Congress Takes Steps Towards Cosmetics Reform
Before Congress adjourned for the holidays, the House of Representatives was able to advance legislation that reflected some Endocrine Society priorities related to EDCs. On December 3, Rep. Frank...
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Endocrine Society Advocates European Union Lawmakers About EDCs
On December 3-4, following the 2019 European Union (EU) elections and with the installment of the new European Commission, the Endocrine Society brought members from seven EU Member States to Brussels...
View ArticleIndustrial Revelations: Combining Endocrinology & Industry
A novel way to reach even more patients, clinicians, and researchers is to take your endocrinology skill into the business world. Here we highlight an ENDO 2020 session that will show attendees how...
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Endocrine Society Researcher Hill Day Advocates for More NIH Funding, Special...
On March 10, a small but mighty group of Endocrine Society members came to Washington D.C., to meet with their congressional delegations. Despite a number of other priorities requiring the attention of...
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Endocrine Society Advocates Virtually to Urge Congress to Support...
As the pandemic took hold in the U.S. and communities implemented strict social distancing measures, including stay-at-home orders, the Endocrine Society pivoted its advocacy approach to Congress and...
View ArticleNIH Adapts to COVID-19 Pandemic
With the severe disruption to research activity due to the COVID-19 pandemic causing strain at labs across the country, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has had to quickly address the situation...
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Endocrine Society Congratulates New NIEHS Director
(Photo courtesy of Steve McCaw) On June 11, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced the appointment of Rick Woychik, PhD, as director of the National Institute of Environmental Health...
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Endocrine Society Members Rally (Online) for Medical Research
On September 17, members of the Endocrine Society joined over 400 advocates to call on the Congress to provide increased funding for biomedical research as part of the 8th Annual Rally for Medical...
View ArticleHouse Science, Space, and Technology Committee Discusses Research Relief...
On September 9, the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee conducted a hearing about “The Impact of the COVID-19 Crisis on University Research.” While delivering their opening remarks, Haley...
View ArticleCongress Approves Continuing Resolution Through December 11
As Congress was not able to come to an agreement on the appropriations bills to fund the federal government for the next fiscal year (FY) in advance of the September 31 deadline, policy makers instead...
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Endocrine Society Advocacy Win: European Commission Includes Endocrine...
On October 14, the European Commission issued a Communication describing the European Union’s “Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability Towards a Toxic-Free Environment,” as part of the EU Green Deal. The...
View ArticleWhat Will Be the Impact on Endocrine Society Policy Agenda Under a Biden...
In the wake of Joe Biden’s win of the 2020 presidential election, the Endocrine Society has looked at what a change in presidential administration could mean for its policy agenda and provided a few...
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2020 Hindsight: The Endocrine Society’s Unforgettable Year
As 2020 winds down, Endocrine News is taking a quick jaunt down memory lane to focus on the many accomplishments the Endocrine Society had over the course of the last 12 months. Despite various...
View ArticleCongress Reaches Agreement on End-of-Year Legislative Package that Includes...
It took weeks of intense, protracted negotiation, but just days before Christmas, House and Senate leaders finally clinched an agreement to send a massive end-of-year legislative package, including...
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Increased Funding for Research Remains a Top Endocrine Society Priority
As Congress and the Biden administration begin work on the upcoming year’s (FY 2022) budget and appropriations priorities, the Endocrine Society will continue to advocate for increased research...
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Endocrine Society Members Advocate Virtually for Increased Federal Funding...
On March 16, the Endocrine Society conducted a “virtual” Research Hill Day where Endocrine Society members from across the U.S. met with their congressional representatives and their staff through...
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Endocrine Society Shares Information about Endocrine Research with...
The Endocrine Society has launched a series of educational briefings for congressional offices about endocrine research. On March 30, we hosted a virtual congressional briefing on COVID-19 and...
View ArticleEndocrine Society Discusses ARPA-H with Congress, NIH, and OSTP
When President Joe Biden’s budget for fiscal year 2022 was introduced this summer, many biomedical research advocates took note of a new line item that would direct $6.5 billion over three years to a...
View ArticleCongress Considers Drug Pricing Legislation to Help Pay for Growing List of...
Endocrine Society Continues to Advocate for Insulin Affordability Congressional leaders are continuing to discuss legislative options to address the rising cost of prescription drugs and the Endocrine...
View ArticleGrants Available for Early-Career Scientists Focusing on Type 1 Diabetes
Diabetes Research Connection announces grants ranging from $25,000 to $50,000 for early-career scientists focused on type 1 diabetes research from those seeing funding for research aimed at finding a...
View ArticleEndocrine Society Joins Rally for Medical Research Hill Day to Advocate for...
On September 23, the Endocrine Society will join a group of scientific societies, academic institutions, and other biomedical research advocates as part of the 9th Annual Rally for Medical Research....
View ArticleFailure to Reach Long-Term Budget Deal Disrupts Biomedical Research
Endocrine Society calls for $46.4 billion in NIH appropriations. Congress missed an opportunity to secure long-term funding for life-saving medical research in the midst of the pandemic. Congress...
View Article2021 Advocacy Year in Review
The Endocrine Society advocates on behalf of our members, the patients they treat, and the science they research. Though our work in 2021 remained virtual, we successfully advocated for our policy...
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EUREKA! The Top Endocrine Discoveries of 2021
For the seventh year running, Endocrine News talks to editors from Endocrine Society publications to get the endocrine discoveries of 2021 worth their weight in gold. Research never stops. Despite...
View ArticleAdvocacy Victory: EU Effectively Bans BPA in Food Contact Materials
The European Food Safety Administration (EFSA) issued a draft opinion in December that lowers the ‘tolerable daily intake of BPA in food contact materials by six orders of magnitude – effectively a...
View ArticleCongress Approves Continuing Resolution to Fund NIH Through February 18
With just hours to spare before its December 3 deadline, Congress averted a government shutdown and passed a continuing resolution (CR) that will fund the government at the previous year’s level...
View ArticleEndocrine Society Advocates for Increased Funding for NIH Research, CDC
In another political nailbiter, with less than 24 hours remaining before all federal government funding would expire and cause a government shut-down, the U.S. Senate cleared legislation last month to...
View ArticleFinal Fiscal Year 2022 Appropriations Legislation Passed with Increase for...
Following intense negotiations, in March the House and Senate finally passed an appropriations package that funded the federal government for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022, which technically began October 1,...
View ArticleEndocrine Society Members Advocate for Insulin Affordability, Diabetes...
The Endocrine Society conducted a Hill Day over April 26, 27, and 28, where we brought together nearly 55 member clinicians, clinical researchers, and basic scientists from 25 states to meet with...
View ArticleAdvocacy Season for NIH Funding Officially Begins
While 2022 is only a few months old, on Capitol Hill the appropriations cycle for fiscal year (FY) 2023 is well and truly underway and the Endocrine Society has quickly shifted gears and developed our...
View ArticleEndocrine Society Advocates for Increased NIH Funding
Join our online campaign to share our message with your representative and senators The U.S. Congress is currently considering funding for fiscal year (FY) 2023, which begins October 1. The Endocrine...
View ArticleThe Endocrine Society is Advocating for You
Learn more about our advocacy and how you can get involved Today’s political environment is partisan, turbulent, and hard to navigate. Despite this challenge, the Endocrine Society works with the U.S....
View ArticleEndocrine Society Advises EU Policymakers on Chemicals Strategy
As part of our global advocacy for science-based policies to reduce exposure to harmful endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs), the Endocrine Society has a seat on an advisory body to the European...
View ArticleFunding for Federal Agencies Uncertain as Fiscal Year Deadline Approaches
Endocrine Society Rallies for Increased Funding for the National Institutes of Health Congress is required to determine funding levels for all federal programs and agencies by October 1 when the new...
View ArticleEndocrine Society Urges Congress to Complete NIH Appropriations by December...
The Endocrine Society is committed to advocating for increases in the budget of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Our Hill days, advocacy campaigns, and meetings with appropriators have...
View Article2022 Endocrine Society Advocacy Year-in-Review
The Endocrine Society advocates on behalf of our members, the patients they treat, and the science they research. This year, in addition to continuing our virtual advocacy, we had the opportunity to...
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EUREKA! 2022 Part III
The editors from The Journal of the Endocrine Society share their picks for the top endocrine discoveries of 2022. For Journal of the Endocrine Society editor-in-chief Zeynep Madak-Erdogen, PhD,...
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Endocrine Society Advocacy Update
We are only a few months into 2023, but the Endocrine Society has been busy advocating for its members. The Endocrine Society has traveled near (to Capitol Hill) and far (to Brussels and Bangkok) to...
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Endocrine Society Advocates for NIH Funding, Diabetes Prevention; Conducts...
Endocrine Society Past-President Carol Wysham, MD, and President-Elect Steven R. Hammes, MD, PhD, on their way to meet with elected representatives and advocate for endocrine priorities related to...
View ArticleFederal Government Spending Battles Continue
While Congress avoided the U.S. defaulting on its loans and an international financial disaster by reaching a deal to suspend the country’s the debt limit, the deal included budget caps that will...
View ArticleResearchers Discover Hormonal Pathway that Increases Calorie Burning During...
Researchers at McMaster University have uncovered a key mechanism for promoting weight loss and maintaining the burning of calories during dieting, according to a paper published recently in Nature....
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Endocrine Society Rallies for Medical Research as Congressional Deadline to...
The Federal Government is funded through an annual appropriations process in which both the House of Representatives and the Senate develop funding bills to support 12 different areas of the...
View ArticleEndocrine Society Rallies for Medical Research
On Thursday September 14, Endocrine Society members joined hundreds of researchers, physicians, and patients on Capitol Hill as part of the 11th Annual Rally for Medical Research. Rally participants...
View ArticleEndocrine Society Recommendations Incorporated in Draft UN Plastics Treaty
On September 6, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Secretariat released the initial “zero” draft of a treaty to address plastic pollution. The zero draft is a starting point for more...
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Endocrine Society’s Advocacy Initiatives – December 2023
Government Shutdown Averted for Second Time as Society Advocates to Fund Health, Research Programs With the clock running out on a federal government shutdown that was to begin midnight November 17,...
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Endocrine Society’s 2023 Advocacy Accomplishments
The Endocrine Society is advocating for you. In 2023 we achieved several important advocacy accomplishments, including: Making insulin more affordable; Advancing legislation to allow Medicare to...
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Endocrine Society Advocacy Update – March 2024
Endocrine Society Advocates to Protect and Increase Funding for the NIH On March 5, the Endocrine Society will conduct a Researcher Hill Day to advocate for the importance of the National Institutes...
View ArticleEndocrine Society Advocacy Update – June 2024
Society Advocates for Access to Diabetes and Obesity Medications; Meets with FDA to Discuss Current Prescription Drug Shortages Over the past several months, the Endocrine Society has advocated for...
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Society Advocates for Protecting Access to IVF Treatment and PFAS Education...
In June, Endocrine Society members Salwa Zahalka, MD; Palak Choksi, MD; Mandy Bell, MD; and Dan Spratt, MD; who serve as the Society’s delegation to the American Medical Association’s (AMA) House of...
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Endocrine Society Continues Global EDC Advocacy; EU Election Results Leaves...
On June 17, the Endocrine Society joined delegations from dozens of countries gathered in Geneva, Switzerland, for the third session of an ad hoc open-ended working group (OEWG) convened under the...
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