ROCKVILLE, Maryland, Dec. 23 -- The American Kidney Fund issued the following statement: * * * The following statement may be attributed to LaVarne A. Burton, president and CEO of the American Kidney Fund: "The American Kidney Fund (AKF) commends Congress for approving a legislative package that includes giving kidney transplant recipients comprehensive immunosuppressive drug coverage. AKF and all Ambassadors in the AKF Advocacy Network have worked diligently for years on this lifesaving legi  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 23 (TNSAcc) -- Bunker Hill Community College issued the following news: Bunker Hill Community College (BHCC) received a continuation in accreditation status from the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE). The accreditation establishes that the College has demonstrated itself to be educationally effective and a good steward of public resources. NECHE accreditation encompasses the entire institution and is a critical eligibility requirement for student acc  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the following dissenting statement on Dec. 21 by Commissioner Richard Glick on Constellation Mystic Power (Docket Nos. ER18-1639-004, ER18-1639-005, ER18-1639-006): * * * I dissented from the Commission's July 2020 rehearing orders regarding Constellation Mystic Power, LLC's (Mystic) cost-of-service contract because I believe that the weight of the evidence across the Commission's New England fue  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) - the Vice Chair of the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations Subcommittee - which funds significant programming to address the substance use disorder epidemic, issued the following statement after final fiscal year (FY) 2021 government funding legislation was sent to the President's desk to be signed into law. Through her leadership o  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (TNSJou) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases issued the following news release: Preliminary results of a Phase 3, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial testing the investigative monoclonal antibody LY-CoV555 in hospitalized COVID-19 patients were published today in the New England Journal of Medicine. The antibody did not provide clinical benefit compared to placebo. The trial, which had been halt  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Dec. 22: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement after government funding legislation for fiscal year (FY) 2021 was sent to the President's desk to be signed into law. In the legislation, Senator Shaheen included and supported numerous measures that invest in important New Hampshire and national priorities and delive  more

AMHERST, Massachusetts, Dec. 23 (TNSPer) -- The University of Massachusetts-Amherst issued the following news: Evan A. MacCarthy, a Five College visiting assistant professor of music history in the UMass Amherst department of music and dance, has been elected president of the New England Chapter of the American Musicological Society for a two-year term. The AMS is the foremost national organization dedicated to expanding the understanding of music and sound through research, teaching, learning   more

BIDDEFORD, Maine, Dec. 23 -- The University of New England issued the following news release: Anouar Majid, Ph.D., vice president for Global Affairs and founding director of the Center for Global Humanities at the University of New England, recently spoke with UNE News regarding the U.S. government's recognition of Morocco's sovereignty over the Western Sahara. The territory has been a point of conflict between Morocco and the Polisario Front, with support from Algeria, since the Green March o  more

BIDDEFORD, Maine, Dec. 23 -- The University of New England issued the following news release: When the novel coronavirus pandemic forced students in the University of New England's Master of Science in Occupational Therapy (M.S.O.T.) program to forgo their traditional field work placements this fall, Jessica Walton, M.S., OTR/L, BCG, assistant clinical professor and academic fieldwork coordinator for the program, knew what to do. She called Dawne-Marie Dunbar, M.S.N./Ed., RN, CNE, CHSE, direct  more

BIDDEFORD, Maine, Dec. 23 (TNSAwa) -- The University of New England issued the following news release: Robert McCarthy, Ph.D., FAPhA, dean of and professor in the School of Pharmacy and associate dean of the Westbrook College of Health Professions (WCHP), has been recognized with the Douglas H. Kay Distinguished Pharmacy Educator Award by the Maine Pharmacy Association (MPA). The award recognizes an educator in Maine who has made significant and sustained contributions to the field of pharmacy  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Dec. 23 (TNSJou) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: A drug typically prescribed for rheumatoid arthritis may also be effective in treating a rare but potentially deadly heart complication some cancer patients experience after taking immunotherapies, according to a study published in Cancer Discovery and co-led by investigators at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. The researchers demonstrated that the drug abatacept reduced the severity   more