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Award-Winning Documentary ‘Harm in the Water’ Launches Global Screening Tour to Spotlight Pollution and Community Health
Film confronts environmental hazards along the Mississippi River and other coastal areas and calls for investment in Community-led solutions NEW ORLEANS, LA, UNITED STATES, September 26, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Harm in the Water, the winner...

Governor Stein Urges General Assembly to Reverse Cuts to Medicaid
NORTH CAROLINA, September 25 - With Medicaid funding cuts going into effect next month because of the General Assembly’s inaction, Governor Josh Stein joined affected North Carolinians to urge the General Assembly to reverse the cuts by fully...

Governor Stein Urges General Assembly to Reverse Cuts to Medicaid
With Medicaid funding cuts going into effect next month because of the General Assembly’s inaction, Governor Josh Stein joined affected North Carolinians to urge the General Assembly to reverse the cuts by fully funding North Carolina’s Medicaid...

Attorney General Bonta Co-Leads Multistate Coalition in Filing Motion for Preliminary Injunction to Block Trump Administration from Defunding Planned Parenthood and Other Health Centers
OAKLAND — Co-leading a coalition of 22 attorneys general and the state of Pennsylvania, California Attorney General Rob Bonta today filed a motion for a preliminary injunction to block the Trump Administration from enforcing the “Defund Provision”...
Aging in Place, Limited Access to Medical Care and Economic Insecurity Threaten U.S. Senior Health
ORANGE, Calif., Sept. 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aging in place (64%), limited access to medical care (60%), and economic insecurity (51%) were cited by U.S. seniors as the top three barriers to their overall health, according to the 2025 Social...

Governor Stein On Medicaid Funding Impasse Between House and Senate
NORTH CAROLINA, September 23 - Today Governor Josh Stein released the following statement as the General Assembly fails to come together on a solution to fund Medicaid in North Carolina: “With no agreement in sight to fully fund our Medicaid...
AskBio Announces 6 Presentations at the European Society of Gene and Cell Therapy 32nd Annual Meeting
Research Triangle Park, N.C., Oct. 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- One oral presentation and five poster presentations will highlight exciting progress in AskBio’s pipeline and advancements in the company’s manufacturing technologies AskBio Inc....

North Carolina Licensing Board for General Contractors Names Anna Baird Choi as First Female Executive Director
Board’s Primary Legal Counsel for 20+ Years Steps Into Executive Director Leadership Role During 100th Anniversary Year RALEIGH, NC, UNITED STATES, September 10, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The North Carolina Licensing Board for General...

Governor Stein On Medicaid Funding Impasse Between House and Senate
Today Governor Josh Stein released the following statement as the General Assembly fails to come together on a solution to fund Medicaid in North Carolina: “With no agreement in sight to fully fund our Medicaid program, the General Assembly is...

AquaStar (USA) Corp Recalls AquaStar Raw Shrimp Skewers Because of Possible Health Risk
COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT When a company announces a recall, market withdrawal, or safety alert, the FDA posts the company's announcement as a public service. FDA does not endorse either the product or the company. Read Announcement View Product Photos...

AquaStar (USA) Corp Recalls AquaStar Raw Shrimp Skewers Because of Possible Health Risk
COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT When a company announces a recall, market withdrawal, or safety alert, the FDA posts the company's announcement as a public service. FDA does not endorse either the product or the company. Read Announcement View Product Photos...

AquaStar (USA) Corp Recalls AquaStar Raw Shrimp Skewers Because of Possible Health Risk
COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT When a company announces a recall, market withdrawal, or safety alert, the FDA posts the company's announcement as a public service. FDA does not endorse either the product or the company. Read Announcement View Product Photos...

AquaStar (USA) Corp Recalls AquaStar Raw Shrimp Skewers Because of Possible Health Risk
COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT When a company announces a recall, market withdrawal, or safety alert, the FDA posts the company's announcement as a public service. FDA does not endorse either the product or the company. Read Announcement View Product Photos...
Dentsply Sirona Appoints Aldo M. Denti as Chief Commercial Officer and Announces Customer-Centric Organization
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Oct. 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc. (“Dentsply Sirona” or the "Company") (Nasdaq: XRAY) today announced that Aldo M. Denti has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer (CCO),...

Washington joins state and local governments opposing EPA’s unsupported attempt to deny that greenhouse gases endanger public health
Washington, along with a coalition of other states and local governments, is opposing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposal to undo its landmark 2009 finding that greenhouse gas emissions endanger public health and welfare by...

First European Participants Randomized in AskBio Phase 2 Gene Therapy Trial of AB-1005 for Parkinson’s Disease
Research Triangle Park, N.C., Sept. 22, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AB-1005, a glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) investigational gene therapy, is being evaluated for the treatment of moderate-stage Parkinson’s disease in the...
Shattuck Labs Announces Participation in Upcoming Wedbush Securities Key Opinion Leader (KOL) and Company Panel
AUSTIN, TX and DURHAM, NC, Oct. 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Shattuck Labs, Inc. (Shattuck) (NASDAQ: STTK), a biotechnology company pioneering the development of novel therapeutics targeting tumor necrosis factor (TNF) superfamily receptors for...

LBMC Technology Industry Leader Aaron Hale Identifies Seven Critical Blind Spots for Private Equity Leaders
Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As private equity investment in technology and healthcare IT accelerates into the fall of 2025, Aaron Hale, Shareholder and Technology Industry Leader at LBMC, has issued a call for investors and...

Governor Stein Calls for Congressional Action on ACA Tax Credits to Keep Health Care Costs Down for Hundreds of Thousands of North Carolinians
NORTH CAROLINA, September 10 - Today Governor Stein called on Congress to extend the Affordable Care Act (ACA)’s enhanced premium tax credits beyond December 31, 2025, to protect North Carolinians from skyrocketing health care costs. Without...

Governor Stein Calls for Congressional Action on ACA Tax Credits to Keep Health Care Costs Down for Hundreds of Thousands of North Carolinians
Today Governor Stein called on Congress to extend the Affordable Care Act (ACA)’s enhanced premium tax credits beyond December 31, 2025, to protect North Carolinians from skyrocketing health care costs. Without congressional action, 157,000 North...