SAN DIEGO, California, Aug. 8 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Public Health Association posted the following news release: * * * AJPH Medicaid extensions decreased postpartum insurance inequities * Contact: Media Relations Undocumented immigrants have limited insurance coverage after birthing. During the COVID-19 pandemic, New York City extended Medicaid coverage for residents, including immigrants, beyond the normal 60-day period. Now a study has found that this policy changes re more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on Aug. 8, 2025: * * * Sensors on the Baltic Frontline Russia is now blending cyber interference, underwater sabotage, and manipulation of maritime law to gain tactical advantage without overt conflict. By Maciej Bukowski For years, the Baltic Sea could be treated as geopolitically peripheral. That assumption is now dead. Russia's all-out invasion of Ukraine shifted threat perceptions and reveale more PR

DALLAS, Texas, Aug. 8 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Heart Association posted the following news release: * * * Excessive ultraprocessed foods (UPFs) and poor nutrition tied to poor health * Science Advisory Highlights: * Most ultraprocessed foods (UPFs) are characterized by poor nutritional quality, contributing to excessive calories, and are typically high in saturated fats, added sugars and sodium (salt), the combination of which is often abbreviated as HFSS, which contribute  more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, Aug. 8 -- Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Glenn Youngkin Declares Commonwealth "Day of Play" * Events held across Virginia to promote youth mental wellness, outdoor recreation, family and community connections through screen-free play RICHMOND, VA -- Governor Glenn Youngkin has declared August 9th, 2025, as Commonwealth Day of Play, a statewide celebration designed to connect children, families, and communities through more PR

POCATELLO, Idaho, Aug. 8 (TNSjou) -- Idaho State University issued the following news: * * * Learn About Student-Athlete Food Security Challenges A team of ISU researchers presented the findings of the "Running on Empty Study" at the National Association of Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education (NASPA) Conference held in Denver, CO this summer. The study investigates the phenomenon of food insecurity among collegiate student-athletes. Jenifer Reader, ABD, RDN, associate professo more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * IN THE STATES: Republican Senators Bring Home Higher Prices, Economic Chaos, and Health Care Cuts for August Recess * This August recess, Senate Republicans are returning to their home states with baggage that includes spiked costs, Medicaid cuts, and an economy in freefall - and they're feeling the heat from their constituents. From Alaska to Georgia, Iowa to Maine, Michigan to Nort more PR

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Aug. 8 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * New class of protein misfolding simulated in high definition * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- New computer simulations that model every atom of a protein as it folds into its final three-dimensional form support the existence of a recently identified type of protein misfolding. Proteins must fold into precise three-dimensional shapes -- called their native state -- to carry out their biological f more PR

NEW YORK, Aug. 8 [Category: BizMedia] -- Dow Jones, a provider of news and business information, issued the following news release: * * * Presight signs an MoU with Dow Jones Factiva to explore advanced, AI-powered risk-intelligence innovations * Abu Dhabi, UAE - 8 August 2025 - Presight, a leading global AI and big data analytics company, today announced that it has signed an MoU with Dow Jones Factiva, a trusted source of regulatory-grade risk intelligence. Together, the two industry leade more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Q&A: Reality Check on Climate Alarmists * Q: How is the Trump administration working to restore sanity to climate policies? A: In the previous Congress, I served as ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee. The budget committee's top job is drafting and enforcing the annual budget resolution that provides a public framework to manage the public purse. The budget resolution is the blueprint more PR

ROCHESTER, New York, Aug. 9 (TNSjou) -- Rochester Institute of Technology issued the following news release: * * * Ph.D. student's NASA-funded research leads to new insight on exoplanets Attila Varga is lead author of paper on a young, shrinking exoplanet using Chandra X-Ray Observatory * Like many Ph.D. students, Attila Varga's professional pursuits include being a lead author on a published paper. But, getting his research featured on the front page of NASA's website and in news outlets a more PR

MIAMI, Florida, Aug. 8 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Sabrina R. Gallo Joins Diabetes Research Institute Foundation's National Board * MIAMI - Aug. 8, 2025 - Sabrina R. Gallo, chair of the Miami Product Liability & Mass Torts Litigation Group at global law firm Greenberg Traurig, P.A., has been appointed to serve on the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation (DRIF)'s national board. The DRIF is a leading nonprofit organiz more PR

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Aug. 8 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Taft, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Sheehan Article on Legal Ethics Published in Res Gestae * Taft attorney Cari Sheehan authored the article "How Do Students Today Learn About the Rule of Law," which was published in the August issue of Res Gestae, the Indiana State Bar Association's Member Journal. The article discusses the foundational principles of the rule of law and the importance of legal professionals helping t more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, Aug. 9 (TNSjou) -- The University of California issued the following news release: * * * Human-caused climate change is expanding California's destructive fire seasons Global warming has advanced wildfire season from one to almost seven weeks earlier, a new study shows Key takeaways * Human-caused climate change was responsible for a six-to-46-day earlier start to fire season in California between 1992 and 2020, increasing the period in which large swaths of the st more PR

MANOA, Hawaii, Aug. 8 (TNSjou) -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: * * * 2 years after Maui fires: Health challenges remain, social support key to healing, study finds MauiWES experts will be available to answer questions at a virtual press conference today, August 7 at 10 a.m. HST. Contact Marc Arakaki at marcra@hawaii.edu for the Zoom link to participate. * Two years after the devastating Maui wildfires, a new University of Hawaii study paints a com more PR

MANOA, Hawaii, Aug. 8 (TNSjou) -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: * * * UPDATED: New study links 2023 Maui wildfire to spike in suicide, overdose Deaths by suicide and drug overdose significantly increased in the aftermath of the August 2023 Maui wildfire, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). The study, led by Alex Ortega, dean of the Thompson School of Social Work and Public Health, and Keawe'a more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Warren Urges Fed to Activate Capital Buffer for Big Banks Amid Uncertain Economic Conditions U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, sent a letter to Governor Lisa Cook, Chair of Federal Reserve Board's Committee on Financial Stability, press more PR

SPOKANE, Washington, Aug. 8 -- Whitworth University issued the following news release: * * * Robert Francis Named Visiting Scholar by Nation's Leading Poverty Research Institute Associate Professor of Sociology Robert Francis has been selected as one of four scholars nationwide for the 2025-2026 Visiting Poverty Scholars Program, administered by the Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The program supports U.S.-based poverty scholars from low-incom more PR