WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Rep. Joe Courtney (CT-02), Ranking Member of the House Seapower Subcommittee and the second highest ranking Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, was in attendance with defense industry leaders, business owners, and stakeholders for General Dynamics Electric Boat's (EB) annual Legislative Update Meeting, hosted by EB President Kevin Graney. The message from this year's update was clear: that Co  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, March 3 (TNSpp) -- Brown University issued the following news release on March 2, 2023: * * * A physician-scientist and the eighth dean of medicine and biology at Brown, Jain shared insights on how the University's biomedical community can improve human health and fuel economic growth in Rhode Island and beyond. * * * As dean of Brown's Warren Alpert Medical School, Dr. Mukesh K. Jain wears many hats. And many coats, too -- from sport coats as he explores new collab  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, March 4 (TNSacc) -- Duquesne University issued the following news release: * * * Duquesne University's Master of Health Administration (MHA) Program has received initial accreditation for a three-year term from the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME) Board of Directors. * * * "We are thrilled to receive this important stamp of approval from CAHME as a testament to the quality of the Master of Health Administration program at Duques  more

LONDON, England, March 4 -- The Journal of Ecology, a journal that says it features ecology of plants from the British Ecological Society, posted research articles, including the following topics, in its February 2023 Special Feature on Leveraging Natural History Collections To Understand The Impacts Of Global Change: Research Articles: * Testing enemy release of non-native plants across time and space using herbarium specimens in Norway * Trait hypervolumes based on natural history collectio  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 4 -- The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston issued the following news release: The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), celebrates the return of spring with its 47th-annual Art in Bloom celebration from Friday, April 28 through Sunday, April 30. For more than four decades, the beloved event has paired art from the MFA's collection-from ancient to contemporary-with floral interpretations created by New England-area garden clubs and professional designers. In addition to 45   more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, March 4 (TNSjou) -- The Washington University St. Louis School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * For some patients, 2 different medications better than antidepressant alone * * * For older adults with clinical depression that has not responded to standard treatments, adding the drug aripiprazole (brand name Abilify) to an antidepressant they're already taking is more effective than switching from one antidepressant to another, according to a new multic  more

TUCSON, Arizona, March 4 (TNSjou) -- The University of Arizona's Health Science issued the following news release on March 3, 2023: * * * The OPTIMUM study found that adding a medication, rather than switching medications, may help older adults with treatment-resistant depression. * * * A clinical trial including a researcher in the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson's Department of Psychiatry found that adding the medication aripiprazole to the antidepressant being taken by   more