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Friday, 09 May 2008 |
PAN is pleased that there are two Parkinson’s-related funding
provisions in the Senate emergency supplemental appropriations bill,
which aims to provide funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan for
the remainder of FY 2008.
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Monday, 05 May 2008 |
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The Parkinson’s Action Network (PAN) supports the passage of S. 2931,
the Medicare Access to Complex Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology
Act of 2008. S. 2931, introduced by Parkinson’s Caucus Co-Chair Debbie Stabenow, will ensure that individuals living with
Parkinson’s and other diseases will have access to necessary medical
equipment through Medicare.
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Thursday, 01 May 2008 |
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PAN applauds Congress for sending the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) to the President to be signed into law.
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Thursday, 24 April 2008 |
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Today, the Senate passed, 95-0, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA).
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Thursday, 24 April 2008 |
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The Parkinson’s Action Network applauds the House of Representatives for passing H.R. 5819, the SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act.
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Friday, 11 April 2008 |
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As the annual Appropriations process begins this year, the Parkinson’s
community has secured strong support for the Neurotoxin Exposure
Treatment Research Parkinson’s program!
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Thursday, 10 April 2008 |
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Amy Comstock Rick, Chief Executive Officer of the Parkinson's Action Network (PAN), provided public comment to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today at its first ever stem cell hearing.
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Tuesday, 08 April 2008 |
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Wednesday, April 9, is the last day your Senators can sign onto the Neurotoxin Exposure Treatment Research Parkinson’s (NETRP) program Dear Colleague funding letter. |
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Wednesday, 26 March 2008 |
E-mail your Senators Today! We need your help to ensure innovative Parkinson’s disease research at the Department of Defense is fully funded next year. |
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Friday, 21 March 2008 |
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Thank you for contacting your Representative about
the Neurotoxin Exposure Treatment Research Parkinson’s Dear
Colleague. We secured 71 signatures for the
House Dear Colleague funding letter; 24 more signers than last year!
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Thursday, 13 March 2008 |
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Friday is the last day your Representative can sign onto the NETRP program Dear Colleague funding letter. Please call your Representative today and ask him/her to sign onto the House NETRP Dear Colleague.
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Friday, 07 March 2008 |
Ask your Representative to support the only Parkinson's specific
research program in the Federal government by signing onto the NETRP program Dear
Colleague.
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Friday, 22 February 2008 |
Please contact your Members of Congress and ask them to sign onto the
Dear Colleague letter in support of Parkinson’s research at the
Department of Defense.
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Friday, 21 December 2007 |
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This week Congress passed the omnibus spending bill, which included funding for NIH as
well as all remaining Fiscal Year (FY) 2008 appropriations bills.
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Tuesday, 20 November 2007 |
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Recently, the House of Representatives failed to override a veto of
the Fiscal Year (FY) 2008 Labor, Health and Human Services, and
Education Appropriations (Labor-HHS) bill.
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