CAMDEN, New Jersey, Feb. 19 -- Cooper University Health Care issued the following news release: Cooper University Health Care will open the first neighborhood-based COVID-19 Vaccination and Education Center at the Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Community Center in Camden. The Cramer Hill site will be open for vaccination appointments for Camden residents beginning Saturday, February 20, 2021. The Cramer Hill and East Camden section makes up 38% of Camden's population, but accounts for 44% of  more PR

VICKSBURG, Mississippi, Feb. 19 -- The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center issued the following news story: Six researchers from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) were chosen to receive top honors at the 2021 Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA), an event held virtually Feb. 13. Quincy Alexander, Brandy Diggs-McGee, Vernessa Noye, Ryan Delts, DeAnna Dixon and Willie Brown were recognized at the ceremony held during the annual BEYA conference, an e more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Feb. 19 -- Harvard Law School issued the following news: Since President Joe Biden took office in January, dozens of Harvard Law community members, including faculty and alumni, have been tapped to serve in high-profile positions in his administration. During the transition, Biden appointed or nominated for Senate confirmation several HLS graduates as key advisers to assist him in crafting law and policy. Since that time, several members of the Harvard Law faculty ha more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 19 -- Northeastern University issued the following news: The Trump administration's decision to label Cuba a terrorist nation will complicate President Joe Biden's ambitions to re-establish ties with Havana, Northeastern professors say. But they add that, even if commercial activity with the Communist country remains halted, Biden has some options for resetting Cuban-American relations. Nine days before former President Donald Trump left office, his secretary of sta more PR

PORTLAND, Oregon, Feb. 19 (TNSJou) -- Oregon Health and Science University issued the following news release: If Affordable Care Act protections for pre-existing condition coverage are no longer available, the coronavirus pandemic would leave many Americans - a disproportionate number of whom are people of color - without health insurance, a new Oregon Health & Science University study indicates. Published in the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, the study's findings reveal a t more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 20 -- The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization issued the following news release: The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) congratulates Chiquita Brooks-LaSure on her nomination as the next Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and Liz Fowler on her appointment as the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) Director. Brooks-LaSure is a longtime health policy expert that currently serves as  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- ProEnglish, an advocate of English language, issued the following news: Puerto Rico Gov. Pedro Pierluisi expects the U.S. House of Representatives to introduce statehood legislation by mid-March. Gov. Pierluisi said that he already has spoken to members of Congress about their legislative plans. "I believe you'll see bills being introduced in the House at the latest by mid-March of this year, so within a month," Gov. Pierluisi stated. He cited conversations that he has h more PR

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Feb. 19 -- The University of Cincinnati issued the following news: Nearly 11 million people in the United States consider themselves to be Deaf or Hard of Hearing, according to the Census Bureau's 2011 American Community Survey and Deaf/Hard of Hearing African-Americans make up 8 percent of its population (NY Times, 2021). Sign language interpreters, who serve this population, are primarily white middle aged women making up 87% of its industry, only 13% being people of color,  more PR

CHAMPAIGN, Illinois, Feb. 16 -- The University of Illinois System Urbana-Champaign campus issued the following Q&A: One of President Joe Biden's first acts was to send Congress the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021, a long-promised immigration reform bill. Lauren R. Aronson, an associate clinical professor of law and the director of the Immigration Law Clinic at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign College of Law, spoke with News Bureau business and law editor Phil Ciciora about the legislati more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, Feb. 20 -- Gov. Ralph S. Northam, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on Feb. 19, 2021: Governor Ralph Northam today announced that the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has designated Fort Monroe as a Site of Memory Associated with the UNESCO Slave Route project. Fort Monroe shares this distinction with more than 50 other sites and entities linked to the history of the transatlantic slave trade. A historic marker will be pla more PR