WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- The Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association issued the following news release on Sept. 2: Today, in response to the New England Journal of Medicine publication of encouraging clinical trial results showing that Amylyx Pharmaceuticals' AMX0035 brought statistically significant benefit to people living with ALS, The ALS Association and I AM ALS immediately called on the drug company and the FDA to make the treatment widely available as soon as possible. Data from the tria  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- The National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) issued the following news release: Amtrak has expanded its Carry-on bike program for most Northeast Regional departures, beginning Tuesday, Sept. 8, allowing customers to store their bike inside of the passenger coach in a designated space. In addition, Amtrak has worked with its various Northeast state partners to offer the program on its State-Supported trains. This includes working with the Pennsylvania Department of  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the following statement on Sept. 3 by Commissioner Richard Glick on a decision (Docket No. CP16-22-005, CP16-23-003, CP16-24-002 and CP16-102-002) involving NEXUS Pipeline Remand: * * * I join much of today's order on remand from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (D.C. Circuit). In reviewing the Commission's earlier order in this proceeding, the court held that the Co  more

ROCKVILLE, Maryland, Sept. 4 -- The National Institutes of Health's Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child's Health and Human Development issued the following science update: Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have found that of 246 stillbirths, about 6% likely resulted in mutations to single genes. Of these, 9 cases resulted from gene variants implicated in stillbirth and 6 resulted from variants that had been suspected in stillbirths. The researchers concluded  more

SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts, Sept. 4 -- Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Massachusetts, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 3: Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) called on the leaders of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, the American College of Cardiology, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the American Heart Association, the American Medical Association, the American So  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release on Sept. 3: Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today announced $559,181 in federal funding for four NOAA Sea Grant projects, which will be conducted by Maine organizations researching the future of American lobster industry in the face of the global climate crisis. This research will address critical gaps in knowledge about how American lobster is being impacted by environmental changes in the Gulf of M  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on Sept. 3: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a senior member of the Appropriations Committee, announced today that the Sea Grant American Lobster Initiative has been awarded $2 million to support Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank American lobster research priorities. This is the second consecutive year that $2 million has been awarded for lobster research, after Senator Collins secured this funding in the FY2019 an  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), the Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee that funds the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), announced that the agency has awarded $2 million to support Sea Grant American Lobster Initiative projects throughout New England. Among those receiving federal funding is the Atlantic Offshore Lobstermen's Association, which has roots in   more

BIDDEFORD, Maine, Sept. 4 -- The University of New England issued the following news release: Daniel Duarte, D.M.D., '20 says he much prefers the cold winters in Bingham, Maine, to the sweltering summer heat where he grew up in Nicaragua. "When people ask me, I tell them I don't mind the winters here," Duarte explained. "I don't mind the temperature and I don't mind the snow. The only thing I don't like is the ice." Duarte is the only dentist in town, practicing at the Bingham Area Health and  more

BIDDEFORD, Maine, Sept. 4 -- The University of New England issued the following news release: Research on pain sensitivity conducted by two University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine (UNECOM) students and four alumni is now published in Pain Medicine, a well-respected, multi-disciplinary journal dedicated to clinicians, educators, and researchers with an interest in pain. "Evaluation of Using the Sphygmomanometer Test to Assess Pain Sensitivity in Chronic Pain Patients vs Normal  more