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The International Brotherhood of Teamsters stand in solidarity with our Canadian brothers and sisters in calling for an end to the personal attacks on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and a permanent exemption of tariffs on Canadian aluminum and steel....

"Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!" For nearly 50 years, this call has summoned the beloved animated Great Dane wherever help is needed. The U.S. Postal Service, in collaboration with Warner Bros. Consumer Products, is excited to announce a new Forever...

Increasingly, Americans are seeking healthy food options, whether they're eating out or dining at home. Their ability to choose healthy foods starts with their ability to understand what's in their food in the first place. Public surveys suggest that...

Ice losses from Antarctica have tripled since 2012, increasing global sea levels by 0.12 inch (3 millimeters) in that timeframe alone, according to a major new international climate assessment funded by NASA and ESA (European Space Agency)....

In a stunning show of support for federal employees and their access to rights in the workplace, 21 House Republicans delivered a letter to President Trump expressing concern "that the recent Executive Orders embark upon a path that will undo many of...

Before the ink from Governor Murphy's pen was dry on newly enacted legislation banning firearms magazines above ten rounds, the Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs (ANJRPC) filed suit in federal court to overturn the new law. "This...

NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, is partnering with Downtown Huntsville Inc., to fill Big Spring Park East in downtown Huntsville with exhibits, food trucks, live music, educational opportunities for all ages, and even a...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, along with state and local officials, are investigating a multi-state outbreak of Salmonella Adelaide infections. The CDC reports that fruit salad mixes that...

NASA will host a media teleconference at 1:30 p.m. EDT Wednesday, June 13, to discuss a massive Martian dust storm affecting operations of the agency's Opportunity rover and what scientists can learn from the various missions studying this...

NASA's remotely-piloted Ikhana aircraft, based at the agency's Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, successfully flew its first mission in the National Airspace System without a safety chase aircraft on Tuesday. This historic...

Today, the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) within the Department of Commerce launched a search for innovative ideas to benefit minority-owned businesses, from projects that increase access to capital to resources that increase disaster...

Over the past decade, advances in our understanding of the basic biology of serious and life-threatening diseases has led to the development and FDA approval of targeted treatments for patients with a specific molecular sub-type. These more targeted...

The increase in serious antimicrobial drug resistant infections is a critical public health concern and a growing threat to patients. According to our colleagues at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, each year in the U.S. at least 2...

We're living in a time of unparalleled scientific advancement. Innovative medical treatments continue to be developed at an astonishing pace and are delivering increasingly targeted and meaningful benefits. More patients have more opportunities to...

What: First-day-of-issue dedication ceremony for the second United States Air Mail Forever stamp. The event is free and open to the public. Please share the news using the hashtags #AirMailStamps and #USAirMail. When: Saturday, Aug. 11, at 11 a.m....

Event: Informational Protest Date: June 14, 2018 Time: 11:00 a.m. ? 1:00 p.m. Place: Southeast Anchor Library 3601 Eastern Avenue  Baltimore, MD 21224 Attention political, state government, community news, and education editors: The members of...

NASA astronaut Nick Hague, along with his crewmate Alexey Ovchinin of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, will discuss their upcoming mission to the International Space Station in a news conference at 2 p.m. EDT Monday, June 18, at NASA's Johnson...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) delivered to Congress its Fiscal Year 2018 (FY 2018) work plan for the Army Civil Works program on Thursday, June 7. On March 23, 2018, President Trump signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act,...

In the news release, Abracadabra! The Art of Magic Forever Stamps Appear in Las Vegas, issued 08-Jun-2018 by U.S. Postal Service over PR Newswire, we are advised by the organization that the time of the event should be "Tuesday, Aug. 7, at 2:15 p.m....

What: Magic, an art form that has entertained Americans for centuries, will appear on The Art of Magic Forever stamps and be celebrated during a magical first-day-of-issue dedication ceremony presented by the United States Postal Service. The event...

Suicide is the second leading cause of death in people between the ages of 15 to 34 in the United States, according to a new study from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). The report revealed an increase in suicides in nearly every state from 1999...

NASA will host a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT Monday, June 11, to discuss a number of science investigations launching to the International Space Station on the next SpaceX commercial resupply mission. Audio of the teleconference will stream...

The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) and the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) recently issued a statement regarding recent comments by Food & Drug Administration Commissioner...

NASA's Curiosity rover has found new evidence preserved in rocks on Mars that suggests the planet could have supported ancient life, as well as new evidence in the Martian atmosphere that relates to the search for current life on the Red Planet....

We're encouraged by declines in overall youth tobacco use over the last several years reflected in the 2017 National Youth Tobacco Survey. Protecting our nation's youth from the dangers of tobacco products is among the U.S. Food and Drug...

Today the CDC released a report on suicide, the Vital Signs: Trends in State Suicide Rates ? United States, 1999?2016 and Circumstances Contributing to Suicide ? 27 States, 2015. According to these data, suicide is still the 10th leading cause of...

Suicide rates have been rising in nearly every state, according to the latest Vital Signs report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In 2016, nearly 45,000 Americans age 10 or older died by suicide. Suicide is the 10th leading...

Medicare patients with metastatic cancers may be negatively impacted by the recent decision of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to decline to provide coverage for 18F-sodium fluoride positron emission tomography (NaF PET) imaging....

NASA astronauts will embark on a six-and-a-half-hour spacewalk Thursday, June 14, during which they will install new high-definition cameras to capture spacecraft docking with the International Space Station, including new American-made spacecraft...

The National Security Agency (NSA) has named Cedarville University a National Center of Academic Excellence (CAE) in Cyber Operations. The NSA will make an official announcement at a ceremony June 6 at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville,...

NATSO, the national association representing travel plazas and truckstops, the Society of Independent Gasoline Marketers of America and the National Association of Convenience Stores applaud President Trump for rejecting a proposal to revise the...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today filed a complaint against Innovative BioDefense, Inc. of Lake Forest, California, and Colette Cozean, the company's president and chief executive officer, to prohibit them from selling Zylast topical...

NASA has selected 304 proposals from U.S. small businesses to advance research and technology in Phase I of its 2018 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and 44 proposals for the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program,...

The controversial Trump Administration plan to nationalize the nuclear energy marketplace could cost U.S. consumers up to $17 billion a year in artificially high electricity bills, with the prospect of extensive coal-fired power plant subsidies...

The Air Traffic Control Association (ATCA) is pleased to announce that former FAA Acting Administrator Linda Hall Daschle has been selected as the 2018 recipient of the prestigious Glen A. Gilbert Memorial Award, one of the most prominent awards in...

Two-thirds of federal government IT officials in a new survey say adopting cloud services would free up IT funds to reinvest in other areas, with more than half estimating savings of 10-to-29 percent of their IT budgets....

Three crew members are on their way to the International Space Station after launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 7:12 a.m. EDT Wednesday (5:12 p.m. Baikonur time). The Soyuz spacecraft carrying Serena...

NASA's Teams Engaging Affiliated Museums and Informal Institutions (TEAM II) has selected three informal education organizations to promote science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) learning to inspire the next generation of explorers....

In a Government Accountability Office report released yesterday, investigators found that veterans in the Choice program are often waiting longer to receive their care and are being forced into a system that lacks accountability and oversight....

As part of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's ongoing effort to make the oversight of food safety stronger and more efficient, the FDA and the USDA today announced the alignment of the USDA Harmonized Good...

The American Federation of Government Employees has gained a powerful new ally in our fight against the Trump administration's efforts to deny federal workers their legal right to representation at the worksite. The...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced that it has warned nine online networks, operating a total of 53 websites, that they must stop illegally marketing potentially dangerous, unapproved and misbranded versions of opioid medications,...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued warning letters to the parties responsible for liquidcaffeine.com and Dual Health Body and Mind for illegally selling certain highly concentrated caffeine products. The FDA considers these products to...

The Hemp Industries Association, alongside thousands of grassroots organizers and supporters around the country, have launched the 9th annual Hemp History Week today, with a call to action for eco-minded consumers, farmers, entrepreneurs, health...

Technica Corporation, a leader in high-end systems engineering and operations and maintenance for mission-critical networks and applications, announces the appointment of Basil Parker for a three-year SES-level advisory role in support of the U.S....

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced today that Maj. Gen. Scott A. Spellmon has assumed his new duties as the Deputy Commanding General for Civil and Emergency Operations at its headquarters here. As the DCG-CEO, Spellmon will be responsible...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Fulphila (pegfilgrastim-jmdb) as the first biosimilar to Neulasta (pegfilgrastim) to decrease the chance of infection as suggested by febrile neutropenia (fever, often with other signs of...

The media and public are invited to ask questions during a live discussion at 2 p.m. EDT Thursday, June 7, on new science results from NASA's Mars Curiosity rover. The results are embargoed by the journal Science until then....

The Pennsylvania Lottery has launched PA iLottery, interactive games played online on a computer, tablet or mobile device that offer chances to win up to $250,000. "PA iLottery games are a fun, new way to play and win from home or while on the go,"...

Scientific and medical advances are giving the FDA more opportunities to more fully address diseases and illness. Whereas one time all that patients may have hoped for was the ability to control a chronic disease, and perhaps slow its advance or...