LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 23 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel joined a coalition of 14 attorneys general, led by Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown and New York Attorney General Letitia James, in submitting comments opposing Gas Innovations LNG Refrigerants Inc.'s request for a special permit to ship cryogenic liquefied ethane in rail tank cars from a facility in Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania to undisclosed locat more PR

BOWIE, Maryland, Feb. 23 (TNSres) -- Bowie State University issued the following news release on Feb. 22, 2023: * * * Department of Housing and Urban Development Rolls Out Program Next Month * * * Vice President Kamala Harris chose Bowie State University as the site to announce a new initiative that will reduce primary mortgage insurance (PMI) for FHA loans by 40 percent to enable more individuals to qualify and afford to become homeowners versus renting. The program begins on March 20 and i more PR

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Feb. 23 -- Gov. Wes Moore, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: This week, Governor Wes Moore testified in Maryland House and Senate hearings in support of the SERVE Act, presented as HB0546/SB0551. This legislation will establish a Service Year Option Program for high school students under the new Department of Service and Civic Innovation, and is part of the Governor's legislative agenda to bring service to the forefront in Maryland. On Tuesday, Governor Moore g more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Feb. 23 (TNSjou) -- Johns Hopkins Medicine issued the following news release on Feb. 22, 2023: Researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine and The Johns Hopkins University have created and preliminarily tested what they believe may be one of the first models for predicting who has the highest probability of being resistant to COVID-19 in spite of exposure to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes it. The study is reported online today in the journal PLOS ONE. "If we can identify w more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Feb. 23 (TNSjou) -- Johns Hopkins Medicine issued the following news release: Mistletoe extract has been widely used to support cancer therapy and improve quality of life, but there has been a lack of clinical trials and data to support its use. Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center completed what is believed to be the first phase I trial of intravenous Helixor M in the U.S. aimed at determining dosing for subsequent clinical trials and to evaluate safety.  more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Feb. 23 (TNSjou) -- Johns Hopkins University's Bloomberg School of Public Health issued the following news release: A study co-led by David Sullivan, MD, a professor in the Bloomberg School's Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, has been recognized as a 2023 Top Ten Clinical Research Achievement Award by the Clinical Research Forum. The study, "Early Outpatient Treatment for Covid-19 with Convalescent Plasma," published in the New England Journal of Medicine more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Feb. 23 (TNSjou) -- The University of Maryland Baltimore issued the following news release on Feb. 22, 2023: Patients with Parkinson's disease achieved a significant improvement in their tremors, mobility, and other physical symptoms after having a minimally invasive procedure involving focused ultrasound, according to a study published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine. The clinical trial was led by researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medici more PR

SALISBURY, Maryland, Feb. 23 (TNSpp) -- Salisbury University issued the following news release: Amid the atrocities reported daily in the war between Russia and Ukraine, one ongoing horror often fails to make the news: human trafficking. At the request of the Ukrainian government, two members of Salisbury University's Bosserman Center for Conflict Resolution have spent the past year working to aid those affected by this heinous crime. Last summer, Dr. Brian Polkinghorn, the center's executive more PR

TOWSON, Maryland, Feb. 22 (TNStalk) (TNSbook) -- Towson University issued the following Q&A on Feb. 21, 2023, with Andrew Diemer, associate professor in the Department of History: * * * Last week, several Pennsylvania state senators announced a resolution to recognize the second week of February as William Still Week in the state. Such acknowledgment of William Still, an abolitionist born in 1821 who worked as an Underground Railroad agent in Pennsylvania, has increased thanks to research by more PR

COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, Feb. 23 (TNSres) -- The University of Maryland issued the following news: A computational astrophysicist and a quantum-focused computer scientist at the University of Maryland received 2023 Sloan Research Fellowships, one of the most competitive and prestigious awards available to early-career researchers. The two-year, $75,000 fellowships awarded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to Benedikt Diemer and Xiaodi Wu, assistant professors in the College of Computer, Mathema more PR

ADELPHI, Maryland, Feb. 23 (TNSper) -- The University of Maryland Global Campus issued the following news release: With the recent hiring of Shalon Simmons as program director of cybersecurity technology, the University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC) School of Cybersecurity and Information Technology now has three women, two of whom are women of color, leading key academic areas in the largest cyber program in the United States. Simmons joins Department of Cybersecurity Chair Helen Barker an more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Feb. 23 (TNSper) -- The University of Maryland School of Medicine issued the following news: Ronna Hertzano, MD, PhD, Professor of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) has been appointed as Chief of the newly established Neurotology Branch in The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD). The new branch at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) focuses on neurological and genetic c more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Feb. 23 (TNSjou) -- The University of Maryland School of Medicine issued the following news on Feb. 22, 2023: * * * Study Led to FDA Approval of Focused Ultrasound Device that Provides Novel Treatment Option Without Requiring Incision * * * Patients with Parkinson's disease achieved a significant improvement in their tremors, mobility, and other physical symptoms after having a minimally-invasive procedure involving focused ultrasound, according to a new study today publ more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Feb. 23 (TNSjou) -- The University of Maryland School of Medicine issued the following news: * * * Findings will direct researchers to risk genes in predisposed patients * * * When the artery that supplies the stomach and the liver forms a bulge that ruptures, this medical emergency results in the deaths of 50 percent of patients before they reach the hospital. This "silent killer" condition, known as abdominal aortic aneurysm, led to the death of Albert Einstein -- and  more PR