NEW YORK, June 4 (TNSJou) -- Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health issued the following news: June 5, 2021 marks the 40th anniversary of the first report of AIDS cases and the onset of the American AIDS epidemic. In a new, thought-provoking "Commentary" in the New England Journal of Medicine, Professor Ronald Bayer, PhD, at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and co-author Gerald Oppenheimer, PhD, capture the experiences of the physicians who were central to the   more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, June 5 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on June 4, 2021: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that his administration has received copies of strike withdrawal notices from SEIU District 1199 New England to group homes that provide services for those with developmental disabilities. The notices follow news of a tentative settlement agreement between the union and the owners of the group homes that was reached with the participation and su  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: Yale New Haven Hospital (YNHH) received $15,582,953 in federal funds for COVID-19 emergency protective efforts conducted for the public and its hospital workers. The grant from FEMA's Public Assistance (PA) Program to the private, non-profit hospital are for 100% reimbursement of the eligible costs for the care and treatment of the public and the training of Y  more

COLCHESTER, Vermont, June 1 -- Green Mountain Power issued the following news release: After holding base rates flat for the past year to help customers facing the economic hardship created by the pandemic, Green Mountain Power (GMP) today filed a request with the Public Utility Commission (PUC) to increase base rates beginning Oct. 1 by 4.69 percent. This filing marks the third and final year of what is called a "multi-year rate plan" (MYRP) where GMP forecasted annual rate increases at appr  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, June 5 (TNSRes) -- Harvard Law School issued the following news: * * * The Harvard Law School Animal Law & Policy Clinic made a startling discovery about a USDA policy while working to promote better standards of care for primates in medical research facilities * * * Brett Richey '21 was deep into a case for the Harvard Law School Animal Law & Policy Clinic when she ran across a string of emails that made her stop cold. While digging through more than 1,000 pages a  more

LONDON, England, June 4 (TNSRes) -- The Institute of Cancer Research issued the following news release: Women with high-risk, early-stage breast cancer who also have inherited faults in their BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes have shown a remarkable response to the targeted drug olaparib in a major clinical trial. The OlympiA trial showed that adding olaparib for one year following standard treatment for patients who had an inherited BRCA mutation and early-stage, HER-2 negative breast cancer, cut the risk  more

HOUSTON, Texas, June 5 (TNSJou) -- The University of Texas's MD Anderson Cancer Center issued the following news release on June 4, 2021: Results from the Phase II cohort of the CodeBreaK 100 study showed that treatment with the KRAS G12C inhibitor sotorasib achieved a 37.1% objective response rate and 12.5 months median overall survival in previously treated patients with KRAS G12C-mutated non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), according to researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Can  more

AMHERST, Massachusetts, June 5 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service Massachusetts office issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has announced more than $200,000 in Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) for two projects that will stimulate the development and adoption of innovative conservation approaches and technologies to address water quality and quantity, air quality, ener  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, June 4 (TNSJou) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following feature story: Entanglements in fishing gear and other factors are stunting the growth of North Atlantic right whales. This is leaving these critically endangered whales smaller and more vulnerable to other threats, new research shows. The new findings were published this week in Current Biology. They reveal that even when entanglements do not lead directly to the death of North  more

NEW YORK, June 5 -- NYU Langone Health, an academic medical center affiliated with New York University, issued the following news release: A new drug reduced tumor size in patients who have lung cancer with a specific, disease-causing change in the gene KRAS, a study found. The results of the CODEBREAK 100 phase 2 clinical trial were presented June 4, 2021, at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting and published simultaneously in the New England Journal of Medicine. Th  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The White House issued the following on June 4, 2021: President Biden appointed 22 members to the President's Commission on White House Fellowships. The Commission is composed of outstanding citizens who reflect the diversity and strength of America while representing a broad range of backgrounds, experiences, and professions. Commissioners are responsible for recommending a group of candidates to the President for selection as White House Fellows, a prestigious program f  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Today U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Congressman Bill Keating (MA-09) welcomed United States Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo to Woods Hole, Massachusetts to discuss the importance of the Woods Hole science community, the state-of-the-art ocean research technology they are conducting and the role they play in New England's blue economy. "It was an honor for Congressman Keating and m  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, June 5 (TNSJou) -- The Washington University St. Louis School of Medicine issued the following news release: Medical oncologist and senior author of a new lung cancer study, Ramaswamy Govindan, MD, of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, talks about the newly FDA-approved drug sotorasib. The new study shows that sotorasib benefits some patients who have non-small-cell lung cancer that has a specific mutation in the KRAS gene. Ongoing clinical trials for lu  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) issued the following statement by CEO Bill Flynn: * * * As currently proposed, the acquisition of Pan Am by CSX represents a significant threat to the American traveling public which relies on Amtrak and our state partners to deliver frequent, reliable and sustainable intercity passenger rail service. Unfortunately, we believe the proposed merger, in its proposed form, will negatively impact current passenger train serv  more