NEW YORK, May 31 -- Mount Sinai Health System issued the following news release: * * * AI-Driven Model Supports Safer and More Precise Blood Sugar Management After Heart Surgery New research shows machine learning can assist doctors in navigating complex insulin dosing in the ICU Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have developed a machine learning tool that can help doctors manage blood sugar levels in patients recovering from heart surgery, a critical but often diffi more PR

CAMBRIDGE, England, May 30 (TNSjou) -- Anglia Ruskin University issued the following news: * * * Dinosaurs could hold key to cancer discoveries New study highlights the importance of preserving fossilised soft tissues New techniques used to analyse soft tissue in dinosaur fossils may hold the key to new cancer discoveries, according to a new study published in the journal Biology. Researchers from Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) and Imperial College London analysed dinosaur fossils using adv more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 31 -- Mass General Brigham issued the following news release on May 30, 2025: * * * At-Home Heart Attacks and Cardiac Deaths on the Rise Since COVID-19 Pandemic Heart attacks are the leading cause of death globally, yet some statistics from many different countries suggest these events declined in frequency since the COVID-19 pandemic. Mass General Brigham researchers evaluated whether these cardiac trends reflect a true change in event rates, or if they reflect tha more PR

CARDIFF, Wales, May 30 (TNSjou) -- Cardiff University issued the following news: * * * New guidelines for identifying increased risk of psychological and heart conditions in rare skin condition International guidelines for the screening of a rare skin condition have changed after scientists found an elevated rate of psychological disorders and heart issues. Cardiff University researchers have shown that the rare skin condition, X-linked ichthyosis - which is caused by a genetic deletion, is  more PR

CEDARVILLE, Ohio, May 30 -- Cedarville University issued the following news: * * * Cedarville PA Program Blends Faith and Medicine, Attracts Record Interest By Rich Stratton Just two years after launching, Cedarville University's physician assistant program is seeing unprecedented demand, with applications more than doubling compared to the same time last year. The program welcomed its first cohort in 2023 and celebrated its inaugural graduating class in May 2025. While still new, the prog more PR

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following research: * * * House Republican Reconciliation Bill Takes Away Health Coverage, Food Assistance, Tax Credits From Millions of Immigrants and Their Families By Margot Dankner, Shelby Gonzales, Elizabeth Lower-Basch and Kiran Rachamallu The House Republican reconciliation bill would impose massive cuts in food assistance, health care coverage, and other supports for people with low incomes/[1] and singles ou more PR

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, May 31 -- The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center issued the following news release: * * * Detecting Invisible Wounds: New Study Could Change How Wound Closure is Defined PITTSBURGH -- In patients with diabetic foot ulcers that looked healed and met the current definition of a closed wound, closed ulcers with functionally defective skin that lost more body water were likely to re-open, according to a new National Institutes of Health (NIH) Diabetic Foot Consortiu more PR

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: * * * Musk Booted from White House Amid Alarming Allegations of Serious Drug Abuse -- But Not Before Bulldozing Social Security and Critical Programs In response to Elon Musk exiting the Trump administration, DNC Chair Ken Martin released the following statement: "It was clear to the American people that something was seriously off with Elon Musk from the moment he stepped foot into the White House --  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- The House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology and Government Innovation released the following written testimony by Alan Butler, executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, from a May 20, 2025, hearing entitled "Breach of Trust: Surveillance in Private Spaces": * * * Subcommittee Chair Mace, Ranking Member Brown, Committee Chair Comer, Ranking Member Connolly, and Members of Subcommittee, thank you for more PR

DALLAS, Texas, May 30 (TNSjou) -- Southern Methodist University issued the following news: * * * Energy-efficient, high-entropy nanoribbon material for extreme environments and cost-effective manufacturing created A new study could revolutionize the material science field for aerospace, energy, electronics and other industries reliant on resilient materials. An SMU-led research team has developed a more cost-effective, energy-efficient material called high-entropy oxide (HEO) nanoribbons tha more PR

BOCA RATON, Florida, May 31 (TNSjou) -- Florida Atlantic University, a component of the state university system in Florida, issued the following news: * * * Fixing the Leak: An Opioid Treatment for Dopamine Disorders? By Gisele Galoustian Dopamine, a small molecule derived from the amino acid tyrosine, plays a significant role in regulating multiple essential brain functions including movement, mood and motivation as well as multiple cognitive functions including attention and memory. Dopami more PR

NEW YORK, May 29 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- White and Case, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Fraud Without Economic Loss--Supreme Court Expands Scope of Federal Fraud Statutes White Collar partners Joel Cohen and Brent Wible, counsel Marietou Diouf and associate Elisha Mvundura published a byline in The National Law Journal examining the US Supreme Court's decision in Kousisis v. United States, which determined that "a defendant commits fraud when he uses a material misst more PR

BOISE, Idaho, May 30 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release: * * * AG Labrador Joins Coalition Urging Meta to Address AI Sexual Exploitation Risks BOISE -- Attorney General Raul Labrador has joined a coalition of 28 state attorneys general in demanding answers from Meta Platforms, Inc. after disturbing reports surfaced showing that Meta's social media AI assistant, known as "Meta AI," may expose children to sexually explicit content and allow adults to si more PR

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- Crowell and Moring, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Kristin Madigan Named 2025 Top Woman Lawyer by the Daily Journal San Francisco - May 30, 2025: The Daily Journal has named Crowell & Moring's Kristin Madigan as a Top Woman Lawyer in California in 2025. The annual list celebrates "excellence, impact, and leadership across the legal profession" and recognizes the top 100 women lawyers practicing in California. You can view full in-depth profile of Kristin on more PR

NEW YORK, May 30 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on May 29, 2025, to the Civitas Institute: * * * The Academic "Resistance" Decries Government Interference By Tal Fortgang The academy should now recover its institutional autonomy, we are told. The academic "resistance" has found its rallying cry. "No government -- regardless of which party is in power -- should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas more PR

NEW YORK, May 29 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on May 27, 2025, to the Wall Street Journal: * * * Does the President Want to Fix Harvard or Destroy It? By Jason L. Riley His actions against foreign students and research grants have little to do with students' civil rights. Donald Trump has made the Harvard man his whipping boy, and academia certainly had it coming. Still, what is the president's objective? The administration announced Tuesday that more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 31 -- Mass General Brigham issued the following news release: * * * Modeling Study Predicts National Fluoride Ban Would Substantially Increase Children's Tooth Decay and Dental Costs KEY TAKEAWAYS * Mass General Brigham researchers developed a model to estimate the impact on children's dental health and its cost if fluoride were no longer added to U.S. public drinking water. * The model estimated that a fluoride ban would result in a 7.5 percentage point increase  more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, May 31 (TNSjou) -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: * * * Study Finds Opening 'Off-Price' Stores Increases Online Shopping for High-End Retailers A new study finds that when high-end retailers open "off-price" stores, which sell less expensive merchandise, it reduces customer spending at their flagship "full-line" stores - but increases customer spending at their online stores. "We have recently seen an increase in high-end retail ch more PR

LINCOLN, Nebraska, May 29 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers posted the following joint letter on May 27, 2025, with 27 attorneys general: * * * AG Hilgers Joins 28 Attorneys General Expressing Concerns over Meta AI Exposing Children to Explicit Content * * * May 27, 2025 Meta Platforms, Inc. c/o Ms. Jennifer Newstead, Chief Legal Officer, 1 Meta Way, Menlo Park, California 94025 jnewstead@fb.com Dear Ms. Newstead: The undersigned, representing attorneys general offices from 28 st more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, May 30 [Category: Medical] -- The American Cancer Society posted the following news release: * * * New ACS Study: Number of Cancer Survivors in the U.S. Reaches 18.6 Million -- Projected to Exceed 22 Million by 2035 The number of people living with a history of cancer in the United States is estimated at 18.6 million as of January 1, 2025 and projected to exceed 22 million by 2035, according to a new report, Cancer Treatment and Survivorship Statistics, 2025, led by the Amer more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 31 -- Mass General Brigham issued the following news release: * * * New App May Help Caregivers of People Getting a Bone Marrow Transplant A new study by investigators from Mass General Brigham showed that a new app they created can help improve the quality of life for caregivers of patients undergoing bone marrow transplant (BMT). The researchers conducted a randomized clinical trial and found that caregivers assigned to use the app showed significantly greater imp more PR

SYDNEY, Australia, May 31 (TNSrep) -- The Royal Australasian College of Physicians issued the following news release: * * * New data finds survival disadvantage for rural patients with liver cancer compared with metropolitan patients A new study suggests that liver cancer patients in rural areas have lower survival than metropolitan patients, with patients in rural areas passing away 2.53 years after diagnosis, compared to 4.7 years for patients in metropolitan areas. The research, featured  more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 31 -- Mass General Brigham issued the following news release: * * * New Diagnostic Tool Uses Bioluminescence to Detect Viruses Mass General Brigham researchers are shining a powerful new light into the viral darkness with the development of Luminescence CAscade-based Sensor (LUCAS), a rapid, portable, highly sensitive diagnostic tool for processing complex biological samples. Compared to its diagnostic predecessors, LUCAS creates 500-fold stronger and 8-fold longer- more PR

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * NEW: "Sykes warns cuts to Medicaid, SNAP and health benefits will hurt many in 13th District" [Akron Beacon Journal] This week, Congresswoman Emilia Sykes joined community leaders and senior citizen advocates to raise awareness about what the GOP tax scam and its cuts to Medicaid and SNAP will mean for Northeast Ohio. This dangerous bill guts Medicaid, jeopardizes health care for 2 more PR

NORMAN, Oklahoma, May 31 -- The University of Oklahoma issued the following news: * * * OU Film Scholar Wins National Pop Culture Book Award By Josh DeLozier NORMAN, OKLA. - Victoria Sturtevant, an associate professor of film and media studies at the University of Oklahoma, has been named the recipient of the 2025 John G. Cawelti Award for the Best Textbook/Primer by the Popular Culture Association. The honor recognizes her latest book, It's All in the Delivery: Pregnancy in American Film an more PR

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pennsylvania, ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Federal Law Enforcement, posted the following news release on May 29, 2025: * * * Ranking Members Lee, Crockett, and McBath Demand DOJ Reinstate Consent Decrees with Police Departments Washington, D.C. (May 29, 2025)-- Today, Rep. Summer Lee, Ranking Member of the House Oversight Subcommittee on Federal Law Enforcement, Rep. Jasmine Crockett, Ranking Member of the more PR

LA JOLLA, California, May 30 (TNSjou) -- The Salk Institute for Biological Studies issued the following news release: * * * Cannabis pangenome reveals potential for medicinal and industrial use Collaborative, multi-year research effort produces most comprehensive genetic archive of cannabis plant to date Cannabis has been a globally important crop for millennia. While best known today as marijuana for its psychoactive cannabinoid THC (tetrahydrocannabinol), historically, cannabis has been a  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 30 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health issued the following news release: * * * Scientists identify diagnostic aid to determine risk of diabetic foot ulcer recurrence NIH-funded project shows that trans-epidermal water loss could indicate if wounds are fully healed. A research team funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has identified a diagnostic aid that has the potential to accurately predict the recurrence of diab more PR

MENLO PARK, California, May 31 -- The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Case of the missing copper species Using advanced computation methods and a novel X-ray technique, SLAC researchers team up to find a more durable form of copper capable of splitting water. Copper has many uses - in electrical wires, plumbing and even coins. With its abundance and relatively low price tag, copper has also long been used as a catalyst to speed up chemical reacti more PR

WASHINGTON, May 30 [Category: Political] -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary: * * * Spectrum Auctions in Congress's One Big, Beautiful Bill will Generate Revenue and Boost Innovation Under the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act passed by the House, the Federal Communications Commission would have the authority to hold Spectrum auctions for the first time in nearly four years. The FCC would also be tasked, along with the National Telecommunications and Information Administrati more PR

LAREDO, Texas, May 31 -- Texas A&M International University, a member of the Texas A&M University System, issued the following news release: * * * TAMIU Students Win Top Awards at 29th Annual Western Hemispheric Trade Conference Two Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) International Business Administration doctoral students and three undergraduate Business students won cash prizes for the Best Student Paper and Honorable Mention awards at the 29th Annual Western Hemispheric Trade (WHT)  more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, May 31 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the following news: * * * TN Attorney General Skrmetti Joins Coalition Urging Meta to Protect Kids from AI Sexual Exploitation NASHVILLE--Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti has joined a coalition of 28 state attorneys general in demanding answers from Meta Platforms, Inc. after disturbing reports that Meta's social media artificial intelligence (AI) assistant, known as Meta AI, may expose children to more PR

WASHINGTON, May 30 [Category: Environment] -- The League of Conservation Voters posted the following news release: * * * The Week in Climate Action - May 30, 2025 Your weekly resource to learn what the environmental movement is saying about the news of the day and the political fight of our generation. This week, we're covering a Supreme Court decision that will let Big Polluters decide where to build their toxic projects, and states' continued efforts to protect clean energy jobs and consume more PR

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor Leads Colleagues in Urging Meta Halt Deployment of Companion Bots to Children TAMPA, Fla. - U.S. Reps. Kathy Castor (FL-14), Jake Auchincloss (MA-04), Debbie Dingell (MI-06), Doris Matsui (CA-07), Kim Schrier (WA-08) and Lori Trahan (MA-03), member of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee, wrote to Meta's Mark Zuckerberg to urge immediate action to halt the deployment of  more PR

BIRMINGHAM, England, May 30 (TNSjou) -- The University of Birmingham issued the following news: * * * Gut bacteria may hold key to unlocking better cancer treatment 'Biomarkers' could help to improve detection and treatment of gastrointestinal diseases. Scientists have discovered a range of 'biomarkers' that could help to improve detection and treatment of gastrointestinal diseases (GIDs) such as gastric cancer (GC), colorectal cancer (CRC), and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Researchers more PR

AURORA, Colorado, May 31 (TNSjou) -- The University of Colorado School of Public Health issued the following news release: * * * A Genetic Variation May Explain Why Some Children Exposed to Diabetes in Utero become Obese and Others Don't CU Anschutz study identifies a genetic variety or polymorphism that may hold the answer By David Kelly Children exposed to gestational diabetes in utero with a specific variation of a common gene are at a higher risk of becoming overweight or obese during c more PR

EXETER, England, May 30 (TNSjou) -- The University of Exeter issued the following news: * * * Involving communities in nature-based solutions to climate challenges leads to greater innovation, study shows Involving communities in nature-based solutions to tackle urban climate and environmental challenges leads to innovation and multiple benefits, a study shows. Participation of citizens in NBS projects leads to innovation in design and quality, as well as people gaining greater benefits from more PR

LIVERPOOL, England, May 30 (TNSjou) -- The University of Liverpool issued the following news release: * * * Study reveals shocking abuse faced by local councillors in transport policy debates A new study by researchers at the University of Liverpool has uncovered alarming levels of abuse directed at local councillors--both online and in person--in relation to cycling and transport initiatives. Published in the Journal of Local Government Studies, the research explores how social media shapes more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, May 31 -- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center issued the following news release: * * * ASCO: Triple therapy regimen significantly improves survival in BRAF V600E-mutated metastatic colorectal cancer * Approximately 8 to 12% of patients with colorectal cancer have BRAF mutations * Treatment with the triplet combination of drugs - encorafenib, cetuximab and chemotherapy - helped patients live longer and kept cancer from progressing * The Food and Drug Administra more PR

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, May 31 (TNSjou) -- The Washington University School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Innovative immunotherapy shows promise against aggressive T cell cancers WashU startup's "off-the-shelf" CAR-T cell therapy evaluated in international clinical trial By Julia Evangelou Strait A new type of immunotherapy that targets aggressive blood cancers shows promising results alongside manageable side effects, according to the results of an international phase 1 more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 31 -- Wentworth Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Alumna Crepeau Named NE Real Estate Journal 'One to Watch' Stephanie Crepeau, a 2017 Construction Management graduate from Wentworth Institute of Technology, is not just building structures; she's building a reputation as a dynamic leader in a demanding industry. Her recent feature in the New England Real Estate Journal's (NEREJ) coveted "Ones To Watch" spotlight affirms her rising influence an more PR

DALLAS, Texas, May 30 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Heart Association posted the following news release: * * * Where there's smoke, there's fire - and heart health risks Smoke from Canada wildfires is rapidly drifting into the U.S. and the American Heart Association, a global force changing the future of health for all, warns that this wildfire smoke exposure may pose an increased risk for heart disease.  "While breathing problems and respiratory health dangers are often considere more PR