SAN DIEGO, California, Aug. 12 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Public Health Association posted the following news release: * * * AJPH Analysis Highlights the Importance of Public Deliberation in Developing Efficient Public Health Policies * Contact: mediarelations@apha.org Public health policies are commonly evaluated by their financial costs and expected outcomes. However, policy decisions must also be supported by strong evidence, political feasibility, effective implementation, and public trust to achieve lasting public health more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- The America First Policy Institute issued the following fact sheet: * * * Alaska: The Great American Comeback The Economy: The Working Families Tax Cuts Land in the Last Frontier The Working Families Tax Cuts (WFTC), enacted as the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) and signed July 4, 2025, deliver what supporters call the largest federal tax relief for working families in a generation, just as the state's unemployment rate breaks out of a years-long rut. * * * Figure 1. Average Working Families Tax Cuts savings by key g more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (TNSxrep) -- The American College of Cardiology posted the following news release: * * * Abdominal Fat Predicts Heart Disease Risk Better Than BMI Study shows BMI does not reflect overall body composition since central adiposity is not measured - The size of a person's midsection is a better indicator of cardiovascular disease risk when compared to their body mass index (BMI) alone, according to a study published in JACC, the flagship journal of the American College of Cardiology. BMI has traditionally been used to dete more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary by John Kartch: * * * 40 Examples of Good News Arising from Big Beautiful Bill's Full Business Expensing Provisions In addition to across-the-board tax cuts for households, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act signed by President Trump on July 4, 2025 provides full business expensing for American businesses. In their own words, U.S. employers describe the benefits of the expensing provisions in the bill: Sukup Manufacturing (Sheffield, Iowa) -- Expensing helps Sukup  more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Aug. 13 -- The American Society for Radiation Oncology issued the following news release: * * * ASTRO updates guideline on radiation therapy for pancreatic cancer Recommendations clarify radiation therapy's role across resectable, locally advanced, recurrent, metastatic and palliative settings - An updated clinical guideline from the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) provides evidence-based recommendations on the use of radiation therapy to treat adult patients with pancreatic cancer. The guideline update more PR

COMMERCE, Texas, Aug. 13 -- East Texas A&M University (formerly the Texas A&M University Commerce campus) issued the following news release: * * * Astrophysics Undergrad Earns First-Author Publication in Renowned Astrophysical Journal * The Pittsburg native transformed a childhood fascination with the night sky into graduate-level research published in one of astronomy's leading journals. When Alan Briseno was 11 years old, growing up beneath the dark skies outside the small East Texas town of Pittsburg, he spent countless nights looking t more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on Aug. 13, 2026, by non-resident senior fellows Irina Borogan and Andrei Soldatov: * * * From Guns to Gulags: The FSB's Empire Builders The days when the KGB's successors were content with plain clothes and concealed weapons are gone -- they are much more ambitious these days. - An SUV or a truck with a heavy machine gun mounted in the trunk bed along with a three-man crew is an increasingly common sight on Russian roads. Grouped into mobile fir more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, Aug. 13 -- The University of Connecticut posted the following news: * * * Home or Away? NFL Stadium Attendance Protest Impact Depended on Who Visited, Researchers Find * Research inspiration can come from any number of places. For Oskar Harmon, an associate professor in the Department of Economics at UConn, a recently published paper was inspired by a conversation with a friend. About football. "One of my close friends said they were no longer going to watch NFL games," Harmon explains. "I was a bit surprised, becaus more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Aug. 12 -- The University of Baltimore posted the following news: * * * Jessica Stansbury: 'We Have a Shared Responsibility to Use AI in the Right Way' * #'AI adapts to the user. It knows who you are, and it can intensify its interactions with you' Writing in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Dr. Jessica Stansbury, director of The University of Baltimore's Center for AI Learning and Community-Engaged Innovation and director of teaching and learning excellence for UBalt's Center for Excellence in Learning, Teaching and  more PR

BARCELONA, Spain, Aug. 13 -- The Autonomous University of Barcelona issued the following news: * * * Journalism, key to combating bad practices in science * A UAB study investigates for the first time watchdog science journalism in Ibero-America, an essential practice to combat fraud, abuse and corporate interference in science. Watchdog science journalism has become a fundamental tool to counter scientific malpractices, such as publication fraud, abuse, and political and corporate manipulation of science. A study by the Universitat Auto more PR

MONTREAL, Quebec, Aug. 12 -- McGill University posted the following news release: * * * Online conflict may strengthen, not weaken, social movements, McGill researchers find * Online conflict tends to advance social movements rather than undermine them, according to new research from McGill's Desautels Faculty of Management. "Anyone who has watched an online debate turn heated assumes arguing kills collective action," said Emmanuelle Vaast, Professor of Information Systems and the study's senior author. "Our study shows the opposite: the s more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Aug. 13 [Category: BizMedia] -- PBS posted the following news release: * * * PBS Announces Season Two of Nature Docuseries HOPE IN THE WATER * Groundbreaking Three-Part Series to be Headlined by Environmental Enthusiasts Shailene Woodley, Andrew Zimmern and Kristen Kish Arlington, VA; (August 13, 2026) - PBS today announced that the hit series HOPE IN THE WATER has begun production on season two. From four-time James Beard Award and Emmy Award winner Chef Andrew Zimmern and his production company Intuitive Content (MS more PR

HONG KONG, Aug. 13 -- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University issued the following news release: * * * PolyU develops AI-powered virtual patient simulation system integrating multimodal data to advance personalised cancer treatment * A research team at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has developed a patient-centric "Artificial Intelligence (AI) Virtual Patient Simulation System", overcoming the limitations of conventional static diagnosis. By dynamically integrating multimodal patient data, including genomic data, medical imaging  more PR

KOWLOON, Hong Kong, Aug. 13 (TNSjou) -- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University issued the following news release: * * * PolyU develops AI-powered virtual patient simulation system integrating multimodal data to advance personalised cancer treatment A research team at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has developed a patient-centric "Artificial Intelligence (AI) Virtual Patient Simulation System", overcoming the limitations of conventional static diagnosis. By dynamically integrating multimodal patient data, including genomic data, m more PR

STOKE-ON-TRENT, England, Aug. 13 (TNSjou) -- Staffordshire University issued the following news: * * * 'Real mummy's curse' behind sale and trade of mummified remains exposed Experts have warned of the hidden health risks associated with the unregulated global trade of mummified remains - A new study, led by University of Staffordshire, has found evidence of potentially hazardous microbial growth on mummified human and animal remains advertised for sale online - posing risks to both sellers and buyers. The analysis of 128 online posts and more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: * * * WTAS: Secretary Kennedy Announces Landmark Food Policy Reforms to Advance President Trump's MAHA Agenda The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Monday announced two landmark actions to modernize federal oversight of food ingredients and establish a stronger scientific foundation for future nutrition policy. HHS proposed a rule requiring manufacturers to notify the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) when conc more PR