DALLAS, Texas, Sept. 3 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Heart Association posted the following news release: * * * New Guidance Introduces Framework for Assessing Cardiovascular Risk and Fitness for Duty in Tactical Athletes * WASHINGTON and DALLAS, Sept. 3, 2026 -Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading medical cause of duty-related deaths among tactical athletes, including military personnel, firefighters, law enforcement officers, emergency medical responders, astronauts and pilots. These individuals face unique physical and en more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Cassidy on NewsNation: "Congress Needs to Get Down to Work and Address Social Security This Year!" * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) joined NewsNation to discuss the need for Congress to take urgent action to consider solutions to protect current and future retirees from a 22-28% benefit cut when Social Security goes insolvent in just six years. Cassidy urged colleagues to stop blocking the process to merely consider bipartisa more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on Sept. 4, 2026, by Jean-Baptiste Laborde: * * * Can Russian Meddling Swing France's Presidential Election? Russian-linked information manipulation has targeted three of France's most pro-Ukrainian candidates ahead of the 2027 presidential election. Will it work? - Taking the form of deepfakes and fabricated news reports spreading unfounded rumors about the health or alleged corruption of potential candidates, the information manipulation operat more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on Sept. 4, 2026, by senior fellow Elena Davlikanova: * * * No Way Out Except a Coffin - Kyiv Adapts to Russia's Blitz Kyiv is now under daily attack, with some raids lasting for hours. Residents are sick of the often-repeated word resilient, but there's no intention of giving up. - Day after day in Kyiv, small groups of drones have kept coming around the clock, interrupted only by larger waves of missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary: * * * Strengthening Signals of Imminent Russian Mobilization Russia cannot recruit sufficient soldiers for its war in Ukraine. Despite official denials, there is growing evidence another round of forced mobilization is on the way. By Alexandra Yatsyk September 3, 2026 There has been a systematic decline in the signing of new military personnel, and a shortfall in recruitment quotas for 2025 and 2026, according to administrative sources and exp more PR

AUBURN, Alabama, Sept. 4 -- Auburn University College of Engineering posted the following news: * * * Doctoral student is lead author on paper published in leading journal * How well can vision-language models (VLMs) actually see? Pooyan Rahmanzadehgervi wants to find out. Rahmanzadehgervi, a doctoral student in the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering (CSSE), not only answered the question but served as lead author the paper, "Vision-language models are blind: Failing to translate detailed visual features into words," a more PR

WILMINGTON, Delaware, Sept. 5 -- AstraZeneca, a biopharmaceutical company, issued the following news release: * * * ETCAMAH(R) (camizestrant) in combination with a CDK4/6 inhibitor approved in the US for 1st-line advanced HR-positive breast cancer Approval based on SERENA-6 Phase III trial results which showed combination reduced the risk of disease progression or death by 56% in patients with an emergent ESR1 tumor mutation Innovative treatment strategy has potential to reshape 1st-line treatment paradigm for patients in this setting - A more PR

NEW YORK, Sept. 4 [Category: BizHospital] -- NYU Langone Health, an academic medical center affiliated with New York University, posted the following news release: * * * GLP-1 Use Among Young Children With Obesity in US Remains Rare but Is Rising Rapidly * Although the number of US children under age 12 with obesity being prescribed the weight loss drugs Saxenda, Wegovy, and Zepbound remains low, the number is 310 times higher in June 2026 than it was in 2019, when the drugs were initially prescribed, a new study shows. Led by researchers  more PR

DALLAS, Texas, Sept. 3 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Haynes Boone, a law firm, posted the following news: * * * Haynes Boone Secures Appellate Victory for Carnegie House in High-Profile Ground-Lease Dispute Haynes Boone helped secure a significant appellate victory on behalf of Carnegie House Tenants Corporation, a 324-unit residential cooperative (co-op) located in Midtown Manhattan, in a closely watched dispute involving arbitration, ground-lease valuation and residential homeownership in New York. The victory overturned an arbitration awar more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Hudson Institute, a research organization that says it promotes leadership for a secure, free and prosperous future, issued the following commentary on Sept. 4, 2026, by research fellow Zineb Riboua to City Journal: * * * The West Faces Two Islams A long-forecast civilizational struggle increasingly plays out not in the Middle East but in Western countries themselves. - Published in 1996, Samuel Huntington's Clash of Civilizations predicted that, with the end of the Cold War, global conflict would center on the divid more PR

BLOOMINGTON, Indiana, Sept. 5 -- Indiana University Media School issued the following news: * * * Lanosga to be honored by Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame Sofia Gruionu Associate professor Gerry Lanosga has been named one of five inductees to the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame, one of the profession's highest honors in the state. Lanosga's career spans journalism, investigative reporting, media law, journalism history, and freedom of information advocacy. He began his professional journalism career in 2010 after earning his Ph.D in mass c more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- George Washington University posted the following news: * * * Media Tip Sheet: Remembering Gloria Steinem * WASHINGTON (September 3, 2026) - Gloria Steinem, the pioneering feminist, journalist and activist who helped shape the modern women's rights movement, has died at 92. From her groundbreaking investigative journalism and co-founding of Ms. Magazine to her advocacy for reproductive rights, gender equality, and women's political participation, Steinem became one of the most recognizable voices of second-wave femini more PR

RADFORD, Virginia, Sept. 4 -- Radford University issued the following news wrap up entitled "Highlanders in the News: Week of Aug. 31": * * * Highlanders in the News: Week of Aug. 31 * Our Highlanders are using their education to do extraordinary things. In this column, we highlight some notable mentions from local, regional, national and international news media. Whether our students, alumni, faculty and staff are featured as subject matter experts in high-profile stories or simply helping make the world a better place, we'll feature their more PR

MENLO PARK, California, Sept. 3 -- The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Ultrafast electrons and lasers open possibilities for better imaging and sensing technologies * By Emily Ayshford #Key takeaways: * A SLAC/Stanford University research team sent charged electrons into semiconductor samples, then used ultrafast laser pulses to optically probe the result. * Not only could the researchers detect high-energy particles in real time, they also found that the charge carriers within the material w more PR

SWARTHMORE, Pennsylvania, Sept. 4 -- Swarthmore College posted the following news: * * * Swarthmore Welcomes Faculty Members to Campus for 2026-27 Academic Year * This fall, five Swarthmore faculty members begin tenure-track appointments: Five are receiving tenure-track appointments, one is moving from a regular part-time position to the tenure track, and three faculty members who previously held visiting assistant professor roles are receiving tenure-track appointments. Faculty members receiving tenure-track appointments: Assistant Prof more PR

DAYTON, Ohio, Sept. 4 -- The University of Dayton posted the following UD in the News wrap up for Aug. 29-Sept. 4, 2026: * * * An historic gift and a nearly $1 million grant for UD garnered significant media attention. Umesh Haritashya wrote about the Nepal flood for The Conversation and gave interviews to outlets in Singapore, Australia and South Korea. The Weather Channel also featured the University's waste-heat project, which will consistently satisfy all of the University of Dayton's electricity needs with carbon-free power. NewsNatio more PR