SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts, March 13 -- Western New England University issued the following news release: College of Pharmacy Associate Professor Dr. Melissa Mattison has been selected to serve on Springfield's Vax Force committee. Vax Force is a COVID-19 vaccine education committee created by Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno and Health and Human Services (HHS) Commissioner Helen Caulton-Harris. The Vax Force committee provides credible COVID-19 resources and education to the residents of Spring  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following issue brief (No. HP-2021-03) on March 11, 2021, entitled "Medicaid Demonstrations and Impacts on Health Coverage: A Review of the Evidence": KEY POINTS * State Medicaid section 1115 demonstrations are often used to test innovative or new policies in the program, but some demonstrations that have placed new conditions on eligibility have led to unintended coverage losses and other adverse effects. * M  more

LONDON, England, March 13 (TNSJou) -- Imperial College London issued the following news on March 12, 2021: Rolling out home-based testing and universal treatment for HIV is cost-effective and can cut the incidence of cases in high-prevalence communities. These are the findings of a major HIV-prevention study involving more than one million people in Zambia and South Africa. Using modelling of HIV incidence and the cost of the interventions, researchers found that widespread home-testing for H  more

LONDON, England, March 15 (TNSJou) -- The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine issued the following news: A package of HIV prevention interventions including community wide home-based counselling and testing, is an economically and efficient strategy to control the HIV epidemic in southern Africa, according to a study published in the Lancet Global Health. The study, authored by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), London School of Economics and Political Science  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 13 (TNSRes) -- The New England Foundation for the Arts issued the following commentary: * * * Reflecting on Four Seasons of Center Stage By Adrienne Petrillo Senior Program Director, New England Presenting & Touring, Center Stage I am pleased to share this summary of the first four seasons of Center Stage, a cultural diplomacy program that has brought a global perspective to the cultural dialogue since 2012. By supporting performing artists from abroad to tour   more

WALTHAM, Massachusetts, March 11 -- The New England Journal of Medicine, a peer-reviewed medical journal from the the Massachusetts Medical Society that says it delivers research and interactive clinical content to physicians, educators and the global medical community, published research articles on the following topics in its March 11, 2021 edition: Perspective: * Establishing Equity in Medical Education -- Supporting Clinical Trainees with Disabilities * Physician, Heal Thy Double Stigma   more