CHEVY CHASE, Maryland, Dec. 13 (TNSjou) -- The American Society of Addiction Medicine issued the following news release: It's been more than a decade since the MOTHER trial introduced many of us to the benefits of buprenorphine treatment in pregnancy. A larger, updated study has further supported its findings -- buprenorphine exposure in neonates results in more favorable outcomes than methadone (NEJM). The significance is underscored by another study making headlines -- drug overdose deaths in  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations issued the following testimony by Seth Rockman, associate professor of history at Brown University, involving a hybrid hearing on Dec. 7, 2022, entitled "An Enduring Legacy: The Role of Financial Institutions in the Horrors of Slavery and the Need for Atonement, Part Two": * * * I am honored to speak with you today. Thank you for your willingness to confront the painful history of slavery as we env  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations issued the following testimony by William Darity Jr., professor of public policy, African and African American studies, economics and business at Duke University, involving a hybrid hearing on Dec. 7, 2022, entitled "An Enduring Legacy: The Role of Financial Institutions in the Horrors of Slavery and the Need for Atonement, Part Two": * * * I am William Darity Jr., the Samuel DuBois Cook Professor   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Justice Inspector General issued the following investigation report (No. 23-007) on entitled "Investigation and Review of the Federal Bureau of Prisons' Handling of the Transfer of Inmate James "Whitey" Bulger." Here are excerpts: * * * EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Background and Introduction On October 30, 2018, at approximately 8:21 a.m., Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) staff members found inmate James "Whitey" Bulger unresponsive in his cell at  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 17 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, Rachael S. Rollins, issued the following news release on Dec. 15, 2022: A Framingham man was arrested this morning in connection with operating an unlicensed money transmitting business. Luiz DaSilva, 68, was indicted on one count of operating an unlicensed money transmitting business. DaSilva will appear in federal court in Boston at 3:30 p.m. this afternoon before U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge Judit  more

WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana, Dec. 14 (TNSrpt) -- Purdue University issued the following news release: Fairly stark regional differences about food spending emerged last month among surveyed U.S. consumers. However, similarities in food values also appear at the regional level, both according to the newly released Consumer Food Insights Report. The survey-based report out of Purdue University's Center for Food Demand Analysis and Sustainability assesses food spending, consumer satisfaction and valu  more

LARCHMONT, New York, Dec. 10 (TNSgov) -- Save the Sound issued the following news release: The members of the New England Fishery Management Council refined the language of priorities important to reducing river herring bycatch on Thursday afternoon, then voted to include them on its list of priorities for 2023. "It's a great day," said Long Island Soundkeeper Bill Lucey of Save the Sound, who testified to the Council remotely during a public comment period in the priority-setting process. "Th  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Dec. 17 (TNSjou) -- The University of Maryland School of Medicine issued the following news: * * * Muhammad Mohiuddin Named for Co-Leading Team that Performed First Genetically-Modified Pig Heart into Human Patient * * * The world-renowned journal Nature, named Muhammad Mohiuddin, MD, DSc, Program and Scientific Director of the Cardiac Xenotransplantation Program at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM), on its annual list of 10 people who helped shaped s  more