News by subject: AVO

It is an outrage that rural small-scale farmers in developing countries, who grow a third of our global food, are paid a pittance for their work, said the President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) who today asks world...

The Alternative Schools Network will be Hosting An Important Zoom Panel On Why Youth Jobs Are Critically Important to Stopping Violence on September 22 at 1:30PM (CST)...

California officials say 180,000 new housing units are needed this year to prevent a potential catastrophe. Despite the huge need, only 100,000 homes are planned.(1) While increased material costs and a lack of skilled workers are a big part of the...

Unifor is calling on the Liberal and NDP leaders to work together to implement progressive change to benefit workers. "In this...

Through the Apna Health collaboration, Punjabi Community Health Services (PCHS) and Indus Community Services (Indus), have partnered together to release a specialized report on International Students - Invited & Forgotten: International Students in...

There is a mounting body of scientific evidence indicating the efficacy of a nutrient-rich, whole food, plant-based diet to not only treat and reverse up to 80% of the non-communicable diseases that are ravaging the global population, but also to...

Orbit Coffee answers the energy cravings of the modern lifestyle. It cuts out the need to track down a cup of coffee by offering its coffee-flavored, energy-infused proprietary formula in convenient, easy-to-use packaging that is ideal for the modern...

The roundtable will include Congressman Chuy Garcia, State Representative Sonya Harper, CEO of Metropolitan Family Services Ric Estrada, Craig Nash with Create Real Economic Destiny (CRED), begun and led by former US Dept. Secretary Arne Duncan,...

The Ethiopian American Civic Council (EACC) represents one of the largest Ethiopian-American voting blocs in the United States. The EACC rejects President Biden's recent Executive Order authorizing sanctions against Ethiopian entities and individuals...

"The America Invents Act is a great way for the Chinese Communist Party to get technology without having to pay for it." Dr. Rob Spalding, Brig Gen, USAF (Ret) Sept 16, 2021 An inventor himself, Gen. Spalding was the keynote speaker at a rally...

After pledging to strive to peak carbon dioxide emissions before 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality before 2060, China has taken another remarkable and practical step in pursuing green development.   China will step up...

As reported by CTV News, Sept. 20, 2021, the...

Michael Cowen of Cowen Rodriguez Peacock recently settled a case for his client whose mother was tragically killed by an 18-wheeler truck. The plaintiff chose to focus first on holding the trucking company accountable and preventing similar incidents...

Planned Parenthood Advocates for DC, Maryland, & NoVa (PPADMV) presents a virtual town hall on Thursday, September 23, 2021 from 5:00 - 5:45 p.m. (ET) with DC Mayor Muriel Bowser and Planned Parenthood Action Fund President Alexis McGill Johnson to...

As the U.S. observes National Suicide Prevention Month and National Recovery Month, it is crucial that we pay particular attention to the impact of mental health conditions on new mothers. Maternal suicide is one of the leading causes of maternal...

The College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) congratulates the Liberal Party of Canada on their recent election victory as well as all new and returning members of Parliament (MPs). During the election campaign the CFPC was encouraged by the...

Children from Around the Globe Implore World Leaders to Act More Like Children to Solve the World's Most Critical Issues of Climate Change, Education and Poverty   NEW YORK, Sept. 21, 2021  The first-ever international...

The Federation of African Canadian Economics (FACE) congratulates the Trudeau government on its re-election and elected members of parliament who ran in the 44th Canadian election which took place on September 20th. FACE also wants to express its...

More than 100 social science experts filed an amicus brief led by experts at the University of California, San Francisco and the University of Texas urging the Supreme Court of the United States to reject Mississippi's ban on abortions past 15 weeks....

The founder of the Free From Fibroids Foundation, Dr. John Lipman shares his thoughts on why Congress must pass the bipartisan Stephanie Tubbs Jones Uterine Fibroid Research and Education Act of 2021 (S. 2444/H.R. 2007) and why it's critical to...

Prolacta Bioscience®, the world's leading hospital provider of 100% human milk-based vat pasteurized nutritional products for premature and critically ill infants, applauds the new evidenced-based policy and clinical guidance issued by the...

On Friday of this week, a hearse wrapped in anti-menthol messages will pull up to the Belt in downtown Detroit, carrying Mike "Menthol" Wilson in a casket that looks like a cigarette box. His life will be eulogized by Rev. "No Mo Smokes," supported...

Today, leaders representing more than 50 companies spoke out in a unified voice against Texas' extreme abortion ban, SB 8, and similar abortion restrictions in other states that may advance in the coming months. SB 8 bans abortion after approximately...

The election of another Liberal minority government, with the NDP holding the balance of power proves that voters want progressive change from the federal government, and that requires a stable coalition....

Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, will join Global Citizen Live on the Great Lawn of Central Park in New York City on September 25 to continue their work with world leaders in pursuit of global vaccine equity, announced...

Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME) would like to congratulate Justin Trudeau and the Liberal Party of Canada on their electoral victory. CME is looking forward to working with the incoming government to build a stronger manufacturing industry...

An open letter to the Bank of Canada challenges the ability of banks and insurance companies to evaluate climate risk or reach NetZero COP26 targets, referring to a new report "Fighting Climate Change: Can We Humans Regulate Earth's Climate?" issued...

American medicine faces many challenges, especially the ever-increasing dominance of medical practice by multiple external forces that are usurping the physician's professional prerogatives, writes Paul Martin Kempen, M.D., Ph.D., in the fall...

The nonprofit, nonpartisan group, Californians for Population Stabilization (CAPS), is reaching out to West Virginians, launching an ad campaign to address Senator Joe Manchin's (D-WV) waffling on the critical amnesty issue that contradicts the...

The divisiveness in today's America was predicted by progressive commentators 50 years ago, writes Craig Cantoni in the fall issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons....

In 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared, "Climate change is the greatest health challenge of the 21st century, and threatens all aspects of the society in which we live." Now COVID-19 has top billing as the existential health threat,...

While no one would survive at ground zero of a nuclear explosion outside the type of shelter mostly unavailable in the U.S., few realize that 90 percent or more of total projected fatalities and casualties are well outside the ground zero area,...

For the ninth year in a row, the Senate designated September as "School Bus Safety Month." This represents nine hundred (900) consecutive unanimous, yes votes.  Read the Resolution   Watch the US Senate Resolution Each...

truth®, the proven-effective and nationally recognized youth smoking, vaping and nicotine prevention campaign from Truth Initiative, revealed its latest youth e-cigarette education effort "It's Messing with Our Heads," exposing nicotine's role as a...

NATSO, the national association representing truckstops, travel plazas, and off-highway fuel retailers, along with SIGMA: America's Leading Fuel Marketers, and representatives of the trucking and convenience store industries, urged lawmakers to...

United Specialists for Patient Access (USPA) Board Member and Health Policy Advisor Dr. Mark Garcia shared his thoughts on the across-the-board cuts proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in the following piece: Last month,...

In the most recent proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recognized for the first time a set of CPT codes that will allow healthcare providers to be reimbursed for Remote Therapeutic Monitoring...

More than a decade ago, atrial fibrillation (afib) was a little-known condition. After creating Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month in 2007, patient advocacy organization StopAfib.org worked with medical society partners to get the U.S. Senate in...

The National Coalition on Adult Basic Education (COABE) during National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week is highlighting successes as it calls on federal lawmakers to double funding for adult learners over the next five years and on state...

This week, hosted by the United States, world leaders will gather virtually for the Global COVID-19 Summit: Ending The Pandemic And Building Back Better. According to a group of experts convened by the Pandemic Action Network, the summit is an...

The Federation of African Canadian Economics (FACE) strongly encourages members of the Black community to express their choice and vision for Canada's future by voting on September 20th. "More than ever, black entrepreneurs and all Canadians of...

The 1776 Commission has released a statement in celebration of the 234th anniversary of the signing of the Constitution of the United States of America (read the full statement here)....

The Nova Scotia government has released data that provides real world evidence that banning flavoured vaping products leads to increased smoking.  This is critically important to note because Health Canada is considering a similar proposal ? and has...

China on Friday called on member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) to strengthen solidarity and cooperation and build a closer SCO community with a shared future.   Noting that this year marks the 20th anniversary of the SCO's...

Frederick Penney, managing partner of Penney and Associates Injury Lawyers, and co-author Jesse Zalasky discuss the pros and cons of paramotoring. A paramotor is a motorized paraglider that is used for flying. A propeller, typically powered by a...

A new national telephone and online survey taken by Rasmussen Reports, sponsored by the National Police Association, finds that Seventy eight percent (78%) of Likely U.S. Voters think that the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan is likely to provide...

In order to avoid a national financial crisis, the U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) is calling on Congress to extend the debt ceiling and avoid the kind of brinkmanship that could threaten the American economy. Demanding bipartisan and urgent action,...

The Academy of Oncology Nurse & Patient Navigators (AONN+) joins numerous patient care organizations, as part of the Cancer Leadership Council, in urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to exercise caution in making changes to payment...

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) -- the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization ? in partnership with more than 40 U.S. and international groups, today held a news conference outside The Capital Hilton in...

The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) has asked the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to delay the implementation of the National Flood Insurance Program's (NFIP) new Risk Rating 2.0 (RR 2.0) methodology, which is...