BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 3 (TNSOps) -- Boston University School of Public Health issued the following news: Public health is a collaborative field, bringing together diverse, cross-disciplinary groups to create the best health for all. But in public health academia, it is rare that students at different institutions have the opportunity to connect, collaborate, and learn from one another. To change this, students from the School of Public Health have partnered with students from the Harvar  more

SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine, April 3 (TNSMon) -- The Maine Behavioral Healthcare issued the following news: In a bold move to expand and elevate care for the more than 40,000 Maine children and adults with autism or another developmental disorder, Maine Behavioral Healthcare (MBH), part of the MaineHealth system of care, will open a Center of Excellence this August. Construction of the 28,000 square foot facility began last year on the campus of Spring Harbor Hospital at a cost of nearly $15 million.  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, April 3 (TNSRes) -- The American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine issued the following news release on April 2, 2021: The American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) congratulates its member schools for their impressive performance in the 2022 U.S. News & World Report's Best Medical Schools rankings. Many colleges of osteopathic medicine (COMs) saw their rankings increase this year, which is particularly notable given the continued challen  more

WILMINGTON, Massachusetts, April 3 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved a final decision on a cleanup remedy for the Olin Chemical Superfund Site in Wilmington, Mass. The plan, contained in a "Record of Decision" (ROD), provides interim actions to remove ongoing sources of contamination in groundwater and final cleanup actions for addressing contaminated soil, sediments, and surface water at the Sit  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 27 (TNSRes) -- Harvard University's T.H. Chan School of Public Health issued the following news: In the wake of an outbreak of coronavirus that began in China in 2019, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health experts have been speaking to a variety of media outlets and writing articles about the pandemic. We'll be updating this article on a regular basis. Here's a selection of stories in which they offer comments and context: 2021 March 26: What Should We Make Of  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, April 3 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following feature story: Even without a pandemic, figuring out the number of eggs a fish will lay during its spawning season is a difficult task. While this information is important to fishery biologists, long-term data are scarce. That hampers researchers ability to answer a fundamental question important for fishery managers: What affects the ability of marine fish, and fish populations, to repl  more

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Representatives Chellie Pingree (ME-01), Joe Courtney (CT-02), Andy Kim (NJ-03), Jim Langevin (RI-02), and Frank Pallone (NJ-06) shared a letter they sent to President Joe Biden, U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, and U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo in support of the seafood and shellfish industry. H.R. 133, passed by Congress in December 2020, authorized $1.5 billion   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 3 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration issued the following news release: Passenger volume at New England's major airports has increased during the first three months in 2021. TSA officers have now screened more than two million people at New England's six major airports since January 1. The rise in passengers mirrors what's happening across the country. Nationally, TSA has now seen 22 straight days of at least one mil  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, April 3 (TNSRes) -- The University of Nebraska Medical Center issued the following news release: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has experienced three consecutive Ebola virus disease outbreaks since May 2018. In 2019, a patient relapsed with Ebola after recovering from the disease six months before. Scientists at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) were part of an international team that investigated the case, which is the first documented instance of r  more