PORTLAND, Oregon, July 2 -- The Chronic Disease Coalition issued the following news: In the United States 7 out of the top 10 causes of death are attributed to chronic disease. This sobering reality has led the Chronic Disease Coalition and patients to speak up, speak out and create an important dialogue in communities across the nation. Chronic Disease Day is recognized every year on July 10, providing an opportunity to raise awareness about the prevalence of chronic disease, its impact and t  more

EUGENE, Oregon, July 1 -- The Civil Liberties Defense Center issued the following news release: Attorneys for human rights attorney Steven Donziger have asked the U.S. Court of Appeals to weigh in on the interlocking conflicts of interests at the heart of a trumped-up case tracing back to Donziger's major $9.5 billion victory on behalf of Ecuadorian plaintiffs against the oil giant Chevron. The Civil Liberties Defense Center is a member of the legal team that has petitioned the Second Circuit U  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- The Free Press issued the following statement by Matt Wood, Vice President of Policy and General Counsel: On Monday, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) introduced the Emergency Broadband Connections Act of 2020, along with 25 co-sponsors including Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-New York), Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut), Cory Booker (D-New Jersey), Dick Durbin (D-Illinois), Kamala Harris (D-California), Ed Markey (D-Massachusetts), Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mas  more

BEAVERTON, Oregon, June 29 -- The Journal of Education and Training Studies, a journal that says it features consumer education, pedagogy, curriculum and instruction, educational leadership, philosophy, technology and distance education, published research articles on the following topics in its July 2020 edition: * Attitudes of Music Teacher Candidates for Non-Field Courses * Competency-Based Education in Medical Internship: Integrative Review * Does Age Matter? Examination of Hungarian Bask  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, June 30 -- The Mercy Corps issued the following news release: Syrians who have already endured almost a decade of war and displacement are now facing unprecedented levels of hunger leaving millions of people acutely vulnerable to Covid-19, international agencies warned ahead of a key annual conference on the crisis. Covid-19 restrictions, the collapse of the Syrian pound, and the displacement of millions of people have led to an unprecedented number of families in Syria who a  more

SALEM, Ore, July 1 -- The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture issued the following news release on June 30: The Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA), the Oregon seafood industry, and Oregon Sea Grant have launched the #EatOregonSeafood initiative to encourage Oregonians and Washingtonians to purchase and prepare Oregon seafood at home amid the pandemic. Due to restaurant closures worldwide amid COVID-19 and resulting reduced commercial demand, Oregon's seafood industry sa  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 3 -- The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws issued the following news release: A pair of studies published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine report a small but significant uptick in motor vehicle crashes in certain jurisdictions following the enactment of adult-use retail marijuana sales. In one of the studies (https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2767643), investigators affiliated with Harvard University   more

PORTLAND, Oregon, June 30 -- The Northwest Evaluation Association issued the following news release: As the education community continues to grapple with instruction in the era of COVID-19, attention has shifted to how to move forward after interrupted learning and potential learning loss to create pathways toward academic growth for all students. NWEA announced two powerful tools available this fall to schools across the country who use MAP Growth - NWEA's flagship assessment solution. The fi  more

EUGENE, Oregon, July 3 -- The Western Environmental Law Center issued the following news release on July 2: Late yesterday, wildlife advocates filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (the Service) over its failure to take any action in response to a 2016 court order striking down the agency's exclusion of Canada lynx habitat in the species' entire southern Rocky Mountain range from designation as critical habitat. This habitat is essential for the wildcat's recovery. "Nearly  more