BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 26 -- The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection issued the following news release on May 25, 2022: To advance local waterway pollution control efforts, the Baker-Polito Administration today announced more than $800,000 in grants administered by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protect (MassDEP) to support four projects targeting stormwater runoff and erosion across the Commonwealth. The grants, which utilize funds from the U.S. Environmenta  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 26 (TNSpol) -- Brown University issued the following news release: Brown University has established an official land acknowledgment that recognizes and honors its location within the ancestral homelands of the Narragansett Indian Tribe. The acknowledgment is one of five commitments Brown is making to build understanding of the relationship between its campus community, Indigenous peoples of the region and the land on which Brown is situated. University President C  more

ITHACA, New York, May 27 (TNSjou) -- Cornell University issued the following news: By Bridget Kuehn DNA mutations are essential to the rapid development of an array of antibody-producing immune cells called B cells that collectively can recognize a vast number of specific targets. But this process can go awry in people with a mutation in a gene called SETD2, leading to a type of aggressive blood cancer, according to a study by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators. The study, published April 2  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, May 27 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news release on May 26, 2022: Governor Janet Mills and Public Advocate Bill Harwood today announced their opposition to Central Maine's Power's (CMP) notice of intent to file for a rate increase. In its notice, the utility says it will request a three-year rate increase that will result in an increase of roughly $10 per month for the average residential ratepayer in Maine to be phased in late 2023. CMP's announcement come  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, May 27 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - New England Field Office issued the following news release: The 2021 value of floriculture sales in Connecticut is up 7% from the 2020 evaluation according to Pam Hird, state statistician for USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), New England Field Office. The total crop value for all growers with $100,000 or more in sales is estimated at $165 million for 2021, com  more

SINGAPORE, May 27 (TNSjou) -- The National University of Singapore issued the following news release: * * * Scientists suggest an approach for early intervention to improve treatment outcome * * * Hypomethylating agents (HMA) are currently used as a first-line treatment for patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) - a group of disorders where there is insufficient production of healthy mature blood cells in the bone marrow - and increasingly in other diseases, but their mechanism of acti  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, May 27 (TNSjou) -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news on May 26, 2022: By Katie Bohn When the delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 hit the United States in summer 2021, it led to a larger-than-expected surge in cases, hospitalizations and deaths. New research suggests this lack of preparedness may have been partially due to overestimating the number of U.S. citizens who were immune or partially immune to the virus. According to the researchers, who f  more

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, May 27 (TNSjou) -- The University of North Carolina School of Medicine issued the following news release: Twelve years after a five-year-old boy died from acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), researchers continued to investigate the pathology and immune response of this polio-like illness. A new case report in the New England Journal of Medicine provides evidence that Enterovirus D68 RNA and protein were found in the spinal cord of preserved autopsy tissue- proof that EV-D  more