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

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

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

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

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