CANBERRA, Australia, April 18 -- Australian Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Murray Watt issued the following transcript of a radio interview on April 17, 2024, with Kirsty Reading of ABC New England North West: * * * SUBJECTS: Albanese Government's Preliminary Response to the Rapid Evaluation into the APVMA; The APVMA headquarters will remain in Armidale. * * * KIRSTY READING, HOST: Kristy Reading with you this morning. Now the Federal Government will today announce that the more PR

GREENVILLE, Pennsylvania, April 18 -- Thiel College issued the following news release on April 17, 2024: Rear Admiral Richard Childs, M.D. is the speaker for the 2024 Professor David M. Miller '61, H'20 Distinguished Lecture Series at 7 p.m. on Monday, April 22, in the Lutheran Heritage Room of the Howard Miller Student Center. Rear Admiral Childs will deliver a lecture titled "Commanding the Frontlines: An Admiral's Odyssey from Ebola Crisis Management to Directing Heart, Lung, and Blood Rese more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 18 -- The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection issued the following news release: A coalition of New England states jointly submitted two applications to secure federal funding to support investments in large-scale transmission and energy storage infrastructure to enhance grid reliability and resilience across the region. The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP), the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resource more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 18 -- The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute issued the following news release on April 17, 2024: * * * *This press release was initially issued on January 27, 2024. It has been updated and re-issued to reflect publication in the New England Journal of Medicine. * * * For the first time in fifty years, results from a phase 3 randomized, placebo-controlled trial have shown an overall survival benefit from an adjuvant therapy in patients with kidney cancer. Treatment w more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 18 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on April 16, 2024: Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its issuance of Clean Air Act Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) air quality permits for Sunrise Wind, Park City Wind (NEW1) and Park City Wind (NEW2). The permits allow for construction to begin on these three offshore "wind development areas" located in federal waters. EPA's approvals are in concert with other f more PR

WILLISTON, Vermont, April 18 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: Starting this summer, the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (VTDEC), with EPA oversight, will break ground on a remedial action for the cleanup of groundwater at the Commerce Street Plume Superfund Site in Williston, Vermont. The goal of this work is to cleanup groundwater to meet VTDEC drinking water requirements and prevent the spread of trichloroethylene (TCE) contamination.  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: HARTFORD, Conn. -- Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston arrested an unlawfully present Jamaican national convicted of second degree robbery with a weapon in Hartford. Deportation officers from ERO Boston's Hartford suboffice arrested the 25-year-old Jamaican national April 3, after he was previously released by the Connecticut Department of Correct more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: BOSTON -- Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston removed an unlawfully present Brazilian fugitive being sought by law enforcement authorities in Brazil for raping a vulnerable person. Deportation officers from ERO Boston removed Altair Jose Portuense-Lana, 51, via a flight to Brazil March 22. "The community is safer today with the removal of Altair  more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 16 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: SEATTLE - The final defendant in a large drug trafficking ring was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 108 months in prison for trafficking drugs while armed with a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman. Juan de Dios Alcaraz-Mardueno was a drug redistributor and interstate transporter of heroin, fentanyl, and meth more PR

LONDON, England, April 18 -- GlaxoSmithKline, a biopharmaceutical company, issued the following news release on April 17, 2024: GSK plc (LSE/NYSE: GSK) today announced positive data from the ZOSTER-049 long-term follow-up phase III trial which followed participants for up to approximately 11 years following initial vaccination with Shingrix (Recombinant Zoster Vaccine or RZV). The final trial data demonstrate that RZV maintains efficacy against shingles for more than a decade in adults over 50. more PR

MANHATTAN, Kansas, April 18 -- Kansas State University issued the following news release: Kansas State University has honored three professors with the title of university distinguished professor, the highest faculty title given by the university. The 2024 recipients of this lifetime honor are Traci Brimhall, professor of English; Yoonseong Park, professor of entomology; and James Stack, professor of plant pathology. "Drs. Brimhall, Park and Stack are distinguished leaders in their respective more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 18 (TNSres) -- Mass General Brigham issued the following news release: Mass General Brigham physicians and researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital presented their cutting-edge research at the 2024 American College of Cardiology's Annual Scientific Session & Expo from April 6-8 in Atlanta. Highlights included results from trials testing a twice-a-year drug for managing blood pressure; a new medication that reduced triglycerid more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 18 -- The Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs issued the following news release: A coalition of New England states jointly submitted two applications to secure federal funding to support investments in large-scale transmission and energy storage infrastructure to enhance grid reliability and resilience across the region. The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources, the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on April 17, 2024: The leader of a regional organized theft crew who orchestrated the thefts of catalytic converters from nearly 500 vehicles across the region, multiple jewelry store robberies and the stealing of ATMs pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston. Rafael Davila, a/k/a "Robbin Hood," 35, of Springfield, Mass, pleaded guilty to conspiracy  more PR

SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts, April 18 -- Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance, a life insurance company, issued the following news release: Financial professionals who choose to affiliate with MassMutual can now offer their clients property and casualty (P&C) insurance, both personal and commercial lines, available through Insurify, America's top-rated insurance comparison platform. This is one of the latest additions to MassMutual's suite of wealth management and protection solutions. "Those t more PR

WALTHAM, Massachusetts, April 18 -- The New England Journal of Medicine, a peer-reviewed medical journal from the Massachusetts Medical Society that says it delivers research and interactive clinical content to physicians, educators and the global medical community, published research articles on the following topics in its April 18, 2024, edition (Vol. 390, No. 15): Perspective: * Fundamentals of Medical Ethics: Expanding Applications of Clinical Genetic Testing -- Ethical Challenges * Twen more PR

PARIS, France, April 18 -- Sanofi, a life sciences company, issued the following news release on April 17, 2024: Sanofi's CD40L antibody, frexalimab, demonstrated sustained reduction of disease activity and favorable tolerability after nearly one year in participants with relapsing multiple sclerosis. These data will be presented today at the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) 2024 Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, US. Results from the 12-week double-blind study period were previously publis more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 18 (TNSres) -- The University of Chicago issued the following news: By Benjamin Ransom The annual Academic Communicators Network Excellence Awards recognize the outstanding contribution of academics who excel at sharing their field-defining research and expertise with the public. Four University of Chicago scholars have received awards in 2024: Prof. Selwyn O. Rogers Jr. for media relations, Prof. John List for digital communications, Asst. Senior Instructional Prof. P more PR

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, April 18 -- The University of Minnesota issued the following news release: Rachel Hardeman, founding director of the University of Minnesota's landmark Center for Antiracism Research for Health Equity (CARHE), was named a member of the 2024 TIME100 this morning. This year's compilation recognized the world's 100 most influential personalities and leaders throughout many cross-sections of society, from discovery and research to politics, policy, arts and athletics. "This more PR

BURLINGTON, Vermont, April 18 (TNSres) -- The University of Vermont issued the following news: * * * A surprising phenomenon changes how forests are organized--and may help protect species from climate change, UVM researchers say * * * While it's common knowledge that mountaintops are colder than the valleys below, a new University of Vermont (UVM) study is flipping the script on what we know about forests and climate. The study, published in Ecology and Evolution, explores forests that exp more PR