MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, July 23 (TNSjou) -- The American Academy of Neurology issued the following news release: * * * Black people die from MS at younger ages than white people MS deaths related to high blood pressure increasing Highlights: * A new study has found that Black people with multiple sclerosis die from MS at a younger age than white people with MS. * The highest mortality rate was at ages 65 to 74 for Black people and 75 to 84 for white people. * Deaths that included high blood pressure as a factor increased over the study p more PR

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, July 23 (TNSjou) -- The American Academy of Neurology issued the following news release: * * * Plasma exchange may help treat rare inflammatory disorder Plasma exchange can help treat people with a rare inflammatory disease that can cause blindness, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis published on July 22, 2026, in Neurology(R), the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Plasma exchange led to recovery for most people with the disease, which is called myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein a more PR

ROSEMONT, Illinois, July 23 [Category: Nursing] -- The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology issued the following news release: * * * Chuck Griffis Named AANA Foundation's Lorraine M. Jordan Advocate of the Year Award Winner * Rosemont, Ill. - The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA) Foundation will present Chuck Griffis, PhD, CRNA, FAANA, with the Lorraine M. Jordan Advocate of the Year Award at the AANA 2026 Annual Congress, August 21-25 in Boston. The Advocate of the Year Award is presented to an AANA Foundation s more PR

NEW YORK, July 24 -- The City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism issued the following news: * * * Four Journalists Win Investigative Reporting Grants From Newmark J-School McGraw Fellowships for Business Journalism awarded to support in-depth stories that "Follow the Money" - Four veteran journalists have been named the latest recipients of the McGraw Fellowship for Business Journalism. Each of the winning projects will receive editorial support and a grant of up to $15,000. The new McGraw Fellows will explore subjects r more PR

CEDARVILLE, Ohio, July 22 -- Cedarville University posted the following news: * * * From Classroom to Cyber Defense: Students Serve in Cyberspace Wing of Air National Guard * by Cara Ramer, Student Public Relations Writer The front lines of national defense are no longer defined only by aircraft, weapons systems or troops on the ground. Increasingly, they also run through servers, networks and lines of code. At Cedarville University, three students and one faculty member are helping meet that challenge through service in the cyberspace  more PR

MONTREAL, Quebec, July 22 -- McGill University posted the following news release: * * * Green LED light could help keep leafy greens fresher longer, McGill study suggests * Low-intensity green lighting in refrigerated storage can slow spoilage in leafy greens, helping maintain their appearance and nutritional value, according to a new study from McGill University. "We found that something as simple as changing the light in refrigerated storage may help fresh produce stay fresher for longer," said Shafieh Salehinia, lead researcher and aff more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The Heritage Foundation issued the following news release on July 23, 2026: * * * Heritage Welcomes New Senior Research Fellow in the Center for Energy, Climate and Environment The Heritage Foundation today welcomed Jason Hayes as the newest senior research fellow in the Center for Energy, Climate, and Environment. The Center provides world-class analysis and common-sense policy solutions to ensure that American families and businesses have access to affordable and reliable energy to power our lives and economy. Jack  more PR

STANFORD, California, July 23 -- Stanford University Law School posted the following news: * * * How AI is Helping States Cut Through Decades of Red Tape * (Originally published by The Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI on July 23, 2026.) Bureaucracy moves slowly, and decades of outdated provisions clogging the bylaws of cities and states only make it worse. Sometimes dubbed " policy sludge," such obsolete processes and stale reporting requirements can trap civil servants in red tape and cause program dysfunction. Scholars at the  more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, July 23 -- The University of Connecticut posted the following news: * * * In Memoriam: Professor Emeritus Alan Brush * Professor Emeritus Alan H. Brush, 91, of Stonington, an evolutionary biologist who specialized in feather proteins and taught generations of students during 30 years in the Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, died on July 12 after a brief hospitalization for ischemic stroke. Alan was a creative researcher and lab director in molecular biology whose interest in the evolution of feathers led to 7 more PR

LIVERMORE, California, July 24 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Scientists measure chemistry of meteorite that struck New Jersey home On July 16, 2024, a daytime meteor shook New York City with a sonic boom as it passed just south of the Statue of Liberty. A short time later, a more than two-pound meteorite crashed through the roof of a house in the town of Hillsborough, New Jersey. Now, an international team, including scientists at Lawrence Livermore National more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, July 24 -- Michigan State University College of Social Science posted the following news: * * * Nwando Achebe elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society By Kelly Smith Michigan State University historian Nwando Achebe has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (RHS), one of the world's most prestigious organizations dedicated to advancing historical scholarship. Founded in 1868, the Royal Historical Society is the United Kingdom's foremost learned society for historians. Fellowship is a signifi more PR

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The House Education and Workforce Committee released the following testimony by Roger A. Mitchell Jr., president of the National Medical Association, from a July 14, 2026, hearing entitled "Training Activists, Not Physicians: The Impact of DEI on Medical Schools." DEI stands for diversity, equity and inclusion. * * * To Chairman Walberg, Ranking Member Scott, and the members of the Committee on Education and Workforce in the 119th Congress of the United States of America. I bid you greetings on behalf of the National Me more PR

NACOGDOCHES, Texas, July 23 -- Stephen F. Austin State University issued the following news: * * * SFA continues dolphin health research through leadership role in PHASM drone development project Stephen F. Austin State University continues its leadership role in drone-based dolphin health research using the Passive Health Assessment in Sea Mammals, or PHASM, platform in Galveston. PHASM is a one-of-a-kind airplane-style drone that can stealthily approach dolphins in the wild and vacuum in breath samples when the animals come up to breathe more PR

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, July 23 -- Washington University in St. Louis posted the following news: * * * Silkworm cultivation predated the Silk Road in southern Central Asia * The silkworm moth, whose caterpillars have been used in silk production since antiquity, may have been brought to southern Central Asia 4,000 years ago -nearly 2,000 years earlier than previously assumed -according to new research from Washington University in St. Louis. The discovery of three well-preserved cocoons at an archaeological site in Uzbekistan pushes back the more PR

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, July 24 (TNSjou) -- Stevens Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * New Methods for Removing Harmful Nitrates from Drinking Water Identified Using AI, Stevens researchers identify novel catalysts for water purification that yield only water and inert nitrogen gas, unlike existing methods which generate toxic byproducts - Nitrate contamination of drinking water poses a major health concern, particularly in agricultural communities where fertilizers, livestock manure and septic systems can leach nitrates more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 23 -- The Loyola University Chicago issued the following news release: * * * Students uncover buried history at Loyola's ecology campus * In a grassy meadow on Loyola University Chicago's Retreat and Ecology Campus (LUREC) in Bull Valley, Illinois, eight Loyola students knelt before a shallow rectangular trench, plunging trowels into the clay-rich soil in search of buried history. As part of a three-week Field Work in Anthropology course in May, the students were digging for evidence of a schoolyard within the form more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, July 23 -- The University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine posted the following news release: * * * Study reveals how networks of switches in DNA, which control gene expression, drive cancer growth * Enhancers are pieces of DNA that act like switches, regulating when genes are turned on and off and how strongly they are activated. Scientists know these switches play a critical role in cancer and other diseases, but they have yet to fully understand how enhancers work together to control gene expression more PR

EVANSTON, Illinois, July 23 [Category: Medical] -- The International Society for Stem Cell Research posted the following news release: * * * T Cell Mass Production for Immunotherapy Offers New Potential Against Solid Tumors * Cancer immunotherapy using T cells has proven to be effective against certain blood and skin cancers but is less effective in tumors like colorectal cancer, which is one of the most frequent cancers worldwide. One primary consideration with T cell immunotherapy is that it needs to be tailored to each patient individual more PR

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The Fund for American Studies issued the following news: * * * TFAS Announces Seven Recipients of 2026-27 Robert Novak Journalism Fellowship The Fund for American Studies (TFAS) is pleased to announce the 2026-27 Robert Novak Journalism Fellowship recipients. The Fellows are Frannie Block of The Free Press, Faith Bottum, Rago '21, and Mary Julia Koch of The Wall Street Journal, Gilbert Guerra '20 and Grayson Logue '24 of The Dispatch, John Sailer of the Manhattan Institute and Liz Wolfe of Reason. For the first time i more PR

ROCKVILLE, Maryland, July 22 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Society of Addiction Medicine posted the following news release: * * * The ASAM Weekly for July 21, 2026 * ASAM Weekly -July 21 This Week in the ASAM Weekly Alcohol is our lead this week, anchored by a compelling new study tracking " Trends in Alcohol-Related Deaths in the United States Over 55 Years. " While recent 2020s data offered some encouraging signals regarding use and impact, this long-term analysis reveals that alcohol-related mortality has increased substant more PR

ITHACA, New York, July 23 -- The Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences posted the following news: * * * Vera Yu: How does heat stress lower milk production in dairy cows? * When cows are hot, they produce less milk, but what are the cellular mechanisms behind this? Xingtan (Vera) Yu PhD'27 is a doctoral student working in the lab of Jingyue (Ellie) Duan, assistant professor of functional genomics. Vera's research focuses on the effects of heat stress on the mammary gland of the dairy cow. We spoke to her about her  more PR

BETHESDA, Maryland, July 23 -- The Wildlife Society, a wildlife conservation organization, posted the following news: * * * 2026 TWS election results are in Karl Martin has won the vice presidency while Angela Fuller and Terry Riley have been elected to Council - Members of The Wildlife Society have voted for Karl Martin as the new vice president after the 2026 election results have been tallied. Angela Fuller was elected as the Northeast Representative, while Terry Riley was elected as the Central Mountains and Plains Representative. Th more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, July 23 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * Study uncovers lost 'golden age' of languages A new study coauthored by Yale linguist Claire Bowern suggests that tens of thousands of languages were spoken between 1,000 and 3,000 years ago. By Mike Cummings A linguistic "golden age" flourished between 1,000 to 3,000 years ago when tens of thousands of languages were spoken throughout the world, according to a new study coauthored by Yale linguist Claire Bowern that traces trajectories in global  more PR