WASHINGTON, April 16 (TNSPer) -- The White House issued the following news release: President Biden announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to serve as key leaders in his administration: * Richard Lee Buangan, Nominee for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Mongolia * Rachna Sachdeva Korhonen, Nominee for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Mali * Rebecca Haffajee, Nominee for Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Departme  more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, April 16 (TNSRes) -- Cruise Lines International Association issued the following news release on April 14, 2022: After more than two years, the first cruise ship, Norwegian Cruise Lines' Norwegian Pearl, has returned to call on Bar Harbor, Maine on 14 April 2022. Sailing today with some of the highest levels of COVID-19 mitigation, virtually unmatched by any commercial setting, the return of cruise to Maine's shores is a huge milestone for the industry. "Maine is a ma  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, April 16 (TNSPol) -- Defend Our Health issued the following news release on April 15, 2022: The legislature voted overwhelmingly today to end the use of industrial and municipal sewage sludge as fertilizer. This sludge was the source of widespread contamination from PFAS 'forever chemicals' in the state that has forced family farms to discontinue sales and face financial ruin. It has also poisoned the drinking water wells of families in entire rural communities. The legislation  more

RESTON, Virginia, April 16 -- The First Responder Network Authority, an independent agency within the Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration that oversees the nation's communications network dedicated to emergency responders and the public safety community, issued the following news release on April 15, 2022: What's the news? AT&T is America's public safety communications partner. In the nearly 5 years since we were selected by the First Responder Netwo  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 16 -- Harvard Law School issued the following news on April 15, 2022: By Jeff Neal, Monica Monroe's penchant for advocacy began at a young age. The daughter of a white mother and Black father growing up outside Pittsburgh, PA in the 1970s, she vividly recalls a night out with her family when she was about seven years old. "I remember going out to dinner one night and noticing an entire family at a nearby table was just watching my family," she recalls. "They we  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The House Ways and Means Committee issued the following testimony by Daniel Dawes, executive director of the Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine, involving a hybrid hearing on April 6, 2022, entitled "Overcoming Racism to Advance Economic Opportunity": * * * My name is Daniel Dawes and I am the Executive Director of the Satcher Health Leadership Institute (SHLI) at Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia. Built upon the legacy an  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 16 (TNSJou) -- Massachusetts General Hospital issued the following news release: Researchers have published the results of a clinical trial that led the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to recently approve mitapivat for the treatment of adults with pyruvate kinase deficiency-a rare genetic condition that leads to the destruction of red blood cells, or hemolytic anemia. The primary results from the global, phase 3, randomized, placebo-controlled ACTIVATE trial, whic  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 16 (TNSJou) -- Massachusetts General Hospital issued the following news release: In people with immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), the body produces destructive antibodies against platelets in the blood, which increases the risk of bruising, bleeding, hospitalization, death, fatigue, and an impaired quality of life. A drug called rilzabrutinib has generated promising safety and efficacy results in a recent international multi-center phase 1-2 ITP trial led by investigat  more

PLYMOUTH, New Hampshire, April 9 (TNStalk) -- Plymouth State University issued the following news: Gennet Zewide, Ph.D., former Ethiopian ambassador to India and Ethiopian minister of education, will deliver the keynote address and be recognized by Plymouth State University (PSU) at its 151st undergraduate Commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 7, at 10 a.m. John T. Broderick, Jr., senior director of external affairs at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health and former chief justice of the New Hampshire Su  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee issued the following information for a hearing entitled "Supporting Service Members During Their Transition To Civilian Life" at 10 a.m. on April 21, 2022, at New Hampshire Institute of Politics, Auditorium, Saint Anselm College, Manchester: WITNESS LIST * Ryan Lilly, Director, Veterans Integrated Service Network 1, VA New England Healthcare System * Kevin Forrest, Director, VA Manchester Medical Center * Amy Cook, Administrator,  more