FY26 Budget and the “One Big Beautiful Bill”

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President’s FY 2026 Budget Released  On May 30, 2025, the White House released the detailed Fiscal Year 2026 budget proposal, which outlines sweeping changes and deep funding cuts for both the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The NIH would see its discretionary budget slashed by nearly […]

Science Spotlight | June 2025

Check out the latest episode of ACSM’s Healthy Youth Sports Podcast series The newest installment of Healthy Youth Sports, features Kevin Martinez, ESPN’s Vice President of Corporate Citizenship, diving into the network’s groundbreaking Take Back Sports initiative. Kevin shares insights on the Take Back Sports program’s vision and why storytelling and culture change are at […]

Active Voice | Walking Pace, Genetic Predisposition, and Brain Health

Your brain is the conductor of your life. It controls movement, stores memories, makes decisions, and forms your identity. This is why declines in brain health, such as during the development of dementia – a broad term for diseases that cause a progressive decline in cognitive function and affects daily living – are so devastating. […]

Status and Process Update on ACSM Discontinued Certification Programs

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Over the past few years, the CCRB Executive Council (CCRB EC) initiated a comprehensive review of ACSM’s certification programs to ensure alignment with current professional standards and best practices in credentialing. As a result, the CCRB EC formally discontinued its specialty certifications and transitioned them into educational certificate programs. The programs affected by this decision […]

As the Sun Sets, My Heart is Full | A Note From ACSM President Volpe

“Every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson I love good sunsets. Every one is different, but they all have two things in common: they always bring incredible joy with their breathtaking beauty, and that beauty helps to end the day. Sunsets make great analogies as well because, as the […]