ST. CATHERINES, Ontario, Dec. 9 (TNSjou) -- Brock University issued the following news: * * * From deepfakes to biomarkers: Diving into Social Sciences research By Amanda Bishop Fetal alcohol exposure, technology used to facilitate sexual violence and the hypersexualization of racialized sex workers were among the many subjects explored at the eighth annual Social Sciences Research Colloquium Friday, Dec. 5. The event featured talks from 2024 Faculty research award winners and a selection  more PR

LONDON, England, Dec. 9 (TNSjou) -- City St George's, University of London issued the following news: * * * Study explores the link between newspaper preference and attitudes towards autism The findings highlight that newspaper reading habits are a robust predictor of public attitudes By George Wigmore, Senior Communications Officer A new study from City St George's, University of London has found that people's newspaper reading habits are a reliable predictor of their attitudes towards aut more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Dec. 9 -- The University of Pennsylvania Annenberg Public Policy Center posted the following news release: * * * Guide for Parents of Adolescents With Autism Published by Oxford * The prevalence of autism as reported by the federal government has increased substantially in recent years. The latest figures, published in April 2025 by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), show that among eight-year-olds at selected study sites, 1 in 31 were iden more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Hickenlooper, HELP Committee Democrats Call for Secretary Kennedy to Testify Before Committee * WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper, along with all the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Democratic senators, called on Chairman Bill Cassidy to immediately hold an oversight hearing with Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. "Since a more PR

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, Dec. 10 -- North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University issued the following news: * * * Honors College Receives Prestigious NCHC Portz Grant The Honors College at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University has been selected as one of only three recipients nationwide for the highly competitive 2025 National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC) Portz Grant. The award will support the innovative "Honors Without Borders - Global Virtual Honor more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Hudson Institute, a research organization that says it promotes leadership for a secure, free and prosperous future, issued the following commentary on Dec. 9, 2025, to the Wall Street Journal: * * * Introducing the "Trump Corollary" By Walter Russell Mead The White House's 2025 National Security Strategy is unique. These documents reflect the views of a sitting president's closest aides and usually result from a carefully choreographed bureaucratic process. Their inte more PR

WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana, Dec. 8 -- Purdue University issued the following news release: * * * In Print: 'First Opinions, Second Reactions - A Collection of Innovative Online Reviews of Literature for Children and Young Adults' * In June 2025, Purdue University Press published a new book co-edited by College of Education faculty members Janet Alsup and Christy Wessel-Powell. Publication Title: First Opinions, Second Reactions - A Collection of Innovative Online Reviews of Literature for Chi more PR

NEW YORK, Dec. 9 [Category: BizHospital] -- NYU Langone Health, an academic medical center affiliated with New York University, posted the following news release: * * * Jennifer Nishimura, MD, Joins NYU Langone Hospital--Brooklyn as the Inaugural Chief of Thoracic Surgery * A s part of its continued investment in specialty care, NYU Langone HospitalBrooklyn has welcomed Jennifer Nishimura, MD, as its new chief of thoracic surgery and as a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Car more PR

ROLLA, Missouri, Dec. 9 -- Missouri University of Science and Technology posted the following news: * * * Missouri S&T commencement speakers announced * Approximately 700 Missouri S&T students will be awarded degrees during three upcoming commencement ceremonies Friday, Dec. 19, and Saturday, Dec. 20. Dr. Steven Jung, chief commercial officer of Mo-Sci Corporation, will speak at the Dec. 19 ceremony for Ph.D. and master's degree graduates. Dr. Gregory M. Polites, executive vice dean and inte more PR

NEW YORK, Dec. 8 [Category: BizHospital] -- Mount Sinai Health System posted the following news release: * * * Mount Sinai Study Finds Childhood Leukemia Aggressiveness Depends on Timing of Genetic Mutation * A team of researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has uncovered why children with the same leukemia-causing gene mutation can have dramatically different outcomes: it depends on when in development the mutation first occurs. The study, led by Elvin Wagenblast, PhD,  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 [Category: Medical] -- The American Society of Hematology posted the following news release: * * * Novel Agent Ianalumab Added to Standard Therapy Extends Time to Treatment Failure in Patients with Previously Treated Immune Thrombocytopenia * LBA-2: Primary results from VAYHIT2, a randomized, double-blind, phase 3 trial of ianalumab plus eltrombopag versus placebo plus eltrombopag in patients with primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) who failed first-line corticosteroid t more PR

TORONTO, Ontario, Dec. 9 (TNSjou) -- York University issued the following news release: * * * Novel AI technique able to distinguish between progressive brain tumours and radiation necrosis, York U study finds Professor says this could lead to better treatments for late-stage cancer patients By Emina Gamulin While targeted radiation can be an effective treatment for brain tumours, subsequent potential necrosis of the treated areas can be hard to distinguish from the tumours on a standard MR more PR

DALLAS, Texas, Dec. 9 -- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center posted the following news release: * * * Rare genetic disorder linked to liver dysfunction, hypoglycemia, lipodystrophy * DALLAS - Dec. 09, 2025 - A rare genetic disorder discovered by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers and their colleagues can cause brain damage from dangerously low blood sugar levels and liver damage in infants, along with variable body fat loss (lipodystrophy), fatty tumors, and metabolic more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, ranking minority member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news on Dec. 9, 2025: * * * Sanders, HELP Committee Democrats Call on Cassidy to Have Secretary Kennedy Testify Before HELP Committee Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), along with all HELP Committee Democrats, today called on Chairman Bill Cassidy (R- more PR

KENT, Ohio, Dec. 10 -- Wright State University issued the following news: * * * Wright State's Take Flight Program helps students soar high By Dennis Bova Now in its fourth year, Wright State University's Take Flight program not only is on course with its original flight plan but also is seeing nothing but blue skies of success. "Healthy things grow," said Catherine Hernandez Hogan, assistant vice provost for academic engagement. "Take Flight continues to grow every year." Take Flight is a more PR