WILMINGTON, Delaware, Oct. 18 -- AstraZeneca, a biopharmaceutical company, issued the following news release: * * * TEZSPIRE approved in the US for chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps Approval broadens indication for TEZSPIRE to a second disease characterized by epithelial-driven inflammation * AstraZeneca and Amgen's TEZSPIRE (tezepelumab -ekko) has been approved in the US for the add-on maintenance treatment of adult and pediatric patients aged 12 years and older with inadequately co more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee released the following testimony by Juliet Schor, a sociology professor at Boston College, from an Oct. 9, 2025, hearing entitled "AI's Potential to Support Patients, Workers, Children, and Families": * * * Good morning Dr. Cassidy, Senator Sanders and members of the Committee. I am honored to be back before this Committee to have the opportunity to discuss Artificial Intelligence. Thank you for the invitation.  more PR

ITHACA, New York, Oct. 17 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Cornell team finds new way to cut cancer's lipid lifeline * Cancer thrives by hijacking the body's own basic survival systems, making it hard to attack tumors without collateral damage and side effects. Now, researchers at Cornell's Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology have discovered what may be a less invasive strategy that shows promise as a potential therapeutic pathway. New research has uncovere more PR

DALLAS, Texas, Oct. 17 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Heart Association posted the following news release: * * * First Comprehensive Heart Failure Center certified outside the U.S. * DALLAS, October 16, 2025 -- National Institute of Cardiology Ignacio Chavez, a teaching hospital and research center in Mexico City, is the first organization outside of the United States to meet the American Heart Association's criteria for Comprehensive Heart Failure Center Certification, cementing th more PR

LOGAN, Utah, Oct. 17 (TNSjou) -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * Genes on the Move: USU Ecologist Reports Spread of Disease-carrying Mosquitoes and Their Hybrids Norah Saarman and colleagues report range expansion of insects capable of spreading West Nile Virus and other mosquito-borne illnesses in North America, including Utah, in the journal One Health. By Mary-Ann Muffoletto West Nile virus was once a nominal concern for Utahns, but since August 2003 when it was fi more PR

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Oct. 18 (TNSjou) -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: * * * Research Study Co-authored by 16 UA Little Rock Students Finds Raccoons Show Early Signs of Domestication By Angelita Faller Raccoons, often called "trash pandas," are showing physical traits consistent with the earliest stages of domestication, according to a groundbreaking new study published in the online journal Frontiers in Zoology. The study, led by Dr. Raffaela Lesch, an assistant p more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee released the following testimony by Russ Altman, a senior fellow at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI, from an Oct. 9, 2025, hearing entitled "AI's Potential to Support Patients, Workers, Children, and Families": * * * Chairman Cassidy, Ranking Member Sanders, and members of the committee, it is an honor to speak before you today. As a board-certified physician who treats patients and a research profe more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Oct. 18 (TNSjou) -- The University of California San Francisco campus issued the following news release: * * * How to Keep Cells Out of Limbo and Prevent Lung Scarring UCSF researchers shed light on how cells under stress can change their identity in harmful ways, contributing to pulmonary fibrosis and other conditions where cells lose their normal function, such as diabetes, neurodegeneration, and chronic liver disease By Laura Kurtzman Pulmonary fibrosis is a de more PR

MIAMI, Florida, Oct. 18 (TNSjou) -- The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine issued the following news: * * * Hope for Treating Genetic Hearing Loss Summary * Hearing loss affects one in 500 newborns and nearly half of adults older than 65. Most hereditary forms of hearing loss have been considered irreversible. * A new study led by researchers at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and international collaborators has uncovered a potentially treatable genetic cause of more PR