WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids issued the following news release: Eleven leading medical, public health and community organizations have filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court urging the Court to reverse a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit that struck down the FDA's marketing denial orders for certain flavored e-liquids. "Allowing the Fifth Circuit decision to stand would leave more young people in the grip of nicotine addiction a more PR

BASEL, Switzerland, Sept. 5 -- The AAPS Journal, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists that says it features pharmaceutical sciences impacting human and veterinary therapeutics, published research articles on the following topics in its October 2024 edition (Vol. 26, Issue 5): * A Data Driven Strategy and Case Study for Implementation of Singlicate Analysis in Ligand Binding Assays Used for PK Quantitation * A Risk-Based Assessment for Determining t more PR

VICTORIA, Australia, Sept. 5 -- Animal Production Science, a journal that says it focuses improving livestock and food production and on the social and economic issues that influence producers, published research articles on the following topics in its September 2024 edition (Vol. 64, No. 13): * Advances in smallholder large ruminant production and profitability in Southeast Asia over the past decade - lessons from the Mekong region: a review * Assessing input efficiencies of specialised milk  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF12752) on Sept. 3, 2024, by education policy analyst Adam K. Edgerton, and legislative attorney Jared P. Cole: * * * Education Department Updates Title IX Regulations: Protections for Pregnant Students and Employees Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (hereinafter, "Title IX") bars sex discrimination in education programs that receive federal financial assistance (20 U.S.C. Sec. more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Rep. David Valadao, R-California, issued the following news release: The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) confirmed the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) was found at three dairy farms in the Central Valley. Congressman David G. Valadao (CA-22) released the following statement: "As a dairyman I've been closely following this situation since the first avian influenza case was detected in U.S. dairy cattle, and have remained in contact with dairy more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: During its upcoming term, the Supreme Court will hear FDA's appeal of a Fifth Circuit decision that struck down the agency's denials of applications from an e-cigarette manufacturer Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee; U.S. Representative Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ-06), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee; and U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) l more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, introduced a resolution on June 28, 2024. The text of the resolution was released on Sept. 1. H. Res. 1332. A resolution encouraging the celebration of the month of June as LGBTQIA+ Pride Month; to the Committee on the Judiciary. The resolution is cosponsored by Reps. Gabe Amo, D-R.I., Nanette D. Barragan, D-Calif., Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, Ami Bera, D-Calif., Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Del., Suzanne Bonamici, D-Ore., Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., Brendan Boyl more ST

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in California. *** Systems and Methods for Controlling and Monitoring Inflatable Perfusion Enhancement Apparatus for Mitigating Contact Pressure ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 3 -- TURNCARE, INC., Palo Alto, California has been assigned a patent (No. US 12076952 B2, initially filed Oct. 19, 2022) developed by six inventors Rafael Paolo Squitieri, Wilton, Connecticut; Robert Charles Deutsch, Oakridge, California;  more ST

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 4 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Minnesota. *** Systems and Methods for Multi-Kernel Synthesis and Kernel Conversion in Medical Imaging ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 3 -- MAYO FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH, Rochester, Minnesota has been assigned a patent (No. US 12079907 B2, initially filed Sept. 30, 2019) developed by five inventors Lifeng Yu, Byron, Minnesota; Andrew D. Missert, Rochester, Minnesota; Shuai Leng, Rochester,  more ST