NEW YORK, May 11 (TNStalk) -- Physicians for Human Rights issued the following statement: * * * In advance of the second Global COVID-19 Summit, co-hosted by the United States, Belize, Germany, Indonesia, and Senegal, the following statement is attributable to Michele Heisler, MD, MPA, medical director at Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) and professor of public health and internal medicine at University of Michigan. "As the world surpasses 15 million deaths associated with COVID-19, the gath more PR

SANTA FE, New Mexico, May 13 (TNSPer) -- Santa Fe Institute issued the following news: SFI External Professor Mark Newman (University of Michigan) has been named a Fellow of the Royal Society, the Society announced on May 10, 2022. Newman conducts research in statistical physics and the theory of complex networks and has applied his ideas to topics as diverse as how diseases spread in humans and viruses in computers, the food webs that describe energy flows in ecosystems, and the social networ more PR

DETROIT, Michigan, May 12 (TNSPol) -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan issued the following news release: Reproductive Freedom for All (RFFA), in a growing coalition with Michigan Voices, ACLU of Michigan, and Planned Parenthood Advocates of Michigan, is building upon unprecedented momentum in the state to keep abortion legal and protect everyone's reproductive freedoms. One week after the draft U.S. Supreme Court decision was leaked, RFFA has grown exponentially. In that time:  more PR

ADRIAN, Michigan, May 9 -- Adrian Dominican Sisters issued the following news: Barry University in Miami, Florida, and Siena Heights in Adrian, Michigan - both founded and sponsored by the Adrian Dominican Sisters -honored the Congregation through the Prioress and General Council during their Commencement ceremonies late April and early May. During its May 6, 2022, Commencement, Barry University bestowed the Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters in Absentia on Sister Patricia Siemen, OP, JD, Pr more PR

PARK RIDGE, Illinois, May 11 (TNSPol) -- The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology issued the following news release: Michigan is now the 20th state to opt out from federal regulations that require physician supervision of Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs). The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA) reports that the governors of 19 additional states and Guam have exercised such exemptions. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's action in signing the opt-out ensures Michigan' more PR

DEARBORN, Michigan, May 12 -- The American Human Rights Council issued the following news release: The American Human Rights Council (AHRC-USA) condemns in the strongest terms the brutal and cold-blooded killing of Palestinian -American Aljazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh. Ms Abu Akleh was with a group of press reporters reporting from the city of Jenin in the occupied Palestinian West-Bank when she was killed by a sniper bullet. Shireen Abu Akleh was reportedly wearing a clear and visible pr more PR

PASADENA, California, May 14 (TNSJou) -- The Carnegie Institution for Science issued the following news release: A team of astronomers led by University of Michigan's Ian Roederer and including Carnegie's Erika Holmbeck have identified the widest range of elements yet observed in a star beyond our own Sun. Their findings are published in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. The researchers identified 65 elements in the star, which is called HD 222925. Of these, 42 are from the bottom o more PR

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, May 7 (TNSPol) -- The American Cancer Society issued the following joint news release with three organizations: The co-signers are the American Heart Association, American Diabetes Association and University of Michigan School of Public Health. * * * Bank of America, along with leading public health organizations - the American Heart Association, the American Diabetes Association, the American Cancer Society and the University of Michigan School of Public Health - h more PR

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, May 7 -- The American Diabetes Association issued the following joint news release with three organizations: The co-signers are the American Heart Association, American Cancer Society, and University of Michigan School of Public Health. * * * Bank of America, along with leading public health organizations - the American Heart Association, the American Diabetes Association, the American Cancer Society and the University of Michigan School of Public Health - have announce more PR

FARMINGTON HILLS, Michigan, May 11 (TNSPol) -- The American Concrete Institute issued the following news release: The Federacion Interamericana Del Cemento (FICEM) and the American Concrete Institute (ACI) recently completed an addendum to their International Partner Agreement which calls for a joint effort to achieve carbon neutrality in the concrete/cement sector. The efforts of FICEM and ACI will be propelled through NEU: An ACI Center of Excellence for Carbon Neutral Concrete (NEU), whose  more PR

MIDLAND, Michigan, May 12 (TNSRes) -- The Mackinac Center for Public Policy issued the following news release on May 11, 2022: Michigan Student Opportunity Scholarships would take less than 1% of the state School Aid Fund's annual revenues, according to a report released today from the Mackinac Center for Public Policy and EdChoice. The scholarships would have a minimal effect on state and local school funding and may even result in savings for some school budgets, the report finds. It would a more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, May 13 (TNSPol) -- The Michigan Education Association issued the following news release: The Michigan Education Association is calling on the state House to immediately take action on legislation providing bureaucratic relief to students and educators affected by last fall's Oxford school shooting. The state Senate on March 24 unanimously approved Senate Bills 940 and 941, sponsored by Sen. Rosemary Bayer, D-Keego Harbor. These bills would provide relief from days and h more PR

LANSING, Michigan, May 10 (TNSPol) -- Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine issued the following news release: In a landmark announcement, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued a formal opinion Monday that could pave the way for state oversight of animal experiments, more than 40 years after the state Legislature created the authority to do so. In the opinion--which national nonprofit the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine is praising--the attorney general called on th more PR