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New Zealand: Improvements Proposed To Level Playing Field For Dietary Supplements Exporters

New proposals for modernising New Zealand’s rules for dietary supplements will cut red tape for exporters and enable more competition in overseas markets, Food Safety Minister Andrew Hoggard says. Under the current rules, most exporters of dietary supplements have to comply with both New Zealand’s labelling and composition rules and those of the country they […]

Great Britain: UKHSA Expands Wastewater Surveillance To Strengthen ‘Early Warning System’ For Dangerous Pathogens

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has announced today that their wastewater and environmental surveillance programme is expanding to strengthen the UK’s ability to detect pathogens with significant public health threat. The new programme, called PRISM (Pathogen Risk Intelligence through Surveillance and Modelling), builds on the development programme for wastewater monitoring launched by UKHSA in […]

United States: Gov. Beshear and First Lady Recognize Kentucky’s Leading Role in Fight Against Childhood Cancer

During Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, Gov. Andy Beshear and First Lady Britainy Beshear are recognizing the commonwealth’s leading role in the fight against this illness, the leading cause of death by disease for American children. During Gov. Beshear’s administration, the state has invested $45.5 million in innovative research projects from Kentucky scientists, as well as […]

United States: DoW Approves $230 Million in Grants Under the Defense Community Infrastructure Program

Today, the Department of War announces the award of twenty-six Defense Community Infrastructure Program (DCIP) grants from the Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation, totaling approximately $230 million in federal awards. DCIP is a competitive program for states, territories, and communities to undertake infrastructure enhancements to support the mission assurance of a military installation, military […]

United States: U.S. Department of Education Announces Earliest FAFSA Launch in Program History for the Second Consecutive Year

Today, the U.S. Department of Education (the Department) announced that the 2027-2028 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) form is online and available to the public, marking the earliest launch in the program’s history for the second year in a row. Following the gross mismanagement of the FAFSA under the Biden Administration, the Trump […]

United States: Protecting the Sanctity of U.S. Citizenship: A New Visa Restriction Policy for Those Who Engage in or Facilitate Birth Tourism

Foreign commercial birth tourism networks have exploited the U.S. immigration system to sell U.S. citizenship for profit. These networks advertise and coach foreign nationals to lie on U.S. visa applications and collect tens of thousands of dollars to arrange births on American soil for the sole purpose of obtaining U.S. citizenship. Today, I am announcing […]