WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (TNSres) -- The American Land Title Association issued the following news release: The title insurance industry generated $4.09 billion in title insurance premiums during the second quarter of 2024 compared with $3.92 billion during the same period a year ago, according to the American Land Title Association's (ALTA's) latest Market Share Analysis. Total operating income was up 3.5% during the second quarter of 2024 compared to Q2 2023. The industry continued its strong fina more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Sept. 29 (TNSres) -- The American Society for Radiation Oncology issued the following news release: * * * Analysis of three large, phase III clinical trials finds more than 40% of brain metastases patients completely reversed cognitive losses * * * A substantial number of patients with brain metastases who experience cognitive side effects following radiation therapy may fully regain cognitive function, according to a pooled analysis of three large, phase III clinical t more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Sept. 29 (TNSres) -- The American Society for Radiation Oncology issued the following news release: * * * Phase 2 clinical trial finds 177Lu-Dotatate may extend progression-free survival for patients with no other options to manage recurrent disease * * * A radiopharmaceutical therapy that has successfully extended progression-free survival for patients with neuroendocrine tumors shows early promise for delivering similar benefits to patients with difficult-to-treat meni more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (TNSres) -- Americans for Tax Reform issued the following news on Oct. 3, 2024: * * * Americans for Tax Reform's State Ballot Measure Guide Highlights Threats & Opportunities for Taxpayers on Election Day * * * Today, Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) released the organization's 2024 State Ballot Measure Guide, which analyzes 65 state-level ballot measures, initiatives, and amendments across 27 states that will impact Americans' pocketbooks and freedoms. American taxpayers  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (TNSres) -- The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights issued the following news release on Oct. 3, 2024: The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights today released its Voting Record for the 118th Congress, which reflects the recorded votes taken by every senator and representative on the priorities of The Leadership Conference and its coalition members. This edition of the Voting Record, which has been issued for every Congress since 1969, highlights that la more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (TNSres) -- The Association for Community Affiliated Plans issued the following news release: A new study from researchers at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health examines changes in access to mental health care for adults with low incomes before and after the implementation of Medicaid continuous eligibility issued as a response to the COVID-19 public health emergency. Authored by Leighton Ku, professor of health policy and management,  more PR

COLUMBIA, Missouri, Oct. 4 (TNSres) -- The Association of Health Care Journalists issued the following news: A recent AARP poll shows that women 50 and older, regardless of marital status, lean towards presidential candidate Kamala Harris over former President Trump by 54% to 42%. Solo agers are slightly more supportive of Harris than married women (56% to 51%). Among those who support Trump, 47% of older women were married, compared to 39% of unmarried women over 50. Women over 50 made up a  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (TNSres) -- The Competitive Enterprise Institute issued the following study on Sept. 26, 2024, by James Broughel and Patricia Patnode entitled "Corn Whiskey Clarity." Here are excerpts: * * * Over the past two decades, Iowa has implemented several reforms aimed at enhancing the efficiency of its environmental permitting procedures. This report focuses on two key reforms at the state Department of Natural Resources (DNR): the adoption of business process improvement strategi more PR

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Oct. 5 (TNSres) -- Humanity and Inclusion issued the following news release: * * * Thirty-one months into the Russian-Ukrainian war, civilian cost continues to rise. * * * The latest ground offensives in the Donetsk oblast by the Russian Armed Forces, and in the Kursk oblast by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, have been coupled with an intensification of air attacks. Since July 2024, when at least 950 incidents involving explosive weapons were already recorded in Ukraine  more PR

FOREST KNOLLS, California, Oct. 4 (TNSres) -- The Turtle Island Restoration Network issued the following news release: A new study out of Harvard and the University of Delaware published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2405898121) document that industrial fishing supplies 70% of poisonous methylmercury consumed by the public. The highest level of methylmercury is found in tuna and other large fish from tropical and subtropical waters more PR

NEW YORK, Oct. 4 (TNSres) -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following news release: * * * A new issue brief evaluates the value of mental health courts and offers suggestions for improvement * * * Progressive criminal-justice advocates prioritize rehabilitation over incarceration, a goal which mental health courts support by diverting defendants with serious mental illness into community treatment instead of prison. However, with criminal justice reform continuing to evolve, the future o more PR

BOULDER, Colorado, Oct. 4 (TNSres) -- The National Center for Atmospheric Research issued the following news release: * * * International team produces global maps of coronal magnetic field * * * For the first time, scientists have taken near-daily measurements of the Sun's global coronal magnetic field, a region of the Sun that has only been observed irregularly in the past. The resulting observations are providing valuable insights into the processes that drive the intense solar storms tha more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (TNSres) -- The National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association issued the following news release: Federal family planning data released on October 1, 2024, by the US Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Population Affairs showed a slight increase in individuals using family planning services at the 3,853 Title X-funded service sites across the US in 2023. According to the federal government's Family Planning Annual Report (FPAR), the number of pa more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (TNSres) -- The National Confectioners Association issued the following news release: Consumers' strong emotional connection to chocolate persisted throughout the past year, according to a new report (https://candyusa.com/chocolateconsumers) from the National Confectioners Association. Chocolate accounted for $21.4 billion in confectionery sales - a new high - over the last year, with 65% of consumers turning to chocolate as an affordable treat. Despite increased food costs a more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (TNSres) -- ONE Campaign issued the following news release: A new report found immunizations provided by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, helped save 1.3 million lives from preventable disease in 2023. Gavi has prevented a total of 18.8 million deaths since 2000. Last year alone, Gavi helped immunize 69 million children against diseases like diphtheria, measles, and cholera. Earlier this year, many countries in Africa, including Cameroon, Liberia, and Burkina Faso, began the rol more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (TNSres) -- Optica, formerly the Optical Society, issued the following news release: * * * Michael Muller recognized for developing the world's most powerful ultrafast fiber lasers * New award spotlights fiber laser advances by early-career professionals and provides US$20,000 prize. * Muller acknowledged for his pioneering research in ultrafast fiber lasers, achieving record power, and developing innovative techniques with significant potential in nanotechnology, biomedi more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (TNSres) -- Optica, formerly the Optical Society, issued the following news release: * * * Technology offers a cost-effective alternative to radar, demonstrated on the Odysseus lunar lander * * * Researchers have developed a coherent Doppler lidar system that can precisely measure a vehicle's altitude and velocity while landing on planetary bodies such as the Moon or Mars. The new technology, called Navigation Doppler Lidar (NDL), was successfully demonstrated onboard the more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (TNSres) -- Optica, formerly the Optical Society, issued the following news release: * * * CSP crystals outperform ZGP traditional materials in mid-IR wavelengths, pointing to new opportunities in sensing, defense and more * * * Researchers have demonstrated an unprecedented total output power of more than 8W from a high-power mid-infrared (mid-IR) cadmium silicon diphosphide (CSP) optical parametric oscillator (OPO) pumped at 2.06 um. They also show that CSP crystals can  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (TNSres) -- Optica, formerly the Optical Society, issued the following news release: * * * New laser-acoustic technology promising for faster, more efficient detection of landmines and other underground hazards * * * Researchers have shown that a recently developed 2D-array laser multibeam sensor can be used for laser-acoustic detection of buried objects such as landmines. This new approach could make it faster and less cumbersome to detect various underground objects. Vy more PR

SANTA MONICA, California, Oct. 4 (TNSres) -- Rand issued the following commentary on Oct. 3, 2024: * * * A Concerning Rise in Rough Sleeping Threatens Recent Progress on Unsheltered Homelessness in Los Angeles By Louis Abramson Our new analysis of three Los Angeles neighborhoods--Hollywood, Venice, and Skid Row--shows that rough sleeping has risen to new heights. Rough sleeping refers to unhoused people living without the protection of a vehicle, tent, or makeshift dwelling. If left unaddre more PR

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Oct. 4 (TNSres) -- Santa Fe Institute issued the following news release: Networks, which include nodes and connections, can help researchers model dynamic systems like the spread of disease or how the brain processes information. Pairwise interactions between nodes can represent links between individuals -- how two neurons connect with one another in the brain, for example -- but scientists also study interactions involving three or more nodes. These higher-order interacti more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (TNSres) -- The Stimson Center, a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank that analyzes issues related to global peace, issued the following news release on Oct. 2, 2024: According to a new Stimson Center CORVI rapid risk assessment, the Indian Ocean Island nation of Mauritius is increasingly vulnerable to sea-level rise, loss of coastal ecosystems, flooding, and tropical cyclones which negatively impact the island's economy and the health and safety of its citizens. The country's  more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 4 (TNSres) -- The Wistar Institute issued the following news release: * * * Drs. Lieberman, Collman, and Co-Authors Link RSAD2/Viperin Gene with Certain Chronically HIV-Infected Cells * * * New findings could lead to different research tactics for scientists investigating a cure for HIV. Results from The Wistar Institute's Lieberman lab, led by Hilary Koprowski, M.D., Endowed Professor Paul M. Lieberman, Ph.D., and researchers at the Perelman School of Medici more PR

OCEAN SPRINGS, Mississippi, Oct. 4 (TNSres) -- The Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium issued the following news release: Students from The University of Mississippi (UM), The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) and the University of South Alabama/Dauphin Island Sea Lab (USA/DISL) have been selected as finalists for the 2025 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Sea Grant John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship Program. The Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium endorsed t more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (TNSres) -- The Violence Policy Center issued the following news release: * * * Annual Violence Policy Center study released for Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October * * * Nearly nine out of 10 Black females murdered by males are killed by someone they know, most often with a gun, according to the new Violence Policy Center (VPC) study When Men Murder Women: An Analysis of 2022 Homicide Data. The VPC releases the study each year for Domestic Violence Awareness Mon more PR

WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, Oct. 4 (TNSres) -- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution issued the following news release on Oct. 3, 2024: The 2025 Henry Stommel Research Medal is being presented to Dr. Amy Bower, a Senior Scientist in the Physical Oceanography Department at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI). This is the highest honor the American Meteorological Society (AMS)(https://www.ametsoc.org/index.cfm/ams/about-ams/ams-awards-honors/awards/science-and-technology-medals/the-henr more PR