BETHESDA, Maryland, Aug. 21 -- The American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine issued the following news release: The American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) strongly supports S. 4349, the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, legislation that aims to help reduce and prevent suicide, burnout, and mental and behavioral health conditions among healthcare professionals. The bill is named after Dr. Lorna Breen, the New York City emergency room ph  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- The Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations issued the following statement by Adam P. Carbullido, director of policy and advocacy: * * * The Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (AAPCHO) today applauds the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York for the decision to block the Trump administration's rule to undo Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), commonly referred to as the Health Care Rights Law. "Th  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 19 -- Access Now issued the following news release: Access Now is publishing A digital rights agenda for 2021 and beyond to inform U.S. political parties' policy priorities as the country heads into its presidential election this November. The U.S. government must seek to address the inequities at the intersection of public policy and technology that result in serious harm to the civil and human rights of communities of color and other underrepresented groups. The agenda outlin  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 21 -- Access Now issued the following news release: Access Now denounces the persecution of Maung Saungkha, a prominent Myanmar poet and activist, by authorities in Myanmar and demands an end to his continued harassment. Maung Saungkha is being accused of organizing "unlawful" protests to demand an end to the internet shutdown in Rakhine and Chin states in place since June 2019. Lawyers will present arguments in Maung Saungkha's case on Friday, August 21, and the court is expect  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 21 -- The American Civil Liberties Union, a 501(c)3 non-profit that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., issued the following news release on Aug. 20: The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Puerto Rico, and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP filed a federal lawsuit today challenging the Puerto Rico Election Commission's failure to implement steps to ensure voters over 60 can safely cas  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 18 -- The American Civil Liberties Union, a 501(c)3 non-profit that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., issued the following news release: The American Civil Liberties Union has filed 400 legal actions against the Trump administration. The 400th filing was a class-action lawsuit that seeks to block the removal of children seeking asylum at the border. The milestone comes as the civil liberties group  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 20 -- The American Civil Liberties Union, a 501(c)3 non-profit that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., issued the following statement by National Political Director Ronald Newman: * * * The American Civil Liberties Union launched a new six-figure television ad that highlights President Trump and administration officials who vote by mail juxtaposed with their recent attacks on the U.S. Postal Servi  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 19 -- The Advertising Council issued the following news release: As millions of college students begin to return to campus in the coming weeks and states across the country are reporting a rise in younger people testing positive for COVID-19, MTV and ViacomCBS Entertainment & Youth Group - in partnership with the Ad Council - are launching #BacktoSchoolTogether, a new phase of the #AloneTogether public awareness campaign will communicate how to stay safe, dispel myths and misinfo  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 20 -- The Advertising Council issued the following news release: To support Black Americans who have been disproportionately impacted by the Coronavirus (COVID-19), the Ad Council, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the CDC Foundation, and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) are launching a national campaign, "You Will See Me," to inspire and empower Black Americans to wear face masks to help stop the spread of the virus. Created by 3AM, a divisi  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 19 -- The Advocates for Children of New York issued the following news release on Aug. 18: Today, Advocates for Children of New York released a set of essential recommendations for New York City's school reopening plan, urging the Department of Education (DOE) to ensure that students with disabilities have the support they need when schools reopen, whether they are learning in a school building or remotely. The closure of school buildings last spring was especially difficult fo  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 18 -- The Association of International Certified Professional Accountants issued the following news release: The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) has presented Robert F. Storch, CPA of Centreville, Va. with its 2020 Outstanding CPA in Government Career Contribution Award honoring his dedication to the profession. The AICPA also presented its 2020 Outstanding CPA in Government Impact Award at the federal, state and local level to: * Lorin Venable, CPA, CGMA, Arlington, Va. wit  more

ALBANY, New York, Aug. 20 -- The Alliance for Quality Education issued the following news release: Last week the New York State budget office informed school districts statewide that it was temporarily withholding 20 percent of the State's payments. This presents a major challenge for all New York school districts, but is catastrophic for the Big Five. Statewide, New York's schools stand to lose over $5 billion in state aid. "Governor Cuomo has chosen to hold state education aid hostage in a p  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 18 -- The American National Standards Institute issued the following news release: The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has opened registration for World Standards Week (WSW) 2020--to be held virtually in the interest of public health and safety amid the COVID-19 pandemic--on October 19-23, 2020. Online sessions will include ANSI's member forums, policy advisory groups, and the Annual Business Meeting. A premier annual gathering, WSW brings together ANSI members and   more

NEW YORK, Aug. 18 -- The American National Standards Institute issued the following news release: A new voluntary international product standard, ISO 31800:2020, will help to revolutionize sanitation. Providing a framework for manufacturers of non-sewered fecal sludge treatment units, as well as governments, regulators, and service providers, the standard helps assure that the sanitation systems are safe, reliable, and of good quality. The standard supports the reversal of underdeveloped globa  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 18 -- The American National Standards Institute issued the following news release: A newly published ISO nanotechnology standard, ISO 21363, will enable industry to properly design and perform physicochemical characterization of nanomaterials to ensure product quality during manufacturing processes, and will also support biocompatibility and safety evaluation. Nearly eight years in the making, it is the first standard developed by ISO Technical Committee 229, Nanotechnologies, Jo  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Aug. 18 -- Anesthesia and Analgesia, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features advances in drugs, preoperative preparation, patient monitoring, pathophysiology, perioperative medicine and pain management from the International Anesthesia Research Society, published research articles, including the following topics, in its September 2020 edition: COVID-19 Articles: * A Novel Negative Pressure Isolation Device for Aerosol Transmissible COVID-19 * Airway Management  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 18 -- The American National Standards Institute issued the following news release: The American National Standards Institute (ANSI), which supports U.S. Department of Commerce (DoC) efforts to protect national and economic security, submitted a formal coordinated response with several recommendations to DoC's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) regarding the interim Final Rule - release of "technology" to certain entities on the entity list in the context of standards organizat  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 20 -- The Anti-Defamation League issued the following news release on Aug. 19: Every generation can lay claim to the shared experience of a divided nation. Yet many young people, especially Gen Z, are learning about polarization in today's society through a barrage of soundbites, headlines and social media posts. This means that, now more than ever there is a critical need, as evident in the latest NAEP Civics Assessment, for young people to learn how to participate in our democr  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 19 -- The Asia Society issued the following news release: The Asia Society Triennial has launched a new digital initiative: Eat Chocopie Together, presented in collaboration with Korean artist Mina Cheon as a response to the physically distant conditions of the pandemic. This initiative, invites anyone, anywhere to extend love and peace by sharing virtual Chocopies with friends and loved ones via the website EatChocopieTogether.com. The project premiered on August 15, Korean Libe  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 22 -- The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights issued the following statement by President Bill Donohue on the Catholic Left's pro-abortion position: Anyone who follows the Catholic Left knows that it rejects the Church's teachings on abortion, contraception, marriage, ordination and other issues. Some are quite open about it; others less so. The National Catholic Reporter is mostly in the former camp. In the past few weeks, the Reporter has published a slew of article  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 22 -- The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights issued the following statement by President Bill Donohue on the Democratic Party Platform: Pro-life Democrats tried to persuade Joe Biden and the leadership of the Democratic Party to soften their language on abortion rights. But the 2020 Democratic Party Platform that passed on August 19 shows they lost. Indeed, they lost on every recommendation they made. On May 12, Kristen Day, executive director of Democrats For Life o  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 18 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release on August 17: Advocacy organizations today urged Thomas Storch, White House senior trade advisor and G20 Sherpa, to support and champion a permanent ban on wild-animal markets that could become sources for future pandemics. The groups also called on Storch to commit to ending international trade in wild animals and their products at the upcoming G20 Leaders' Summit. The G20 Summit will occur in Riyadh, S  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 18 -- The Center for Reproductive Rights issued the following news release: In a landmark ruling with wide-reaching impact, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights established legally binding standards to prevent sexual violence and harassment in schools throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, and held Ecuador responsible for failing to protect Paola Guzman Albarracin from the sexual violence she suffered in the public school she attended. The ruling came on August 14, in P  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Aug. 19 -- The Chesapeake Bay Program issued the following news release on Aug. 18: Representatives from the six Chesapeake Bay watershed states, the District of Columbia, the Chesapeake Bay Commission and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) met today for the annual meeting of the Chesapeake Executive Council. Established 37 years ago, the Chesapeake Executive Council, is responsible for guiding the policy agenda and setting conservation and restoration goals for the  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 21 -- Children's Rights issued the following news release on Aug. 20: Today, Children's Rights filed an amicus brief in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, a case to be argued in front of SCOTUS this fall. The case centers on Catholic Social Services (CSS), a child welfare agency that has sued the City of Philadelphia to receive taxpayer dollars for its child welfare services, despite the agency's refusal to comply with the City's nondiscrimination requirement. The brief is filed on   more

NEW YORK, Aug. 20 -- Children's Rights issued the following news release on Aug. 19: Today, the House Ways and Means Committee Democratic staff released a new report that finds the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to deliberately have failed its mandate to act in the best interest of vulnerable young people in the foster care system. Christina Wilson Remlin, Lead Counsel at Children's Rights, issued the following statement: "Today's House Ways and Means Committee Report findi  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 19 -- Children's Rights issued the following news release on Aug. 18: Today the Movement Advancement Project (MAP) released The High Stakes in the Fulton Case: Undermining the Vital Role of Child Welfare Laws & Regulations in Protecting America's Children. This report highlights what is at stake in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, a case the U.S. Supreme Court will hear this fall related to taxpayer-funded child welfare agencies. The report is released in partnership with Children  more

COLD SPRING HARBOR, New York, Aug. 20 -- The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory issued the following news: Researchers have investigated the function of a complex mesh of muscle fibers that line the inner surface of the heart. The study, published in the journal Nature, sheds light on questions asked by Leonardo da Vinci 500 years ago, and shows how the shape of these muscles impacts heart performance and heart failure. In humans, the heart is the first functional organ to develop and starts beatin  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 19 -- The College Board issued the following news release: Approximately 402,000 students registered to take the SAT and SAT Subject Tests on August 29. As a result of local test centers deciding to close or reduce capacity due to covid-related health and safety measures, 178,600 of these students are unable to test as of August 18. Of test centers initially scheduled to administer in August, 54% are currently open, though some have reduced capacity; 46% announced they are closed  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 15 -- The College Media Association issued the following news: College Media Association (CMA), the nation's largest organization dedicated to serving collegiate media advisers, is proud to announce the recipients of the 2020 Adviser Awards. CMA annually recognizes the achievements of individuals through various award programs, including Honor Roll Adviser Awards for professionals who have advised for five or fewer years, Distinguished Adviser Awards for professionals who have a  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 18 -- The Committee to Protect Journalists issued the following news on Aug. 17: The militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham should immediately release reporter Bilal Abdul-Kareem and his driver and stop detaining journalists, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. On August 13, in the northern Syrian town of Atmeh, masked militants with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, an Al-Qaeda offshoot formerly known as Al-Nusra Front, abducted Abdul-Kareem, a U.S. independent journalist and act  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 18 -- The Committee to Protect Journalists issued the following news on Aug. 17: Ukrainian authorities should conduct a thorough and transparent investigation into the torching of a car affiliated with the "Schemes" TV program and the alleged surveillance of one of the program's journalists, and hold the perpetrators to account, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. On August 7, Mykhailo Tkach, an investigative reporter working for "Schemes," an investigative TV progr  more

YONKERS, New York, Aug. 18 -- Consumer Reports issued the following news release on Aug. 17: A coalition of 57 state and national civil rights, higher education, and consumer advocacy organizations sent a letter to California Senators today, urging passage of the Student Borrower Bill of Rights (AB 376, Stone). The legislation was approved by the state Assembly last year. It will be considered on Thursday, August 20, by the Senate Appropriations Committee, which will decide whether the full Se  more

YONKERS, New York, Aug. 20 -- Consumer Reports issued the following news release on Aug. 19: AB 3262, a bill endorsed by Consumer Reports that ensures online marketplaces are held strictly liable for defective products to the same extent as brick-and-mortar retailers, advanced out of the California Senate Judiciary Committee on a 7-0-2 vote yesterday. The bill, which incentivizes these sites to do a better job vetting sellers and removing harmful products from their listings, now heads to the f  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 18 -- The Counter Extremism Project issued the following news release: The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit followers and incite violence. Last week, ISIS released a new propaganda video titled "The Epic Battles of Attrition 4" from the group's self-proclaimed Khayr province in Syria. Meanwhile, CEP researchers located a propaganda video on YouTube from a media group affi  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 20 -- The Counter Extremism Project issued the following news release: Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice seized nearly two million dollars worth of cryptocurrency assets from three U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations--al-Qaeda, ISIS, and Hamas. The operation, which represents the largest seizure of terrorist groups' cryptocurrency accounts, comes as federal law enforcement agencies are increasingly pursuing new pathways to stem the flow of terrorist financing   more

NEW YORK, Aug. 21 -- The Counter Extremism Project issued the following news release: Last week, U.S.-Specially Designated Global Terrorist and Islamist propagandist Abdullah al-Faisal was extradited to New York from Jamaica to face charges of supporting terrorism by conspiring to recruit followers and fighters for ISIS. The radical cleric is considered one of the most influential terrorists in the world and is well-known for his use of fiery online rhetoric and militant propaganda. Many of his  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 21 -- The Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres issued the following news on Aug. 20: Intercommunal fighting has repeatedly erupted in the Jonglei and Greater Pibor Administrative Area of South Sudan this year, where thousands of displaced people are living in the open without health care, adequate food, shelter, water or sanitation following the latest cycle of violence from June to mid-August, Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said today. MSF te  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 22 -- The Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres issued the following news on Aug. 21: Three years after the mass exodus of Rohingya people from Myanmar, their future looks as uncertain as ever. Uprooted from their homeland by a campaign of targeted violence launched by the Myanmar military in August 2017, some 700,000 ethnic Rohingya refugees sought safety just across the border in Bangladesh. They joined thousands of others from the community who had fled earlier epis  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 22 -- Earthjustice issued the following news release on Aug. 20: Today, New York State court in Albany County upheld the State's ban on plastic carryout bags, and also rejected a loophole that would have undermined the ban by continuing to allow the free distribution of thicker plastic bags. Plastic bags harm human health and the environment throughout their lifecycle, from the extraction of the fossil fuels used to create plastics to their disposal. Chemicals released during pl  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 21 -- The Episcopal Relief and Development issued the following news release: Episcopal Relief & Development is partnering with the Episcopal Diocese of West Texas as it provides emergency assistance in response to Hurricane Hanna in the Rio Grande Valley. The diocese is supplying food, household supplies and access to medical support for undocumented families and other vulnerable communities. Hurricane Hanna made landfall in South Texas as a Category 1 storm on Saturday, July 2  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 20 -- Eye, a journal from the Royal College of Ophthalmologists that says it provides the practicing ophthalmologist with information on clinical and laboratory research, published research articles, including the following topics, in its September 2020 edition: Article: * Training in and comfort with diagnosis and management of ophthalmic emergencies among emergency medicine physicians in the United States Review Article: * Management of nystagmus in children: a review of t  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 21 -- The Family Equality Council issued the following news release on Aug. 20: Today Family Equality submitted an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, a critically-important case that will be considered by the U.S. Supreme Court in the 2020-2021 term. The brief was filed through pro bono counsel Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, LLP, in partnership with PFLAG National. If the Court rules that Catholic Social Services (CSS) can refuse to comply  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Aug. 19 -- The National Biodiesel Board issued the following news release: Jenny Frank may still be a student, but her Ph.D. research at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry has already generated excitement in the biodiesel industry. "To reduce the probability of catastrophic climate change, the world economy needs to quickly decarbonize, and biodiesel is a promising piece of the solution," explains Frank. She conducts techno-  more

NEW ROCHELLE, New York, Aug. 18 -- The Games for Health Journal, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features impact of game research, technologies and applications on human health and well-being, published research articles on the following topics in its August 2020 edition: Reviews: * Descriptive Normative Nutrition Messages to Maximize Effect in a Videogame: Narrative Review * The Effects of Casual Videogames on Anxiety, Depression, Stress, and Low Mood: A Systematic Review Original Art  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 19 -- Girl Scouts of the USA issued the following news release on Aug. 18: Today Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) kicked off a countdown to the 2021 Girl Scout Cookie season with the announcement of a new cookie in select areas: Toast-Yay!(TM), a French toast-inspired cookie dipped in delicious icing and full of flavor in every bite. Amid challenging world events and a global pandemic this year, Girl Scouts created moments of joy by donating cookies to thank frontline workers and u  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, Aug. 18 -- The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists issued the following news release: As COVID-19 continues to ravage U.S. communities, pharmacists are monitoring the emergence of racial disparities in care and advocating for the profession to help address health inequities. Demographic data confirm that Black and Latino communities have been disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic: * A recent The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 18 -- The American National Standards Institute issued the following news release: On August 13, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) participated alongside the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Helicopter Association International (HAI) in a webinar covering the Standardization Roadmap for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (June 2020, Version 2.0), developed by ANSI's Unmanned Aircraft Systems Standardization Collaborative (UASSC). The session was part of a weekl  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 -- The Human Rights Campaign issued the following statement on Aug. 16 by President Alphonso David: * * * VA-5 congressional candidate Bob Good has launched a series of campaign events targeting and attacking LGBTQ Virginians and the Virginia Values Act. This morning, the New York Times reported (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/16/us/politics/lgbt-bob-good-congress-va.html) that VA-5 congressional candidate Bob Good has launched a series of campaign events targeting and at  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 17 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release on Aug. 15: The Colombian government should urgently exhaust all legal avenues to secure the extradition of a former paramilitary commander, Salvatore Mancuso, from the United States, Human Rights Watch said today. Mancuso, a former top commander of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia, is in the US after completing a US prison sentence for cocaine trafficking. Colombian authorities seem to have put little effort i  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 21 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release on Aug. 20: The Indian Supreme Court's conviction of a prominent lawyer for criminal contempt of court can have a chilling effect on legitimate criticism, including of the country's judiciary, Human Rights Watch said today. On August 14, 2020, the Supreme Court found Prashant Bhushan guilty under the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, for two social media posts in June that it said had "the effect of destabilising the very fo  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 21 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release on Aug. 20: Thai authorities should immediately drop all charges and unconditionally release prominent pro-democracy activists arbitrarily detained for their role in peaceful protests, Human Rights Watch said today. On August 19, 2020, Thai police separately arrested Arnon Nampha, Baramee Chairat, Suwanna Tanlek, and Korakot Saengyenphan, charged them with sedition and other offenses, and jailed them. "The Thai governmen  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 19 -- The Huntington's Disease Society of America issued the following news: The effect of the HD genetic expansion on brain development has been a hot topic in HD research. A team of researchers led by Dr. Sandrine Humbert at the Grenoble Institut Neurosciences, examined human fetal tissue to show that the mutant HD gene causes very early changes in the patterns of early brain development. But what type of influence do these changes in development actually have? People born with  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 21 -- The IEEE Sensors Journal, a journal that says it features design, fabrication, manufacturing and application of devices and electronics and physics aspects of sensors from the IEEE Sensors Council, published research articles, including the following topics, in Part 2 of its September 2020 edition: Featured Article: * A Wearable, Multimodal Sensing System to Monitor Knee Joint Health * Humidity Sensors for High Energy Physics Applications: A Review * Evolution of Lock-I  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 20 -- The Interactive Advertising Bureau issued the following news release on Aug. 19: With a new digital format and 10 first-time presenters, including The New York Times and ViacomCBS, the 2020 IAB Podcast Upfront is drawing a record number of participants. Registered attendance for the event, taking place September 9th through September 11th, is up more than 400%. Boasting the biggest names in the industry and covering the podcasting spectrum, IAB Podcast Upfront will feature  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 21 -- The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility issued the following news release on Aug. 20: Several investor organizations and financial industry firms today released analysis of the more than 8,700 public comments on the Department of Labor's (DOL) proposed rulemaking on the consideration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations in ERISA-governed retirement plans. There is overwhelming opposition to the "Financial Factors in Selecting Plan Investmen  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 18 -- The International Rescue Committee issued the following news release: A recent survey done by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) in Yemen found that Yemenis surveyed are more worried about hunger than COVID-19. While COVID-19 continues to spread unchecked throughout Yemen, the country has seen a major rise in the cost of food and other basic necessities, causing many Yemenis to resort to harmful practices like reducing food consumption and even some families sending t  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 21 -- JAMA Internal Medicine, an international peer-reviewed journal from the American Medical Association that says it provides clinical research for practitioners in general internal medicine and internal medicine subspecialties, published research articles on the following topics in its August 2020 edition: Viewpoint: * COVID-19 in Prisons and Jails in the United States * The Disproportionate Burden of COVID-19 for Immigrants in the Bronx, New York * Assessment of  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 20 -- The Journal of Fluid Mechanics that says it covers theoretical, computational and experimental investigations of all aspects of the mechanics of fluids, published research articles on the following topics in its Oct. 25, 2020 edition: JFM Rapids: * Capillary plugs in horizontal rectangular tubes with non-uniform contact angles JFM Papers: * How shape and flapping rate affect the distribution of fluid forces on flexible hydrofoils * Stochastic Lagrangian dynamics of vo  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 22 -- The Journal of General Physiology, a journal that says it features biological, chemical or physical mechanisms of physiological significance, published research articles, including the following topics, in its August 2020 edition: Articles: * The activation gate controls steady-state inactivation and recovery from inactivation in Shaker * Single-cell temperature mapping with fluorescent thermometer nanosheets The August 2020 edition of the AIDS Patient Care and STDs Jou  more

NEW ROCHELLE, New York, Aug. 21 -- The Journal of Medicinal Food, a peer-reviewed journal that focuses on the medicinal value and biomedical effects of food materials, published research articles on the following topics in its August 2020 edition: Full Communications: * Lacto-Fermented Cauliflower Fungus (Sparassis crispa) Ameliorates Hepatic Steatosis by Activating Beta-Oxidation in Diet-Induced Obese Zebrafish * A Mixture Containing Fermented Achyranthes japonica Nakai Ameliorates Osteoart  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 19 -- The Journal of Perinatology, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Academy of Pediatrics and National Perinatal Association that says it provides perinatal and neonatal healthcare teams with maternal, fetal and neonatal care concepts, published research articles on the following topics in its September 2020 edition: Review Article: * Preterm birth and neonatal acute kidney injury: implications on adolescent and adult outcomes Article: * Acute kidney injury, fluid b  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 20 -- The Journal of the Association for Computing Machinery, a journal that says it provides principles of computer science, published research articles, including the following topics, in its August 2020 edition: Computer Vision: * Scene Grammars, Factor Graphs, and Belief Propagation Algorithms and Data Structures: * Planar Graph Perfect Matching Is in NC Economics and Computation: * A Simple and Approximately Optimal Mechanism for an Additive Buyer The August 2020 ed  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 20 -- The Open Society Justice Initiative issued the following news release on Aug. 19: The Open Society Justice Initiative has filed a lawsuit under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) seeking to compel the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) to immediately make public its assessment of who is responsible for the murder of U.S. resident and Washington Post columnist, Jamal Khashoggi. The lawsuit, filed today in a federal court in the Southern District   more

NEW YORK, Aug. 20 -- The Association for Computing Machinery issued the following news release: ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) have entered into a new transformative open access agreement. The agreement, which runs for a three-year term beginning January 1, 2020, covers both access to and open access publication in ACM's journals, proceedings and magazines for KAUST. This agreement represents the first transformative   more

NEW YORK, Aug. 18 -- Lambda Legal issued the following news release on August 17: Today, Lambda Legal announced it has named Sherise Bright as the organization's next Chief Communications Officer. "We are thrilled to have Sherise join our team as our next Chief Communications Officer. Having worked as an advocate in the LGBTQ movement, an executive in corporations, and a publicist in Hollywood--Sherise has all the experience to help chart Lambda Legal's work in the 'court of public opinion,'   more

NEW YORK, Aug. 20 -- Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, a journal that says it features child health across the disciplines of general paediatrics, adolescent medicine, or child development, published research articles on the following topics in its September 2020 edition: Articles: * COVID-19 in children and adolescents in Europe: a multinational, multicentre cohort study * Emergence of Kawasaki disease related to SARS-CoV-2 infection in an epicentre of the French COVID-19 epidemic: a time  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 18 -- LatinoJustice PRLDEF issued the following joint news: Last week, a coalition of national civil rights organizations, including the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (LCCRUL), LatinoJustice PRLDEF (LJP), and Law For Black Lives (L4BL), filed an amicus brief in opposition to police, firefighters, and corrections unions' motion for a preliminary injunction to prevent disclosure of unsubstantiated and non-final c  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 20 -- LatinoJustice PRLDEF issued the following joint news: Leading a coalition of more than 120 public interest organizations, Public Rights Project issued a powerful public letter to the National Board of Bar Examiners and 34 state boards overseeing their bar examinations in response to the ongoing problems and systematic unfairness resulting from efforts to administer the bar exam during a global pandemic. Due to the demonstrated inability of state bars to respond to this cris  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 21 -- LatinoJustice PRLDEF issued the following statement by Senior Counsel Natasha Lycia Ora Bannan: * * * LatinoJustice PRLDEF in December 2008 shortly after the hate crime murder of Marcello Lucero in Long Island filed a petition with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights concerning a series of racialized violence and hate crimes fostered by an anti-immigrant climate espoused by the U.S. government, local officials and news media. After ten years, the Commission in Fe  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 21 -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund issued the following news release on Aug. 20: Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and Public Citizen filed a lawsuit on behalf of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) against the United States Postal Service (USPS). Our suit, which was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, argues that recent changes by USPS were implemented in violatio  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 17 -- The League of Women Voters issued the following news release: Late Friday, the League of Women Voters of the United States and the League of Women Voters of California, Florida, Texas filed an amicus brief in New York Immigrant Coalition v. Trump, a case which challenges President Trump's executive order to block undocumented individuals from being counted in the U.S. Census. The Leagues join in support of the plaintiffs, the New York Immigrant Coalition, Make the Road Ne  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 18 -- The Local Initiatives Support Corp. issued the following news release: During a national health emergency, when the safest thing to do is shelter at home, our country needs more housing stability, not less. We urge Congress and the Administration to return to the negotiating table to enact meaningful renter protections, paired with financial support for housing providers. As we enter the sixth month of the pandemic, 30 to 40 million people are at risk of homelessness by th  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 21 -- The Manhattan Institute for Policy Research issued the following news release on Aug. 20: Today, the Manhattan Institute announced its second cohort of Civil Society Fellows, nonprofit leaders who will receive a $10,000 fellowship for their efforts to improve their local communities by addressing or preventing a social challenge. The institute's 15-month Civil Society Fellows Program will help three individuals raise national awareness for their missions and make the case f  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 21 -- The Manhattan Institute for Policy Research issued the following news release: The Covid-19 pandemic has thrown millions of Americans out of work, forcing them to rely on Medicaid for health insurance just as states are struggling to recover from months of shutdowns and tax revenue declines. The federal government has increased Medicaid's funding, but the program's current structure will render it short of funds, as in previous recessions. As Congress seeks to stabilize Med  more

TROY, New York, Aug. 19 -- Riverkeeper issued the following news release: Media Sanctuary and Riverkeeper announce the launch of the "Water Justice Lab." The three-year project based at Media Sanctuary in North Troy will establish a water quality sampling lab and train students in both laboratory science and media arts skills in order to focus on environmental justice issues in the Hudson River Watershed. Three Youth Scientist Fellows from Lansingburgh High School, Genesis Cooper, Gabby Espada  more

BRONX, New York, Aug. 19 -- Montefiore Health System issued the following news release: As the search for COVID-19 therapies continues, convalescent plasma--distilled from the blood of people who have recovered from COVID-19--has emerged as a promising treatment option. Now, the National Institutes of Health has awarded Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore a $4.3 million grant to support a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 2 clinical trial that launched in April t  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 18 -- The Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center issued the following news release: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) announces the following awards and appointments: Craig B. Thompson Named Founding Member of New York Jobs CEO Council Craig B. Thompson, MD, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of MSK, was named a founding member of a newly formed organization called the New York Jobs CEO Council. Dr. Thompson is one of 27 CEOs from the largest organizations a  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 19 -- Mucosal Immunology, a journal from the Society of Mucosal Immunology that says it features research on immunity and inflammation involving mucosal tissues, published research articles, including the following topics, in its September 2020 edition: Review Articles: * Mechanisms of activation of innate-like intraepithelial T lymphocytes * The interplay between innate lymphoid cells and T cells Article: * Adrenomedullin insufficiency alters macrophage activities in fallo  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 20 -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund issued the following news release on Aug. 19: A federal appeals court hearing in a case that may enable hundreds of thousands of Floridians to register to vote in time for the November election concluded today after two hours of oral argument. The case concerns Senate Bill 7066, signed into law by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in 2019. Senate Bill 7066 made voting rights for hundreds of thousands of returning citizens contingent on  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 22 -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund issued the following news release on Aug. 21: Today, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York denied the motion for a preliminary injunction filed by police, firefighters, and corrections unions to prevent disclosure of unsubstantiated and non-final claims of misconduct filed against New York City Police Department (NYPD) officers. Jin Hee Lee, Senior Deputy Director of Litigation for the NAACP Legal Defense  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 21 -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund issued the following news release on Aug. 20: Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) wrote the Dorchester County, South Carolina Board of Elections urging it to restore the polling site at Sand Hill United Methodist Church as the Delemars polling location for the November 2020 general election. The Delemars polling site location was moved from Sand Hill United Methodist Church to Sand Hill Elementary Sc  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 18 -- The National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners issued the following news release on Aug. 17: The National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP), speaking for more than 9,000 nurse practitioners and other advanced practice nurses dedicated to providing optimal health care for children, today endorsed the "Community Immunity During COVID-19 Act of 2020" introduced by Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-IL). This legislation would provide critically needed fede  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 20 -- The National Employment Law Project issued the following statement by Debbie Berkowitz, worker health and safety program director: * * * The U.S. Labor Department's Office of Inspector General has published a new report further evidencing what workers across the country already know: Their whistleblower complaints are not being investigated with any level of urgency due in part to understaffing. The report, COVID-19: OSHA Needs To Improve Its Handling Of Whistleblower Comp  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 22 -- The National Kidney Foundation issued the following news release on Aug. 20: The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) in collaboration with the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics released today the 2020 Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (KDOQI) Clinical Practice Guideline on Nutrition in Chronic Kidney Disease that will guide health care practitioners who treat people with all stages of kidney disease. KDOQI, which pioneered evidence-based clinical practice guidelines  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 19 -- The National Lawyers Guild issued the following news release: The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) is preparing legal support for anticipated protests at the 2020 Republican and Democratic National Conventions taking place this month. NLG chapters in Charlotte, NC; Jacksonville, FL; and Milwaukee, WI have been coordinating with the National Office to support demonstrations in the midst of rapidly changing plans due to COVID-19. The NLG has provided legal assistance for RNC/DN  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 19 -- Nature Chemical Biology, a journal that says it features chemistry, biology and allied disciplines to understand and manipulate biological systems with molecular precision, published research articles, including the following topics, in its September 2020 edition: Articles: * Designer protein assemblies with tunable phase diagrams in living cells * Comparative tRNA sequencing and RNA mass spectrometry for surveying tRNA modifications * Architecture and functional dynami  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 19 -- Nature Food, a journal that says it focuses on food production, processing, distribution and consumption, published research articles on the following topics in its August 2020 edition Reviews: * Sustainable aquaculture through the One Health lens * Strategies to improve wheat for human health Research: * Adoption of the 'planetary health diet' has different impacts on countries' greenhouse gas emissions * Order of meals at the counter and distance between options af  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 18 -- Nature Methods, a journal that says it features novel methods and improvements to tried-and-tested basic research techniques in life sciences, published research articles on the following topics in its August 2020 edition: Perspectives: * Mechanistic modeling of chromatin folding to understand function Brief Communications: * Up to 100-fold speed-up and multiplexing in optimized DNA-PAINT Articles: * Cumulus provides cloud-based data analysis for large-scale single-  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 19 -- The National Center for Law and Economic Justice issued the following news: The United States Postal Service has long faced underfunding in spite of the essential service they provide to every single corner of our country. Concerns about the funding crisis have reached a fever pitch this summer, since a well-functioning postal service is essential to a free, fair, and safe election in the midst of a pandemic. In recent weeks, the Trump administration has gone even farther.  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 18 -- The International Rescue Committee issued the following news release: In just one week, cases of COVID-19 have risen by over 60% in northeast Syria - a situation that is cause for serious alarm, according to the International Rescue Committee. Of particular concern is the number of health workers who have either tested positive - or been exposed - to the disease, as they are now in isolation, which is putting even greater strain on an already overwhelmed and understaffed h  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 20 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota issued the following news release on Aug. 19: Today, the American Civil Liberties Union released "The Other Epidemic: Fatal Police Shootings in the Time of COVID-19." The report finds that, nationally, fatal shootings by police are so routine that, even during a pandemic with far fewer people traveling outside of their homes and police departments reducing contact with the public so as not to spread the virus, police have cont  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 21 -- New York Civil Liberties Union issued the following news release on Aug. 20: Today the New York Civil Liberties Union published the full database of NYPD officer misconduct reports held by the New York City Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB), the independent agency that investigates complaints about police abuse of civilians. Live at nyclu.org/nypdrecords, the database contains comprehensive information about more than 320,000 misconduct complaints dating back to before  more

ALBANY, New York, Aug. 21 -- The New York State Bar Association issued the following news release om Sug. 2020: The New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) today filed an amicus curiae brief with the U.S. Supreme Court to protect LGBTQ rights in a case that could potentially upend the lives of thousands of foster children across the country. "The State Bar Association has a long history of promoting equality in the law for LGBTQ people in all aspects of society," said NYSBA President Scott M. K  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 20 -- New York-Presbyterian Hospital issued the following news release: Nine NewYork-Presbyterian leaders have been named to the Crain's New York Business 2020 "Notable in Health Care" list, which recognizes outstanding individuals in the health care community who have made an impact on New York City in significant ways. This year, the list focused on the medical response to the COVID-19 pandemic and highlighted those who helped bend the region's steep infection curve downward an  more

NEW HYDE PARK, New York, Aug. 21 -- Northwell Health issued the following news: More than 200 supporters virtually attended Northwell Health's second annual Summer Hamptons Evening (SHE) on August 15. The event -- named "SHE at Home" for 2020 -- benefitted Northwell's Katz Institute for Women's Health and raised more than $675,000 for research and programs that will continue to advance care and transform treatment for women across the New York metropolitan area. The virtual event was made poss  more

GREAT NECK, New York, Aug. 18 -- Northwell Health issued the following news: At the peak of the COVID-19 surge in New York, "code blues" signifying an emergency were frequent calls throughout hospitals. It became demoralizing, said Jason Yan, MD, an emergency medicine physician at Long Island Jewish (LIJ) Valley Stream, because there weren't many options for the severe cases coming in. Survivors often had prolonged hospitalizations. Some took weeks. Some took months. The call Dr. Yan heard ea  more

BUFFALO, New York, Aug. 15 -- New York Civil Liberties Union issued the following news release on Aug. 14: The New York Civil Liberties Union in partnership with Shearman & Sterling LLP filed a motion to intervene in the Buffalo police and firefighter union's lawsuit against the city challenging the city's commitment to releasing complaints made to the Buffalo Police Department's Internal Affairs Division. "The release of police misconduct reports is an important interest to the people of Buff  more

LATHAM, New York, Aug. 20 -- The New York State United Teachers issued the following news release on Aug. 19: New York State United Teachers today denounced plans to cut funding for school districts and public higher education in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis. As public schools, colleges and universities prepare for the start of a new school year, the state's most recent financial plan includes the withholding of funds in order to balance the budget. In response to a projected $14.5 billion   more

NEW YORK, Aug. 19 -- NYU Langone Health, an academic medical center affiliated with New York University, issued the following news release: New research finds that rapid MRI scans generated with artificial intelligence (AI) were just as effective as, and were diagnostically interchangeable with, traditional MRI. The results could significantly improve the patient experience, expand access to MRIs, and potentially enable new use cases for MRI. For the study, researchers at NYU Grossman School o  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 18 -- Physician for Human Rights issued the following news release: * * * As a longstanding partner of Dr. Denis Mukwege - the renowned Congolese surgeon, 2018 Nobel Prize for Peace co-laureate, and Founder and Medical Director of Panzi Hospital, South Kivu of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) - Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) is urgently appealing for immediate action to protect the doctor, his family members, his patients, and the vital work of the staff at Panzi Ho  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 15 -- The Partnership for New York City issued the following news release: The Partnership for New York City surveyed major employers during the first two weeks of August to determine when Manhattan's one million office workers are likely to return from working remotely. The Partnership found: * Fewer employees have returned to the office than previously anticipated: 8% of employees have returned to the office as of mid-August, a 20% drop from the 10% projections made in late Ma  more

ALBANY, New York, Aug. 19 -- Riverkeeper issued the following news release on Aug. 18: Riverkeeper, represented by the Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic, filed suit late yesterday to prevent the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation from attempting to roll back human health protections for recreation in New York City's waterways, initially established by regulation in 2015. The 2015 water quality standards for swimming and other "primary contact recreation" would require t  more

ALBANY, New York, Aug. 22 -- Riverkeeper issued the following news release: A broad coalition of environmental, product stewardship, public health, solid waste management, local government, and fishing organizations recently sent a letter to the New York State Department of Health ("Department") calling for final regulations and implementation of the NYS Drug Take Back Act within 30 days (see letter attached). The law requires pharmaceutical manufacturers to fund a statewide drug take-back prog  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 17 -- Science Translational Medicine, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Association for the Advancement of Science that focuses on research in the translational medicine community, published research articles, including the following topics, in its Aug. 12, 2020 edition: Research Articles: * Engineered PLGA microparticles for long-term, pulsatile release of STING agonist for cancer immunotherapy * Predicting functional effects of missense variants in voltage-gated sodiu  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 18 -- The Environmental Defense Fund issued the following news release: Sephora and Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) announce their partnership to advance the removal of toxic ingredients that are known to cause environmental and health impacts from products. Sephora was the first major specialty beauty retailer to set a chemicals policy, a bold step forward in bringing safer products to the marketplace. The groundbreaking policy aims to remove chemicals of concern from private a  more

HOLLYWOOD, Florida, Aug. 13 -- Shop! Environments Association issued the following news from its member companies: In response to increased client demand, Shawmut Design and Construction, a $1.5 billion national construction management firm, has created four senior executive roles across the New York Metro, New England, and West regions. The additional leadership will help the firm grow market share and expand large-project capabilities. "At Shawmut, the environment we find ourselves operating  more

HOLLYWOOD, Florida, Aug. 22 -- Shop! Environments Association issued the following news from its member companies: TOP the organic project (TOP) has announced a partnership with Wegmans Food Markets. The brand's organic period products, including tampons and pads, will be sold at all 101 stores located throughout New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, Maryland, Massachusetts, and North Carolina, as well as on the grocer's website. "We're absolutely thrilled Wegmans will be carrying our   more

ALBANY, New York, Aug. 18 -- The New York State Bar Association issued the following news release: The New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) has created a new comprehensive guide to help attorneys adjust to virtual lawyering as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The 341-page book, entitled "Virtual Lawyering: A Practical Guide," is a centralized resource of 22 practical chapters and subchapters authored by former federal judges, former law clerks and some of the leading New York practitioners  more

ALBANY, New York, Aug. 22 -- The Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities issued the following statement by President Mary Beth Labate: * * * Statement from CICU President Mary Beth Labate on the appointment of Dr. Jim Malatras as the Chancellor of the State University of New York: "Congratulations to Dr. Jim Malatras on his appointment as the 14th Chancellor of the State University of New York system. "I have had the pleasure of working with Dr. Malatras for many years and he wil  more

BROOKLYN, New York, Aug. 22 -- Downstate Medical Center issued the following news release on Aug. 21: SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University College of Medicine dean F. Charles Brunicardi, MD., recently announced the appointment of Brian K. McNeil, M.D, MBA, FACS as the Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs in the College of Medicine. "As a premier academic medical center, we constantly seek opportunities to connect today's leaders with the next generation of healthcare professionals and rese  more

BROOKLYN, New York, Aug. 20 -- Downstate Medical Center issued the following news release: State University of New York Downstate Health Sciences University president Wayne J. Riley, M.D., MPH, MBA, MACP, announced the appointment of David H. Berger, M.D., MHCM, FACS, as Chief Executive Officer of the University Hospital of Brooklyn (UHB). With more than 25 years of healthcare leadership experience at several academic institutions, Dr. Berger will lead UHB's inpatient and outpatient services an  more

NEW ROCHELLE, New York, Aug. 21 -- Telemedicine and e-Health, a peer-reviewed journal for telemedicine applications for achieving patient care and outcomes, published research articles on the following topics in its August 2020 edition: Reviews: * Dynamic Telecytopathology-Guided Rapid On-Site Assessment of Percutaneous Image-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration of Hepatic Lesions: An Institutional Review of 178 Cases * Remote Obstetric Anesthesia: Leveraging Telemedicine to Improve Fetal and Mater  more

NEW ROCHELLE, New York, Aug. 21 -- The Telemedicine Journal and E-Health, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features telemedicine applications for optimal patient care and outcomes, published research articles on the following topics in its August 2020 edition: Reviews: * Dynamic Telecytopathology-Guided Rapid On-Site Assessment of Percutaneous Image-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration of Hepatic Lesions: An Institutional Review of 178 Cases Original Research: * A Feasibility Study of Urgent   more

NEW YORK, Aug. 22 -- The National Kidney Foundation issued the following news release on Aug. 21: The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) announced today a partnership with Geisinger on the upcoming NKF Patient Network, the first national registry for patients at all stages of chronic kidney disease. The NKF Patient Network will be an interactive, online community of patients with kidney disease and the healthcare professionals who serve them with the overall goal of improving the lives of patien  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 20 -- The New York Public Library issued the following news release: The New York Public Library has launched History Now: The Pandemic Diaries Project, an initiative to collect, preserve, and make accessible the stories of the 2020 COVID-19 public health crisis. The project--found at nypl.org/pandemicdiaries-- asks New Yorkers to share their unique stories of life during this year's global pandemic by submitting self-made audio recordings via a simple web form. The stories coll  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 19 -- The New York Public Library issued the following news release on Aug. 18: The New York Public Library has compiled NYPL's Essential Reads on Feminism, three book lists for adults, kids, and teens that help readers gain a full picture and better understanding of feminism today (and how we got here). The lists--found at nypl.org/feminism--have been released to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which gave some women the right to vo  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 19 -- The Volcker Alliance issued the following news release: Following the successful launch of the first three Government-to-University (G2U) networks in Kansas City, Los Angeles, and Pittsburgh, the Volcker Alliance's G2U Initiative is expanding to Chicago and North Carolina. The G2U Initiative is a growing group of vibrant, regional networks connecting local, state, and federal government leaders with key faculty and administrators from surrounding colleges and universities.   more

NEW ROCHELLE, New York, Aug. 21 -- Tissue Engineering, a journal that says it features pathologic tissues with the goal of developing biological substitutes, published research articles on the following topics in its August 2020 edition: Original Articles: * Repairing Volumetric Muscle Loss in the Ovine Peroneus Tertius Following a 3-Month Recovery * Alginate Hydrogels for In Vivo Bone Regeneration: The Immune Competence of the Animal Model Matters * Fabrication of a Cartilage Patch by Fusi  more

NEW ROCHELLE, New York, Aug. 21 -- Tissue Engineering Part A, a journal that says it provides an understanding of structure-function relationships in normal and pathologic tissues with a goal of developing biological substitutes, published research articles on the following topics in its August 2020 edition: Original Articles: * Repairing Volumetric Muscle Loss in the Ovine Peroneus Tertius Following a 3-Month Recovery * Alginate Hydrogels for In Vivo Bone Regeneration: The Immune Competence  more

NEW ROCHELLE, New York, Aug. 20 -- Tissue Engineering Part C-Methods Journal published research articles on the following topics in its August 2020 edition: Methods Articles: * A Survival Model of In Vivo Partial Liver Lobe Decellularization Towards In Vivo Liver Engineering * Calcium Carbonate/Gelatin Methacrylate Microspheres for 3D Cell Culture in Bone Tissue Engineering * Soy Protein Nanofiber Scaffolds for Uniform Maturation of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Retinal Pigmen  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 21 -- The Insurance Information Institute issued the following news release on Aug. 20: HazardHub and Paper Crane, firms who identify the risks extreme weather events pose to specific properties, today announced they will share data with the Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I) for use with its Resilience Accelerator. The Triple-I's Resilience Accelerator was launched to reduce the impact of extreme weather events on households and communities through insurance. Creating a  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 19 -- Vital Strategies issued the following statement by President and CEO Jose Luis Castro: * * * "The ongoing COVID-19 crisis has underscored the urgent and critical role of health information systems in addressing our most pressing public health challenges. "As a leader in the use of data to drive policy, Vital Strategies is proud to serve as a technical partner in the consortium selected to implement USAID's new flagship Country Health Information Systems and Data Use Progr  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 20 -- Vital Strategies issued the following news release on Aug. 19: Yesterday, Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine signed a groundbreaking updated standing order which authorizes community-based organizations to provide the overdose reversal medication naloxone, including by mail. Whereas the original standing order issued by the Secretary in 2016 focused on naloxone obtained from a pharmacy, the new standing order enables community-based distribution, a critical   more

NEW YORK, Aug. 20 -- Vital Strategies issued the following news release on Aug. 19: Today, the Vietnamese government debuted "Reduce Salt by Half," the country's first major mass media public service announcement to dramatically depict the dangers of the high salt diet common Viet Nam. Part of a two-month long media campaign announced July 23, the public service announcement is the cornerstone of the government's national advocacy effort to prompt actions to curb high salt consumption, which wi  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 19 -- Waterkeeper Alliance issued the following news release on Aug. 18: Conservation groups sued the Trump administration today over the Environmental Protection Agency's suspension of pollution monitoring and reporting requirements during the COVID-19 pandemic. Today's lawsuit says the EPA violated the Endangered Species Act by failing to consider harms and risks to imperiled species when the agency allowed polluters to forego compliance with key environmental laws. "COVID-19  more

BRONX, New York, Aug. 18 -- The Wildlife Conservation Society issued the following statement by President and CEO Cristian Samper: "At WCS, we stand strongly against the Administration's announcement to approve an oil leasing program for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. Oil and gas drilling in one of our last remaining wilderness areas is a direct hit against our country's natural heritage. We ask Congress to take action to stop this development. "WCS science for more than 50 yea  more