategies, supporte more PR

RESTON, Virginia, May 30 [Category: Medical] -- The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging issued the following news release: * * * New AI Approach Aims to Predict Radiation Dose Before Therapy in Advanced Prostate Cancer * Media Contact : Rebecca Maxey (703) 652-6772 rmaxey@snmmi.org Los Angeles - A new machine-learning approach for prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) treatment of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) could estimate radiation dose to tumors and healthy organs before therapy be more PR

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- The Ohio Nuclear Free Network submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) expressing serious concerns about the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the proposed Paducah Laser Enrichment Facility (PLEF) in Kentucky. The letter critiques the DEIS for its omissions and calls for a comprehensive evaluation of environmental and nuclear weapons proliferation risks associated with the laser enrichment technology proposed for the facility. The Ohio Nuclear Free Network notes that  more ST