DALLAS, Texas, July 16 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Heart Association posted the following news release: * * * A clear message - wildfire smoke plus summer heat is double trouble for heart health * DALLAS, July 16, 2026 -Parts of the U.S. are experiencing smoke from Canadian wildfires drifting down and summer temperatures pushing up, creating a potentially deadly situation, according to the American Heart Association, a relentless force changing the future of health for everyone everywhere. "Extreme heat and wildfire smoke each more PR

INGELHEIM AM RHEIN, Germany, July 18 (TNSjou) -- Boehringer Ingelheim, a pharmaceutical company, issued the following news release on July 17, 2026: * * * European Commission approves JASCAYD(R), bringing well-tolerated, novel oral treatment for IPF and PPF to the EU * JASCAYD(R) (nerandomilast) is the first oral, preferential PDE4B inhibitor approved in the European Union, delivering a novel mechanism of action with antifibrotic and immunomodulatory effects * Phase III FIBRONEER(TM)️trials demonstrated that nerandomilast effectively slow more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 18 -- Emory University Winship Cancer Institute issued the following news release: * * * Multiple myeloma trial provides first randomized evidence for optimal duration of maintenance therapy Results of the randomized Phase 3 ENDURANCE clinical trial by the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group (ECOG-ACRIN), published in the New England Journal of Medicine, offer new insights into the optimal maintenance therapy strategy for patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma who are not undergoing an autologous stem cell transpl more PR

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The Federal Reserve issued the following Fed Notes article: * * * Vietnam's Export Boom to the U.S.: The Role of Chinese Firms By Chris A. Avalos, Trang Hoang, and Eva Van Leemput In recent years, Vietnam has attracted considerable attention as a potential major beneficiary of the 2018-19 U.S.-China tariff increases, reflecting substantial trade diversion as exports shifted away from China (Alfaro and Chor, 2023; Freund et al., 2024). As shown in the left panel of Figure 1, U.S. imports from China declined sharply aft more PR

NEW YORK, July 16 -- Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health posted the following news: * * * Federal Housing Assistance May Protect Young Children from Lead Exposure * Federal housing assistance may help reduce young children's exposure to lead, according to a new study published in the journal Environmental Epidemiology (link is external and opens in a new window). Researchers from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, Tufts University School of Medicine, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities in Minneapolis, and more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets released the following testimony by Elizabeth Ginexi, health research scientist and former scientific program official at the National Institutes of Health, from a June 30, 2026, hearing entitled "Mind Control and Accountability: Uncovering the Truth of the CIA's MKULTRA Project": * * * Chairman Luna, Ranking Member Crockett, and distinguished Members of the Committee: Thank you for the opportunity to testify today. more PR

LAWRENCE, Kansas, July 17 -- The University of Kansas posted the following news: * * * KU Kudos: Faculty and staff achievements, July 2026 * It's time to celebrate Jayhawk colleagues' achievements: KU News Service accepted submissions and combed websites, social media and newsletters for recent external honors and awards for current faculty and staff at the Lawrence, Edwards and Medical Center campuses and affiliates. Elizabeth Ablah, professor of population health at the School of Medicine-Wichita, recently completed the 2025-2026 Hedwig  more PR

MOUNT PLEASANT, Michigan, July 16 -- Central Michigan University issued the following news: * * * Medical school's administrative and legal affairs leader receives national recognition * Manuel R. Rupe, J.D., Ph.D., senior associate dean for Administrative and Legal Affairs in the Covenant HealthCare College of Medicine at Central Michigan University, has been recognized by the National Association of College and University Attorneys (NACUA) for his outstanding service to the higher education legal profession. The NACUA Distinguished Serv more PR

EVANSTON, Illinois, July 18 (TNSjou) -- Northwestern University posted the following news release: * * * Rise of GLP-1s raises long-term affordability questions Average total payments per user more than doubled for adults without diabetes from 2017 to 2022, study found * GLP-1 use increased 643% among adults without diabetes between 2017 and 2022 * Average total payments per user in that group increased 157% * Findings point to questions about the long-term affordability of GLP-1s and who ultimately pays for them - CHICAGO -- As use of  more PR

NEW YORK, July 16 [Category: BizHospital] -- Mount Sinai Health System posted the following news release: * * * Researchers Identify Immune Cell That Builds Cancer-Fighting Hubs Inside Tumors * Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have identified the immune cell that acts as the architect and coordinator of powerful immune hubs that form inside tumors and plays a key role in antitumor immunity. This discovery could lead to new strategies for making cancer immunotherapies more effective. The findings, published in the more PR

LEXINGTON, Kentucky, July 16 -- The University of Kentucky issued the following news: * * * Two hours of sleep restored: UK researchers make Alzheimer's breakthrough * There's a small fire isolated in your kitchen. If you had the right tool, you might be able to put it out. But before you can, the sprinklers turn on and flood your entire house. An automatic response to an issue has now damaged everything you own. That's akin to what happens in the brains of people with Alzheimer's: amyloid plaques, sticky protein clumps that build up in t more PR

DUNEDIN, New Zealand, July 17 (TNSjou) -- The University of Otago issued the following news release: * * * Pacific women call for better cancer education and culturally responsive care A major University of Otago - Otakau Whakaihu Waka study has found significant gaps in Pacific women's knowledge of gynaecological cancers, despite these cancers having a disproportionately high impact on Pacific communities in Aotearoa New Zealand. The nationwide survey of 94 Pacific women is the largest study of its kind undertaken in New Zealand and highli more PR

HOBART, Australia, July 17 (TNSjou) -- The University of Tasmania issued the following news: * * * Portable system cuts PFAS testing time to hours For communities worried about PFAS contamination, waiting for test results can mean days of uncertainty. A University of Tasmania trial has used a mobile laboratory equipped with portable liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) technology to test soil and water on site and provide an early indication of PFAS contamination within six hours. Standard laboratory testing for PFAS can take up more PR