BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 28 -- Fight for the Future, an advocacy group for digital rights, issued the following news release: Today, a diverse group of 20+ reproductive rights, racial justice, and digital rights groups released a letter urging CVS and Walgreens to protect patients' privacy and stop sharing their health data with law enforcement without a warrant. This letter comes on the heels of the news that both pharmacies, starting this month, will make the abortion pill mifepristone a  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 29 (TNSres) -- Brigham and Women's Hospital issued the following news release: * * * Brigham researchers looked at tweets from 2014 to 2019 about contraceptive methods and found that only a small fraction were authored by health professionals * * * Patients are quick to turn to social media for guidance on contraception methods, side effects and education, but what kind of content is being shared and who is sharing it? A new study conducted by researchers at Brig  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 28 (TNScapv) -- Fight for the Future, an advocacy group for digital rights, issued the following news release on March 27, 2024: A broad coalition of human rights and consumer protection groups is calling on the FTC to follow California's lead and create a one-click opt out to keep everyday people's private, personal information off of data broker websites and away from AI scammers. Amid escalating enforcement actions against data brokers, a broad coalition of 27 h  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 29 (TNScapv) -- Fight for the Future, an advocacy group for digital rights, issued the following joint letter on March 28, 2024, with 21 organizations: * * * To CVS and Walgreens, We are a group of civil society organizations writing to urge you to protect patients' privacy and stop the practice of sharing personal, medical information without a warrant, legal consultation, or notifying the concerned patient. This is especially important in light of the news that  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 29 -- The Conservation Law Foundation issued the following statement on March 28, 2024, Transportation Attorney Seth Gadbois: * * * The MBTA board voted today to approve a reduced fare program for low-income riders across most services. The Conservation Law Foundation released the following statement in response. "None of this would be possible without the tireless advocacy from MBTA riders who have called out to make fares more affordable for years," said CLF Tra  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 29 -- The Museum of Science, Boston, issued the following news release: Audiences can explore the wonders of the human body and the exciting breakthroughs in science and bioengineering that are changing the course of human health with the Museum of Science, Boston's newest giant screen film experience, Superhuman Body: World of Medical Marvels, narrated by Academy Award(R) winner Matthew McConaughey. Witness the latest revolutionary breakthroughs in science and bioe  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 29 -- Brigham and Women's Hospital issued the following news release: Brigham and Women's Physician Organization, Inc. ("BWPO"), a member of Mass General Brigham Incorporated (MGB) is notifying individuals of an incident it recently became aware of involving some patients' personal information. This notification is in follow-up to an incident which occurred at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care (Harvard Pilgrim) last year. [BWPO does not own or operate Harvard Pilgrim.] O  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 28 -- Brigham and Women's Hospital issued the following news release: Using patient data from six major U.S. cancer centers, Brigham researchers and collaborators developed a risk prediction model for moderate-to-severe kidney injury after receiving the chemotherapy drug cisplatin in the largest, first generalizable study of its kind Cisplatin is a highly effective chemotherapy that has been used to treat cancer for decades, but it can cause kidney injury that can   more

FALMOUTH, Massachusetts, March 29 (TNSres) -- Woodwell Climate Research Center, formerly the Woods Hole Research Center, issued the following update: * * * From the Arctic to the tropics, the 2024 winter cohort of FCS projects fills information gaps to produce actionable insights * * * The first round of 2024 Fund for Climate Solutions (FCS) awardees has been announced. The FCS advances innovative, solutions-oriented climate science through a competitive, internal, and cross-disciplinary fun  more