WASHINGTON, July 15 (TNSconf) -- The Bipartisan Policy Center posted the following joint news release with the Orrin G. Hatch Foundation and the Edward M. Kennedy Institute: A diverse new coalition--the Bipartisan Policy Center, the Orrin G. Hatch Foundation, and the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate--is announcing the second in its series of Oxford-style debates between leading U.S. Senators. On Monday, August 1, at 7:30 p.m. EDT, Sens. Rob Portman (R-OH) and Chris Mur  more

ROCHESTER, Minnesota, July 15 (TNSjou) -- The Mayo Clinic issued the following news release on July 14, 2022: A study led by researchers from Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center has found that the addition of brentuximab vedotin to standard chemotherapy treatment improves overall survival in patients with Hodgkin Lymphoma, when compared to the current standard of chemotherapy alone. Results of the research were presented by Stephen Ansell, M.D., Ph.D., at the 2022 American Society of Clinic  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: The U.S. House of Representatives voted to advance the bipartisan National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) to invest in the future capabilities of the United States and confront the unprecedented challenges facing the nation at home and abroad. The bill authorizes $839 billion in discretionary spending for national defense for FY 2023, while making significant quality of life  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 15 (TNSres) -- The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review issued the following news release on July 13, 2022: * * * Public comment period now open until August 8, 2022; Requests to make oral comment during public meeting also being accepted * * * The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) today released a Draft Evidence Report assessing the comparative clinical effectiveness and value of subcutaneous semaglutide (Wegovy, Novo Nordisk), liraglutide (  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, July 15 -- The Maine Democratic Party issued the following news release on July 14, 2022: Paul LePage will campaign with New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu in Westbrook, where he will likely try to tout New Hampshire's economy and its economic recovery, all while disparaging Governor Mills. There's only one problem--on measure after measure, Maine has dealt with and recovered from the pandemic on par with or better than New Hampshire. Here's a look at the facts: * Contrary to  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, July 15 -- The New Hampshire Democratic Party issued the following news release: Although Governor Chris Sununu is the governor of New Hampshire, he has been traversing New England to campaign for a variety of anti-choice Republicans running for governor. Sununu started in Connecticut to campaign with Bob Stefanowski, who supports abortion restrictions, then yesterday made his way to Maine to support Paul LePage, who defunded Planned Parenthood, has attended many anti-c  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health issued the following news release on July 14, 2022: Clinical trial results from the DRCR Retina Network suggest that a specific step strategy, in which patients with diabetic macular edema start with a less expensive medicine and switch to a more expensive medicine if vision does not improve sufficiently, gives results similar to starting off with the higher-priced drug. The main comp  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, July 15 -- The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources issued the following news on July 14, 2022: Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn today visited Beartown Woods Natural Area in Franklin County to celebrate its forest heritage and to induct it into the Old-Growth Forest Network. "Pennsylvania is already home to a number of Old-Growth Forests, and we are happy to have that designation bestowed on Be  more

SANTA MONICA, California, July 15 (TNSjou) -- Rand issued the following news release: A rise in U.S. firearm homicides in recent years has primarily affected states in the South-Central and Midwest portion of the nation, as well as disproportionately affecting people who are American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Black, according to a new RAND Corporation study. While overall rates of racial and geographic disparities in firearm homicides declined in previous decades, the recent spike in firear  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Susan Collins met with Maine members of the American Osteopathic Association, including Amanda Richards, Executive Director of the Maine Osteopathic Association; Joel Kase DO, MPH; and Austin Vaughan, a student at the University of New England's College of Osteopathic Medicine (UNE COM). "I enjoyed meeting with Maine members of the American Osteopathic Association to discuss the need to make   more

SEATTLE, Washington, July 15 (TNSjou) -- The University of Washington's School of Medicine issued the following news release on July 14, 2022: * * * The drug erythropoietin, when combined with cooling therapy, showed no added benefits, study finds. * * * Adding erythropoietin to cooling therapy for term newborns with birth asphyxia has no benefit over cooling therapy alone, a study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine. The findings contrast with results from small trials i  more