WASHINGTON, July 30 (Rep.) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * "50 States of Fraud" * On 60th Anniversary of Medicaid, Speaker Johnson highlights waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicaid across the country WASHINGTON -- Sixty years ago today, Medicaid was created as an important safety net for pregnant women, single mothers, low-income seniors, and Americans with disabilities. Since then, the program has become dramatically expanded beyond its or more PR

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, July 31 (TNSjou) -- The American Academy of Neurology issued the following news release on July 30, 2025: * * * Women less likely than men to receive MS drugs Women are less likely than men to receive drugs for multiple sclerosis (MS) between the ages of 18 to 40, during women's childbearing years, even when those drugs have been shown to be safe for use during pregnancy or to have a prolonged effect against the disease even when stopped before conception, according to more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 30 -- Vanderbilt University posted the following news: * * * Award-winning cinematographer, journalists, sports media executive and veteran editor join Vanderbilt Student Media Hall of Fame * A Netflix cinematographer who pioneered COVID-19-safe filming techniques, investigative journalists whose work has sparked international reforms, a sports media executive at the forefront of digital innovation, and veteran editors whose careers span five decades are among the  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: * * * Barrasso Slams Democrat Plan to Weaken Medicaid * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Senate Majority Whip, today slammed Democrats' plan to weaken Medicaid. By passing the One Big Beautiful Bill, Republicans strengthened Medicaid. Democrats want to weaken Medicaid by giving tax-payer funded benefits to illegal immigrants and allowing able-bodied adults who don't work to game th more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * Booker, Kim Statement on Confirmation of Emil Bove * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Senator Andy Kim (D-NJ) issued the following statement: "Emil Bove's confirmation to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit is a blow to the guiding principles of judicial independence and impartiality. During his confirmation pr more PR

OTTAWA, Ontario, July 30 -- The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives issued the following news: * * * To stop Gaza genocide, Canada must escalate pressure on Israel New research proves Canada is still sending weapons--including hundreds of thousands of bullets--to Israel. It's time to reverse course. * Canadian companies, with the approval of the Canadian government, are supplying military equipment for Israel's genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. The proof is incontrovertible. On July 2 more PR

OTTAWA, Ontario, July 30 (TNSrpt) -- The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives issued the following commentary: * * * To stop Gaza genocide, Canada must escalate pressure on Israel New research proves Canada is still sending weapons--including hundreds of thousands of bullets--to Israel. It's time to reverse course. * Canadian companies, with the approval of the Canadian government, are supplying military equipment for Israel's genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. The proof is incontrovert more PR

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, July 31 (TNSjou) -- Carnegie Mellon University issued the following news on July 30, 2025: * * * AI Chatbots Remain Confident -- Even When They're Wrong Large language models appear to be unaware of their own mistakes, prompting concerns about common uses for AI chatbots. * Artificial intelligence chatbots are everywhere these days, integrated into decision-making in domains like health, law, education and customer support. Confident but incorrect answers can misle more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on July 30, 2025: * * * Browser History: The Kremlin's Newest Weapon Russia's rulers are taking more and more extreme measures to block access to independently produced information. But there's resistance. By Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan The Russian Duma has adopted a bill that effectively introduces punishment for internet searches deemed extremist by the Kremlin. This label is primarily app more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, July 31 (TNSjou) -- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia issued the following news release: * * * Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Researchers Show Eye Tracking Metrics Help Identify Concussion-Related Vision Disorders Eye tracking could more quickly identify which patients would benefit from specialist referrals and more targeted treatment interventions * In a new study led by Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), researchers found that novel eye-trackin more PR

NEW YORK, July 30 -- The National Association of Scholars issued the following news release on July 29, 2025: * * * City Tech CUNY Abuses Title IX to Railroad Biology Professor The National Association of Scholars calls for President Trump to Investigate * On June 12, City Tech CUNY Biology Professor Mosaab Elshaer was told by the CUNY Office of Diversity and Compliance that a female student had accused him of sexual misconduct. This same student had asked him just two months earlier to cha more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, July 30 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Morgan Lewis, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Daily Journal Names Debra Fischer, Michael Weil Among Top Labor & Employment Lawyers * CENTURY CITY and SAN FRANCISCO, July 30, 2025: Partners Debra Fischer and Michael Weil have been named to the Daily Journal 's Top Labor & Employment Lawyers list for 2025, an annual recognition of California lawyers who have made significant contributions to labor and employme more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 30 [Category: BizHospital] -- Mass General Brigham issued the following news release: * * * Efforts Underway to End Race-Based Assessments of Lung Function * Last July, a team of physicians and researchers successfully proposed modifications to the American Medical Association (AMA) Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, advocating against the use of race in lung function testing. In a new publication in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), the t more PR

LONDON, England, July 30 (TNSjou) -- The International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) issued the following news on July 29, 2025: * * * FIGO releases best practice advice on cancer during pregnancy The International journal of gynecology and obstetrics (IJGO) has released a groundbreaking best practice guide by FIGO addressing cancer in pregnancy- an often-underestimated condition due to limited data and complex diagnostic challenges. This new guidance is based on a comprehens more PR

CEDARVILLE, Ohio, July 31 -- Cedarville University issued the following news on July 30, 2025: * * * Forged by the Sea: Cedarville University's Pathway to Naval Careers By Benjamin Konuch, Student Public Relations Writer Hard work, discipline and a commitment to national service have long defined careers in the United States Navy and Department of Defense. At Cedarville University, a growing number of students are answering that call -- and earning prestigious scholarships along the way. S more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, July 30 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Gibson Dunn Named an International Firm of the Year for Taxation at the 2025 China Business Law Awards * Gibson Dunn has been named an international firm of the year for taxation at the China Business Law Awards 2025, presented by the China Business Law Journal. The awards celebrate those law firms that have navigated China's complex and shifting economic lan more PR

MIAMI, Florida, July 30 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Greenberg Traurig's Ellen M. Bronchetti and Ronald J. Holland Named to Daily Journal's 2025 'Top Labor & Employment Lawyers' List * SAN FRANCISCO - July 30, 2025 - Ellen M. Bronchetti and Ronald J. Holland, shareholders in global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP 's Labor & Employment Practice, were recognized by the Daily Journal as 2025 "Top Labor & Employment Lawyers." more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Kentucky, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following commentary to the Courier Journal on July 29, 2025: * * * Here's the Truth: The One Big, Beautiful Bill Actually Strengthens Medicaid "Earlier this year, President Trump tasked Congress with developing a bill that enacts his domestic policy agenda and kickstarts the American economy. "This piece of legislation, known as the One Big, Beautiful Bill, was signed into law more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 [Category: Political] -- Democracy Forward, an organization that says it advances democracy and social progress through litigation, policy and public education and regulatory engagement, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Court Blocks Trump-Vance Administration's Unlawful Certifications and Restrictions on Funding for Critical Services for Survivors, LGBTQI+ Youth, and Unhoused Communities * Washington, D.C. - Democracy Forward and a nationwide coalition of d more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Daines Op-ed in the WSJ: A Peace Deal for Armenia and Azerbaijan * U.S. SENATE - U.S. Senator Steve Daines penned an opinion piece for The Wall Street Journal explaining the historic potential of a peace deal between Armenia and Azerbaijan and hisinvolvement in the matter. Excerpts from his piece are below. A Peace Deal for Armenia and Azerbaijan Senator Steve Daines The Wall Street Jou more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: EPA Launches the Largest Deregulatory Actions in U.S. History with Proposal to Rescind Obama-Era Endangerment Finding * WASHINGTON -- Yesterday in Indianapolis, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin released the agency's proposal to rescind the 2009 Endangerment Finding, which has been used to justify over $1 trillion in regulations, including the Biden-Har more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The Independent Women's Voice, an organization that fights for policy solutions for women, posted the following news release: * * * North Carolina Legislature Stands With Women: Overrides Governor Stein's Veto to Define 'Woman' in Law North Carolina becomes 18th state to adopt Independent Women's sex-definition model, protecting privacy, safety, and equal opportunities for women and girls * RALEIGH, NC - In a decisive move, the North Carolina legislature has successfu more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, July 31 (TNSjou) -- Johns Hopkins Medicine issued the following news release on July 30, 2025: * * * Scientists Say Protein Separates Message-Bearing 'Bubbles' at Intersection Between Brain Cells, Deepening Understanding of Cognition Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine say they unexpectedly found new information about a protein's special role in getting brain cells to communicate at the right time and place in experiments with genetically engineered mice. The finding a more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Andy Kim, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on July 29, 2025: * * * Kim, Booker Statement on Confirmation of Emil Bove Today, U.S. Senator Andy Kim (D-NJ) and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement: "Emil Bove's confirmation to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit is a blow to the guiding principles of judicial independence and impartiality. During his confirmation process, it more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health issued the following news release: * * * Beta-HPV can directly cause skin cancer in immunocompromised people NIH case study finds virus drives creation of cancer cells in context of defective T cells. * Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have shown for the first time that a type of human papillomavirus (HPV) commonly found on the skin can directly cause a form  more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 31 -- Northeastern University issued the following news: * * * Northeastern Ph.D. student awarded a fellowship to study US foreign policy on the Korean Peninsula By Alena Kuzub Matthew Fleming, a Northeastern Ph.D. student studying political science, will research U.S. policy and ties with the Korean Peninsula at the Pacific Forum. Matthew Fleming's fascination with Northeast Asia began at an early age, when his father returned from a work trip to Japan with exot more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * On 60th Anniversary of Medicare & Medicaid, Reed Seeks to Repeal Health Care Cuts in Trump's 'Big, Ugly Betrayal' * WASHINGTON, DC - Today, on the 60th anniversary of the Medicare and Medicaid programs, U.S. Senator Jack Reed joined Democratic colleagues in introducing new legislation to repeal the health care cuts in President Donald Trump and Republicans' 'Big, Ugly Betrayal' tax and budget law  more PR

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, July 30 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Reed Smith, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Reed Smith named to Los Angeles Business Journal's list of fastest-growing law firms * Reed Smith's inclusion on the list follows the firm's steady growth across its California offices--including in Southern California (Century City, Downtown Los Angeles, and Orange County), as well as in San Francisco and Silicon Valley. This expansion underscores the firm's deep be more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48605) on July 22, 2025, entitled "Safety Considerations for Automated Passenger Vehicles" by transportation policy analyst Naseeb A. Souweidane. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY Automated vehicle technologies offer a range of driver support functions that some stakeholders assert may improve traffic safety. These technologies vary in their capabilities and current stages of development. Sel more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, July 30 -- Rice University posted the following news release: * * * Simple solution to save lives globally: Low-cost 'SimpleSilo' offers hope for babies with gastroschisis * A healthcare worker cares for a baby at the Kakamega County General Teaching and Referral Hospital in Kenya (Photo credit: Sophie Bochaberi). In low-resource settings, babies born with gastroschisis -- a congenital condition in which the developing intestines extend outside the body through a hole in th more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 (TNSjou) -- The Smithsonian Institution National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute issued the following news release: * * * New DNA Analysis Allows Scientists to Identify Specific Animals by Their Feces Scientists from the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI) have successfully used swift fox droppings to identify individuals and collect other data vital to monitoring a reintroduced population in Montana. The now-validated technique cou more PR

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, July 30 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Spinning up new flexible material for self-powered wearable sensors * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Could clothing monitor a person's health in real time, because the clothing itself is a self-powered sensor? A new material created through electrospinning, which is a process that draws out fibers using electricity, brings this possibility one step closer. A team led by researchers at Penn Sta more PR

PANAMA CITY, Panama, July 31 (TNSjou) -- The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute issued the following news: * * * Hamlet Evolution A comparison of colorful hamlets from the Caribbean challenges ideas about how species arise * By Beth King Scientists have been thinking about how new species evolve since Darwin wrote On The Origin of Species in 1859. The results presented here call into question some of the most common explanations of how species originate. Toddlers can name a few anima more PR

ITHACA, New York, July 30 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Sun dogs, other celestial effects could appear in alien skies * Ice crystals in Earth's atmosphere sometimes align just right to create various striking visual effects, from a halo around the moon, to bright spots called sun dogs on either side of the sun in a winter sky, or a rainbowed pillar, called a crown flash, above a storm cloud. Similar phenomena can appear in the skies over some exoplanets of the "hot more PR

ALBANY, New York, July 30 (TNSjou) -- SUNY University at Albany issued the following news: * * * New Study Finds Males Much Larger than Females in Early Human Ancestors By Michael Parker ALBANY, N.Y. (July 29, 2025) -- A newly published study has found that males of some of our earliest known ancestors were significantly larger than females. The pronounced difference in body size present in both Australopithecus afarensis (the east African species that includes the famous fossil "Lucy") and  more PR

CHEVY CHASE, Maryland, July 30 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Society of Addiction Medicine posted the following news release: * * * The ASAM Weekly for July 29th, 2025 * This Week in the ASAM Weekly We have a mantra at the ASAM Weekly--"52 weeks-a-year"--and for the last year and a half, the 3 ASAM Weekly co-editors have been pulling their weight plus one to keep this publication going. It's a rewarding role but an unrelenting schedule (at times) to search, evaluate, and summariz more PR

NEWTON, New South Wales, July 31 -- The George Institute for Global Health issued the following news release: * * * Treating hypertension with single pill combinations saves lives and money A new Australian study published in the latest issue of Journal of Hypertension shows that treating hypertension first-line with single pills combining two or more medications provides effective control and also delivers substantial cost savings to both consumers and payers, when compared with equivalent d more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service issued the following news release: * * * Weir Farm NHP Welcomes August 2025 Artist-in-Residence: Carol Fabricatore * News Release Date: July 30, 2025 WILTON/RIDGEFIELD, Conn. - Carol Fabricatore is a visual artist based in the New York City area, renowned for her narrative imagery and emotional depth. Drawing inspiration from urban life and natural landscapes, her work delves into the intricate beauty and comp more PR

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, July 30 -- Wake Forest University posted the following news: * * * Who's remembering to buy the eggs? * Parents often feel overwhelmed by the mental and emotional work involved in running a household. This includes tasks like remembering appointments, meal-planning and worrying about their kids' well-being. Wake Forest University Professor of Management Julie Holliday Wayne studies the "invisible family load" and who carries it. Her research confirms what man more PR