News by subject: AVO

According to data released by Power to Decide, an estimated 428,540 women living at or below 250% of the poverty level in Indiana live in contraceptive deserts, counties in which there is not reasonable access to a health center offering the full...

Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME) is calling on Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland propose a comprehensive plan to address major challenges facing manufacturers, including supply chain disruptions, trade protectionism, and severe labour...

The Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO) says the province's nursing crisis is spiraling out of control. Yet the Ontario government insists on keeping Bill 124, which nurses say is a slap in the face. RNAO will hold a media conference on...

Marineland of Canada Inc.'s educational presentation was designed by experts to provide Canadians with an accessible opportunity to learn about marine life.  Our animal presentation contains marine mammals undertaking behaviours they exhibit in ocean...

Many physicians sense that something is just not right about what is happening in medicine, states Jenny Powell, M.D., who became president of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) in October. "Now many of my colleagues...

There is an adage that says many cases are won or lost in the process of voir dire or jury selection. Lawrence Huntoon, M.D., Ph.D., who has been an expert witness in many trials concerning sham peer review, explains how the process works, in the...

The Economic Development Reform Coalition of Southern California - Redondo Beach ("EDRCSC - Redondo Beach") submitted over 6,600 signatures by residents of the City of Redondo Beach to the Redondo Beach City Clerk in support of The Redondo Beach...

Syndicated radio and TV host Mark Kaye's self-produced Christmas song entitled "Even Santa Hates Biden" broke into the iTunes Top Ten charts for worldwide downloads.   Mark Kaye announced during his radio show on Friday...

This coming week, The Satanic Temple ("TST") will seek a court declaration that TST's membership has a religious right to engage in their abortion ritual, challenging the Texas legislature's recent de jure abortion ban. The Satanic Temple argues...

On January 22, 2021, the Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet released the Call to Action on Anti-Racism, Equity and Inclusion in the Federal Public Service. I am pleased to share with you OSFI's open letter in response, which...

Today the American Council of Cannabis Medicine (ACCM) announced its proposed draft federal legislation and the start of discussions with sponsors in the House and Senate. ACCM leadership expects to onboard initial sponsors and advance the...

Rosetta Stone, the world's leading language learning brand, and HIAS, the international Jewish humanitarian organization, have extended their partnership to provide HIAS' refugee clients with free language learning software. Through the...

Health care workers at eleven long-term care facilities will begin escalating community actions across southwestern Ontario after talks with employers broke off.   ...

When America launched combat operations in Afghanistan in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, public support for the decision ran as high as 93 percent. Fast-forward to today and the war's enormous human and financial costs have caused a substantial shift...

American billionaires have been paying tax on just a tiny fraction of their income, if any at all, at a rate much lower than the average person struggling to live paycheck to paycheck, according to a report published in June by the non-profit...

"Over the past several days, there has been a sharp increase in the number of daily new cases of COVID-19 in Ontario and a significant increase in the proportion of those cases made up by the highly transmissible Omicron variant. These are very...

On the heels of an investigation by Last Chance for Animals (LCA), an Ontario police department said this week it is investigating two complaints against Marineland of Canada over how the facility uses whales and dolphins in public appearances. LCA...

According to an analysis released today by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the costs of making key provisions in the Build Back Better Act (BBBA, H.R.5376) permanent would increase budget deficits by $3 trillion over the 2022-2031...

The following statement was issued by Dan Stein, president of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), in response to the Maryland General Assembly's override of Gov. Larry Hogan's veto of H.B. 16, a bill that bars state law enforcement...

Dan Stein, president of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), issued the following statement after the New York City Council approved a bill to let noncitizens vote in citywide elections:...

Representatives Daniel Meuser (PA-09), John Moolenaar (MI-04), Billy Long (MO-07) and Vicky Hartzler (MO-04) have introduced HR 6230, the USA Batteries Act, legislation that would amend the recently passed infrastructure law to eliminate the...

The following is a statement from Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa on the 20th anniversary of China becoming a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the nation's continued mistreatment of workers. "Twenty-two years ago, here in our...

In the Stage Three Report of the Independent International Boxing Investigation, Professor Richard McLaren, O.C., exposed the bout manipulation that occurred in seven international boxing tournaments from 2016 to 2021 following the 2016 Rio Olympic...

Gerald Celente has been forecasting worldwide since 1980, and the key socioeconomic and geopolitical trend dynamics that will shape 2022 and beyond ? for both better and for worse ? are among the most critical we have ever encountered in our 41 years...

Amnesty International is deeply concerned to learn that Postmedia issued an apology to a pro-Israel organization for publishing an Amnesty International paid advertisement featuring 15-year-old Janna Jihad, a young Palestinian activist and...

An interview with reporter Sun Wanlu from China.org.cn on China's democracy:   Didn't expect that I'd have to talk about democracy, such a big and abstract and complicated topic, again, so soon. But what choice do I have, given that democracy has...

The U.S. Senate passed legislation today to protect Medicare patients' access to surgical care by mitigating the cuts surgeons were set to face in less than four weeks, according to the Surgical Care Coalition. The bill now heads to the President's...

The American Wood Council, National Alliance of Forest Owners and Southeastern Lumber Manufacturers Association issued a joint statement on President Biden's Executive Order, Catalyzing America's Clean Energy Economy Through Federal Sustainability....

Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion, Carla Qualtrough, today issued the following statement regarding the audit of the Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) Program by the Office of the Auditor General (OAG): "The health...

The Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Health, issued the following statement today after the tabling of the report by the Auditor General of Canada on the July 1, 2020, to June 30, 2021, performance audit on the Public Health Agency of...

The Ontario Workforce Recovery Advisory Committee today released its anticipated report on the future of work, and as expected, its recommendations call for the creation of a third category of worker that will not have full employee rights and will...

The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) continues to raise concerns about the flawed implementation of the No Surprises Act and supports the goals of the lawsuit filed by the American Medical Association and American Hospital Association...

Today, Canada's Taxpayers' Ombudsperson, François Boileau, announces that a service improvement request he made to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has been accepted. The request made was to improve the information it provides to those facing domestic...

Marking 100 years since the discovery of insulin at Connaught Laboratories, the predecessor of Sanofi Canada, the researchers responsible for the diabetes drug ? Frederick Banting, Charles Best, James Collip and John Macleod ? will be inducted into...

At today's Board meeting, the Inland Empire Utilities Agency (IEUA/Agency) Board of Directors adopted a drought resolution recognizing the State and regional drought emergencies and activating IEUA's Water Shortage Contingency Plan at Level 2 (Water...

This is to announce the release of the book "Deception Governed by Absurdities?The Science of Today" by prof. Vesselin C. Noninski. The goal of the book is to present arguments necessitating a major overhaul of falsely ingrained notions in physics,...

One year ago today, Health Canada gave a green light to the first COVID-19 vaccine approved in Canada. This was an historic moment that marked a turning point in the global pandemic. Since Dec. 9, 2020, more than 62 million doses of vaccine have been...

This week, the not-for-profit Center for U.S. Policy (CUSP) is urging the federal government not to pursue any claims it may have to state opioid litigation proceeds. More than 3,000 state, local, and tribal governments have filed lawsuits against...

The Academy of Oncology Nurse & Patient Navigators (AONN+) joined Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and other cancer patient community organizations in supporting increased access to time-sensitive care for children via the bipartisan Accelerating Kids'...

The Global Shapers Community, a Davos Lab initiative formed in conjunction with the World Economic Forum, today publicly released a series of nine key recommendations that impact the future in these key areas: conscious consumerism, digital access,...

California Alcohol Policy Alliance (CAPA), and Alcohol Justice, are pleased to announce the 6th Annual CAPA Summit #CAPASummit2021....

Today, I AM ALS, The ALS Association and the Muscular Dystrophy Association released the following statement on today's passage of ACT for ALS in the House of Representatives:...

American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) President Daniel K. Guy, MD, FAAOS, issued the following statement in response to the newly passed bill that will delay some of the planned decreases to Medicare payment in 2022:...

The Everyday Philanthropist Act (H.R. 4585/S. 3191) ? a bipartisan bill that would incent more Americans to make charitable donations by providing an effective tax break has been introduced in the U.S. Senate. This bill would allow employees to set...

Family Research Council, along with 46 interfaith international religious liberty groups and individuals, signed onto a letter calling on President Biden to re-designate Nigeria as a country of particular concern (CPC) after a recent spate of...

Today Animal Outlook, a not-for-profit animal advocacy organization, unveiled a new video that takes viewers on an intimate journey through the life of a cow farmed for dairy from birth to slaughter, using original footage from its undercover...

Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory letter to the 2021 South-South Human Rights Forum, which opened in Beijing on Wednesday.    In the letter, Xi said human rights are a symbol of progress in human civilization and that safeguarding...

The Academy of Oncology Nurse & Patient Navigators (AONN+) signed a letter in support of other advocacy organizations urging congressional leaders to pass legislation to prevent massive Medicare payment cuts to radiation oncology. As part of its...

Today the Senate confirmed Chris Magnus to lead U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), one of the world's largest law enforcement agencies. Magnus, who has a long-standing and well-documented antipathy for border and immigration enforcement,...

As China is reforming its economic model by promoting common prosperity, economic experts at the International Finance Forum (IFF) 2021 shared their insights into the country's objective that is aimed at further closing the wealth gap between the...