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class="site-main container" role="main"><div class="primary" data-category="59"><div class="posts-container"><article id="post-15757" class="post-15757 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-clinical category-research" ><div class="loop-item-utility"> <span class='sharethis-inline-share-buttons' st_url="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/advocacy-update-february-2025/" st_title="Advocacy Update: February 2025" displayText='ShareThis'><span class="txt visuallyhidden">Share</span><span class="icon icon-share"></span></span></div><ul class="post-categories list-across"><li class="cat-item cat-item-58"><a href="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/category/advocacy/clinical/">Clinical</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-59 current-cat"><a aria-current="page" href="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/category/advocacy/research/">Research</a></li></ul><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-title"><a href="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/advocacy-update-february-2025/" rel="bookmark">Advocacy Update: February 2025</a></p></header><div class="entry-content"> A monthly wrap-up of the Endocrine Society’s Advocacy efforts on behalf of the practice and science of endocrinology in the U.S. and around the world. Short-term Extension of SDP and Telehealth Waivers Signed into Law On December 21, 2024, President Biden signed into law a slimmed-down, temporary government spending bill to avoid a government shutdown....</div></article><article id="post-15521" class="post-15521 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-clinical category-research" ><div class="loop-item-utility"> <span class='sharethis-inline-share-buttons' st_url="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/endocrine-society-advocacy-updates-november-2024/" st_title="Endocrine Society Advocacy Updates – November 2024" displayText='ShareThis'><span class="txt visuallyhidden">Share</span><span class="icon icon-share"></span></span></div><ul class="post-categories list-across"><li class="cat-item cat-item-58"><a href="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/category/advocacy/clinical/">Clinical</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-59 current-cat"><a aria-current="page" href="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/category/advocacy/research/">Research</a></li></ul><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-title"><a href="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/endocrine-society-advocacy-updates-november-2024/" rel="bookmark">Endocrine Society Advocacy Updates – November 2024</a></p></header><div class="entry-content"> Congress Returns to Washington for “Lame Duck” Session and to Complete Work for 2024  Following the November elections, Congress will return to Washington, D.C., to complete work on federal funding and a package of several pieces of health legislation including many priorities of the Endocrine Society.   Federal funding for the government expires December 20, 2024,...</div></article><article id="post-15361" class="post-15361 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-advocacy category-clinical category-research" ><div class="loop-item-utility"> <span class='sharethis-inline-share-buttons' st_url="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/endocrine-society-advocacy-updates/" st_title="Endocrine Society Advocacy Updates" displayText='ShareThis'><span class="txt visuallyhidden">Share</span><span class="icon icon-share"></span></span></div><ul class="post-categories list-across"><li class="cat-item cat-item-39 current-cat-parent current-cat-ancestor"><a href="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/category/advocacy/">Advocacy</a><ul class='children'><li class="cat-item cat-item-58"><a href="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/category/advocacy/clinical/">Clinical</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-59 current-cat"><a aria-current="page" href="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/category/advocacy/research/">Research</a></li></ul></li></ul><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-title"><a href="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/endocrine-society-advocacy-updates/" rel="bookmark">Endocrine Society Advocacy Updates</a></p></header><div class="entry-content"> Endocrine Society Endorses Right to IVF Act  In June 2024, the Endocrine Society endorsed the Right to IVF Act, introduced by Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Patty Murray (D-WA), and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) to protect and expand nationwide access to fertility treatment, including in vitro fertilization (IVF). The Right to IVF Act would help individuals and families...</div></article><article id="post-15088" class="post-15088 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-advocacy category-research" ><div class="loop-item-utility"> <span class='sharethis-inline-share-buttons' st_url="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/endocrine-society-continues-global-edc-advocacy-eu-election-results-leaves-outcomes-for-edc-legislation-uncertain/" st_title="Endocrine Society Continues Global EDC Advocacy; EU Election Results Leaves Outcomes for EDC Legislation Uncertain " displayText='ShareThis'><span class="txt visuallyhidden">Share</span><span class="icon icon-share"></span></span></div><ul class="post-categories list-across"><li class="cat-item cat-item-39 current-cat-parent current-cat-ancestor"><a href="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/category/advocacy/">Advocacy</a><ul class='children'><li class="cat-item cat-item-59 current-cat"><a aria-current="page" href="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/category/advocacy/research/">Research</a></li></ul></li></ul><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-title"><a href="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/endocrine-society-continues-global-edc-advocacy-eu-election-results-leaves-outcomes-for-edc-legislation-uncertain/" rel="bookmark">Endocrine Society Continues Global EDC Advocacy; EU Election Results Leaves Outcomes for EDC Legislation Uncertain </a></p></header><div class="entry-content"> 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 United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to develop proposals to establish a new science policy panel charged with helping to inform governments, companies, farmers and...</div></article><article id="post-15085" class="post-15085 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-advocacy category-clinical category-research" ><div class="loop-item-utility"> <span class='sharethis-inline-share-buttons' st_url="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/society-advocates-for-protecting-access-to-ivf-treatment-and-pfas-education-at-ama-annual-meeting/" st_title="Society Advocates for Protecting Access to IVF Treatment and PFAS Education at AMA Annual Meeting  " displayText='ShareThis'><span class="txt visuallyhidden">Share</span><span class="icon icon-share"></span></span></div><ul class="post-categories list-across"><li class="cat-item cat-item-39 current-cat-parent current-cat-ancestor"><a href="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/category/advocacy/">Advocacy</a><ul class='children'><li class="cat-item cat-item-58"><a href="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/category/advocacy/clinical/">Clinical</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-59 current-cat"><a aria-current="page" href="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/category/advocacy/research/">Research</a></li></ul></li></ul><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-title"><a href="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/society-advocates-for-protecting-access-to-ivf-treatment-and-pfas-education-at-ama-annual-meeting/" rel="bookmark">Society Advocates for Protecting Access to IVF Treatment and PFAS Education at AMA Annual Meeting  </a></p></header><div class="entry-content"> 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 Delegates, attended the AMA meeting in Chicago to advocate for policies important to our members. The AMA House of Delegates meets twice a...</div></article><article id="post-15058" class="post-15058 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-advocacy category-clinical category-research" ><div class="loop-item-utility"> <span class='sharethis-inline-share-buttons' st_url="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/endocrine-society-advocacy-update-june-2024/" st_title="Endocrine Society Advocacy Update – June 2024" displayText='ShareThis'><span class="txt visuallyhidden">Share</span><span class="icon icon-share"></span></span></div><ul class="post-categories list-across"><li class="cat-item cat-item-39 current-cat-parent current-cat-ancestor"><a href="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/category/advocacy/">Advocacy</a><ul class='children'><li class="cat-item cat-item-58"><a href="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/category/advocacy/clinical/">Clinical</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-59 current-cat"><a aria-current="page" href="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/category/advocacy/research/">Research</a></li></ul></li></ul><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-title"><a href="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/endocrine-society-advocacy-update-june-2024/" rel="bookmark">Endocrine Society Advocacy Update – June 2024</a></p></header><div class="entry-content"> 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 improving access to diabetes and obesity medications amid ongoing drug shortages that have impacted the country. The Society has heard from our members that they are...</div></article><article id="post-14819" class="post-14819 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-advocacy category-clinical category-research" ><div class="loop-item-utility"> <span class='sharethis-inline-share-buttons' st_url="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/endocrine-society-advocacy-update-march-2024/" st_title="Endocrine Society Advocacy Update – March 2024" displayText='ShareThis'><span class="txt visuallyhidden">Share</span><span class="icon icon-share"></span></span></div><ul class="post-categories list-across"><li class="cat-item cat-item-39 current-cat-parent current-cat-ancestor"><a href="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/category/advocacy/">Advocacy</a><ul class='children'><li class="cat-item cat-item-58"><a href="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/category/advocacy/clinical/">Clinical</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-59 current-cat"><a aria-current="page" href="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/category/advocacy/research/">Research</a></li></ul></li></ul><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-title"><a href="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/endocrine-society-advocacy-update-march-2024/" rel="bookmark">Endocrine Society Advocacy Update – March 2024</a></p></header><div class="entry-content"> 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 of Health (NIH). We are asking Congress to complete work on a funding bill for the remainder of fiscal year (FY) 2024, before...</div></article><article id="post-14562" class="post-14562 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-clinical category-research" ><div class="loop-item-utility"> <span class='sharethis-inline-share-buttons' st_url="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/endocrine-societys-2023-advocacy-accomplishments/" st_title="Endocrine Society’s 2023 Advocacy Accomplishments" displayText='ShareThis'><span class="txt visuallyhidden">Share</span><span class="icon icon-share"></span></span></div><ul class="post-categories list-across"><li class="cat-item cat-item-58"><a href="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/category/advocacy/clinical/">Clinical</a></li><li class="cat-item cat-item-59 current-cat"><a aria-current="page" href="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/category/advocacy/research/">Research</a></li></ul><header class="entry-header"><p class="entry-title"><a href="https://endocrinenews.endocrine.org/endocrine-societys-2023-advocacy-accomplishments/" rel="bookmark">Endocrine Society’s 2023 Advocacy Accomplishments</a></p></header><div class="entry-content"> The Endocrine Society is advocating for you. In 2023 we achieved several important advocacy accomplishments, including:  All these accomplishments were achieved because our members participated in our advocacy activities, online campaigns, Hill Days, and meetings with policymakers. 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