WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence issued the following news release on June 3: Yesterday, a study published (https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsa1916744?query=featured_home) in the New England Journal of Medicine found that handgun ownership is associated with a higher risk of suicide by firearm. The study, conducted by Stanford and led by Stanford professor of medicine at Stanford Health Policy and of law at Stanford Law School David Studdert, LLB, ScD, M  more

SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS, France, June 5 -- The European Society of Cardiology issued the following news release: Patients with raised blood pressure have a two-fold increased risk of dying from the coronavirus COVID-19 compared to patients without high blood pressure, according to new research published in the European Heart Journal ./1 In addition, the study found that patients with high blood pressure who were not taking medication to control the condition were at even greater risk of dying from CO  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, June 5 -- The Media Institute issued the following news release: "The First Amendment protects journalists who are complying with reasonable law enforcement directions when covering civil unrest. The right of the media to report on police activity is foundational to our democracy, but recent documented events in Minnesota and around the country have shown the extent to which police have been violating this constitutional right," said Richard T. Kaplar, president of The Medi  more

FREDERICK, Maryland, June 5 -- The National Institutes of Health's Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research issued the following news: The antiviral treatment remdesivir accelerated recovery time among hospitalized participants with advanced COVID-19 compared to participants who received placebo containing inactive ingredients, according to results of a clinical trial published May 22 (https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2007764) in the New England Journal of Medicine. The med  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, June 5 -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: The investigational antiviral drug remdesivir can shorten the time to recovery in adults hospitalized with COVID-19, according to preliminary results (https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2007764query=featured_home) of a clinical trial published last month in The New England Journal of Medicine. While a lower percentage of patients receiving remdesivir died during the double-blind, randomized  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, June 5 -- The University of Minnesota issued the following news release: University of Minnesota Medical School researchers published the results from the first randomized clinical trial testing hydroxychloroquine for the post-exposure prevention of COVID-19. The trial results, which were published in the New England Journal of Medicine, determined that hydroxychloroquine was not able to prevent the development of COVID-19 any better than a placebo. Further, 40% of tri  more