BALTIMORE, Maryland, July 28 (TNSres) -- Johns Hopkins Institute for NanoBioTechnology issued the following news: Space travel takes a toll on the human body. In fact, it's estimated that spending six months in microgravity can age organs and bones at least 10 years. But for a team of Johns Hopkins scientists, the acceleration of aging in space provides a unique opportunity to better comprehend the condition that remains the leading cause of death in America: heart disease. "Human aging is ve more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, July 29 -- Johns Hopkins University's Bloomberg School of Public Health issued the following Q&A on July 28, 2023, with Epidemiology Professor David Dowdy: * * * Last year's "tripledemic" of flu, COVID, and RSV, left many of us wary of what the coming respiratory virus season might bring. But this year's landscape is already different, with new vaccines and treatments, like the game-changing antibody that protects kids from RSV, offering new ways to tamp down infections an more PR

NEW CARROLLTON, Maryland, July 29 -- The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development issued the following news release on July 28, 2023: The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development today announced $7.1 million in funding to the Homelessness Solutions Program, which supports organizations across the state to respond to homelessness. The funding, which will be awarded to Continuums of Care across the state, will aid in reducing the need for emergency shelter and acce more PR

SALISBURY, Maryland, July 29 -- Salisbury University issued the following news release: With a higher education background spanning more than a quarter-century, Dr. Deirdra Johnson has been appointed as Salisbury University's next associate vice president of student affairs. Johnson comes to SU from Wor-Wic Community College, where she recently served as dean of enrollment management and student services. "With passion and knowledge, Deirdra has assisted in developing and implementing several more PR

SALISBURY, Maryland, July 29 (TNSres) -- Salisbury University issued the following news release: Dr. Beth Towle, Salisbury University assistant professor of English and associate director of the University Writing Center, will join 10 colleagues from throughout the University System of Maryland (USM) this fall as a member of the inaugural cohort of USM Elkins Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Fellows. Created by the USM's William E. Kirwan Center for Academic Innovation and named in honor o more PR

ADELPHI, Maryland, July 29 -- The University of Maryland Global Campus issued the following news release: July 26th marked the thirty-third anniversary of a powerful piece of civil rights legislation, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This year's celebration is especially momentous as it comes just weeks after the approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the first drug shown to slow down an early form of dementia. A scientific win for the Alzheimer's disease communit more PR