CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 3 (TNSres) -- The Broad Institute issued the following news: * * * By Allessandra DiCorato * * * Study finds several species of cholesterol-metabolizing bacteria in people with lower cholesterol levels. * * * Changes in the gut microbiome have been implicated in a range of diseases including type 2 diabetes, obesity, and inflammatory bowel disease. Now, a team of researchers at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard along with Massachusetts General Hospital   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 3 -- The Conservation Law Foundation issued the following news release on April 2, 2024: Yet another North Atlantic right whale was spotted dead on Saturday off the coast of Virginia, announced Tuesday by NOAA Fisheries. Conservation groups Conservation Law Foundation, Defenders of Wildlife and Whale and Dolphin Conservation renewed their demands for the Biden administration to save the critically endangered species from deadly -- and preventable -- vessel strikes.   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 2 -- Common Cause Massachusetts issued the following joint statement on April 1, 2024, with eight organizations: * * * With virtual access to public meetings set to end a year from today, a coalition of disability rights, free press, open government, and other advocates today renewed their call for permanent reforms to guarantee hybrid access to open meetings. The ACLU of Massachusetts, Boston Center for Independent Living, Disability Law Center, Common Cause Mass  more

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- The League of Conservation Voters issued the following news release on April 2, 2024: Today, The Biden-Harris administration announced the final approval of New England Wind, a 2,600 megawatt (MW) offshore wind project off the coast of Massachusetts. This comes on the heels of both the approval of Sunrise Wind, a 924 MW project off the coast of Long Island, New York last Tuesday, and the completion of South Fork Wind, the first commercial-scale offshore wind project in th  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 3 -- The Museum of Science, Boston, issued the following news release on April 2, 2024: The Museum of Science, Boston announced today that Bobby Kean will become its next Chief Advancement Officer, effective April 18. Kean is a seasoned fundraising leader in the cultural sector. In his most recent role as Chief Development Officer of The Shed, he was instrumental in the launch of one of New York's newest and most innovative cultural institutions. Under his leadersh  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 3 -- Fight for the Future, an advocacy group for digital rights, issued the following statement on April 2, 2024: * * * On Friday, the FTC denied an application for a facial recognition technology that was packaged as an age verification tool. The applicants aimed to sell their product to be used as a mechanism for parents and guardians to consent to data collection on their children under COPPA. The following statement can be attributed to Lia Holland (they/she)   more