ANN ARBOR, Michigan, April 15 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: A new data-processing approach created by scientists at the University of Michigan Life Sciences Institute offers a simpler, faster path to data generated by cryo-electron microscopy instruments, removing a barrier to wider adoption of this powerful technique. Cryo-EM enables scientists to determine the 3D shape of cellular proteins and other molecules that have been flash-frozen in a thin layer of i more PR

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, April 17 -- Gov. Andy Beshear, D-Kentucky, issued the following news: Gov. Andy Beshear announced Thursday the expansion of a multistate economic planning cooperative and new drive-through testing locations in the fight against the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Just yesterday, the Governor announced he was working with Govs. Eric Holcomb of Indiana and Mike DeWine of Ohio. Now four more governors - Tony Evers of Wisconsin, JB Pritzker of Illinois, Tim Walz of  more PR

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, April 17 -- Gov. Andy Beshear, D-Kentucky, issued the following news: Gov. Andy Beshear announced that Kentucky is joining with Governors Tony Evers of Wisconsin, J.B. Pritzker of Illinois, Tim Walz of Minnesota and Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan to closely coordinate plans to reopen the regional economies when the time is right. The announcement comes less than 24 hours after the Governor announced he was working with Governors Eric Holcomb of Indiana and Mike DeWine of Ohi more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, April 14 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Governor Janet Mills joined a coalition of Governors from Delaware, Illinois, Michigan, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin in writing to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma to ask the Administration to reconsider its decision and take s more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, April 14 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: If the United States had mandatory tuberculosis vaccination in place several decades prior, the total number of coronavirus-related deaths might not have reached triple digits by late March. In fact, according to a new University of Michigan report, the U.S. would have suffered an estimated 94 deaths, which would have been only 4% of the actual death toll of 2,467 in this country on March 29. The re more PR

LANSING, Michigan, April 18 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on April 17: Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced the Stay Home, Stay MIndful website in partnership with Headspace, a global leader in mindfulness and meditation, and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) to provide a new mental health resource for Michiganders to access for free during the COVID-19 pandemic facing both the state and nation. Starting today, Michiganders ac more PR

LANSING, Michigan, April 18 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: Governor Whitmer signed Executive Order 2020-52, which temporarily suspends requirements for in-person examinations for renewals of pesticide certifications until after Michigan's emergency declaration is lifted. The order extends the validity of three-year pesticide certifications that otherwise expired on Dec. 31, 2019, for commercial, private and registered pesticide applicators until 60 day more PR

LANSING, Michigan, April 14 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: Governor Gretchen Whitmer, along with a coalition of governors from Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin sent a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma to ask that the Administration reconsider  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, April 15 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed Executive Order 2020-46, tasking the Michigan Liquor Control Commission (MLCC) with initiating a spirits buy-back program to offer financial relief to bars and restaurants with on-premises liquor licenses affected by Executive Order 2020-9 during the continuing COVID-19 crisis. The order empowers the MLCC to use its revolving fund to buy spirits remaining in invento more PR

LANSING, Michigan, April 16 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed Executive Order 2020-50, to establish procedures in long-term care facilities to protect the health and safety of both their employees and residents. At Michigan's long-term care facilities, residents and employees live and work in confined spaces, and the lack of personal protective equipment makes it difficult to engage in the precautionary measures recommende more PR

LANSING, Michigan, April 15 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: Governor Gretchen Whitmer released the following statement on Amway's donations of personal protective equipment (PPE) to area health care facilities: "In the past month, we've seen Michigan businesses and their employees step up to protect their communities from the spread of COVID-19," said Governor Whitmer. "Amway has really stepped up to help keep Kent County families and health care work more PR

LANSING, Michigan, April 15 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: Governor Gretchen Whitmer released the following statement after Hyundai Motor America announced that the city of Detroit Department of Health will receive a $100,000 grant and 10,000 test kits to help combat the spread of COVID-19. This is part of Hyundai's expansion of its support for COVID-19 drive-thru testing to 22 hospitals nationwide with $4 million in grants as well as an in-kind donatio more PR

LANSING, Michigan, April 16 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: Governor Gavin Newsom (CA) sent Michigan 50 ventilators on loan from the State of California inventory as both states continue to fight COVID-19. The ventilators will arrive in Lansing. "From the beginning, Governor Newsom has taken swift and aggressive action to protect California families from the spread of COVID-19," said Governor Whitmer. "He understands that when it comes to fighting this  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, April 17 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on April 16: Governors Gretchen Whitmer (MI), Mike DeWine (OH), Tony Evers (WI), Tim Walz (MN), JB Pritzker (IL), Eric Holcomb (IN), and Andy Beshear (KY) announced that they will work in close coordination to reopen the economy in the Midwest region. The governors said, "We are doing everything we can to protect the people of our states and slow the spread of COVID-19, and we are eager to work  more PR

LANSING, Michigan, April 16 -- The Michigan Public Service Commission issued the following news release on April 15: The Michigan Public Service Commission approved a revised integrated resource plan (IRP) for DTE Electric Co. that addresses concerns raised when the Commission in February recommended substantial changes to the utility's long-term strategy for providing reliable, cost-effective electric service to its customers (Case No. U-20471). DTE Electric said in its filings that it has ag more PR

LANSING, Michigan, April 16 -- The Michigan Public Service Commission issued the following news release: The Michigan Public Service Commission called on energy providers to undertake a number of steps to ensure customers have access to safe, reliable energy at reasonable rates during the coronavirus emergency that's brought so much uncertainty to personal financial situations and the national and state economies (Case No. U-20757). The Commission also acknowledged the response by telecommunica more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, April 16 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: A vibration-sensing seismometer originally installed in Michigan Stadium to measure ground shaking from fans during home football games has been repurposed to capture the quiet on campus and on surrounding city streets during the COVID-19 pandemic. Professors Jeroen Ritsema and Ben van der Pluijm of the University of Michigan Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences are using a portable digital more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, April 17 -- Michigan State University issued the following news release: As the novel coronavirus continues to spread around the globe, a more accurate test that can detect the virus much earlier than other tests has been adapted and validated by Michigan State University researchers and could be available by the end of April. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has been asked to grant emergency use authorization for the test. The new testing method is 500 times more  more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 15 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release on April 14: Attorney General Josh Stein, along with California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, led a 22-state coalition urging the federal government to immediately develop and implement an outreach plan to inform the millions of Americans who have lost or may lose their health insurance coverage about the Special Enrollment Period on Heal more PR

BUFFALO, New York, April 16 -- The State University of New York Buffalo campus issued the following news release on April 15: One would think that cannabis enthusiasts attending a marijuana advocacy event would be knowledgeable about cannabinoids. Not necessarily, according to the findings of a study by researchers from the University at Buffalo and the University of Michigan, who surveyed frequent cannabis users at an annual marijuana advocacy event held on the University of Michigan campus.  more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, April 15 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: A new website aims to make sure Michiganders receive their federal stimulus checks as soon as possible. The 2020 Coronavirus Stimulus Payment website--developed by Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan in partnership with Detroit-based nonprofit design firm Civilla--walks people through a step-by-step process to ensure they've provided the IRS with the information necessary to receive their more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, April 15 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Offshore energy-producing platforms in U.S. waters of the Gulf of Mexico are emitting twice as much methane, a greenhouse gas, than previously thought, according to a new study from the University of Michigan. Researchers conducted a first-of-its-kind pilot-study sampling air over offshore oil and gas platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. Their findings suggest the federal government's calculations are to more PR

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, April 15 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Active older veterans fall more often than their more sedentary peers who never served in the armed forces, but they're less likely to injure themselves when they do, says a University of Michigan researcher. A new study by Geoffrey Hoffman, U-M assistant professor of nursing, compared risks of noninjury falls and fall-related injuries in veterans and nonveteran populations, including whether risks d more PR