BERLIN, Germany, April 7 (TNSjou) -- Charite - University Medicine Berlin issued the following news: * * * Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) is a global pathogen that can cause severe respiratory tract illness. RSV infections can be especially dangerous for newborns and infants in general. A large-scale international vaccination study involving Charite - Universitatsmedizin Berlin and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine has now investigated the efficacy of an initial vaccine can  more

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, April 6 (TNSrpt) -- Clark University issued the following news: * * * 'Huge new land use' by wind and solar power has geopolitical consequences * * * As Maddy Kroot drove through small towns on her way to hike in the White Mountains of New Hampshire around 2016, the bright-orange signs dotting the landscape stood out amid the pine trees and snow: "Stop Northern Pass." The undergraduate student in geography at Dartmouth College was intrigued: What was the story behin  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 7 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Vanessa Roberts Avery, issued the following news release on April 6, 2023: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut; Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England; Robert Fuller, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; Michael J. Krol, Acting Special Agent in Charge of Homelan  more

WASHINGTON, April 5 (TNSres) -- Gallup, a research-based and performance-management consulting company, issued the following news: By Dan Witters Seventeen percent of U.S. adults report that they felt loneliness "a lot of the day yesterday," continuing a general decline seen since 2020 and early 2021. Despite the decrease, the 17% represents an estimated 44 million American adults who are experiencing significant loneliness. These data are a part of the Gallup National Health and Well-Being In  more

KANSAS CITY, Kansas, April 7 (TNSjou) -- The University of Kansas Medical Center issued the following news: If you or a loved one suffer a stroke where a large blood clot is causing brain damage every minute that the clot blocks the artery, you'd want someone to get it out. A new study from the University of Kansas School of Medicine leads researchers to believe that suctioning out that clot is possible and even preferable to the current strategy of medication only. The study, recently publis  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 7 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, Rachael S. Rollins, issued the following news release on April 6, 2023: A member of a violent Brockton drug crew was sentenced yesterday to six years in prison for drug and firearm charges. Placido Pereira, 36, of Brockton, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns to six years in prison and three years of supervised release. In December 2022, Pereira pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distr  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 6 -- MassDevelopment issued the following news release: MassDevelopment has issued a $25,978,000 tax-exempt bond on behalf of Harrison Affordable LLC, an affiliate of Beacon Communities and the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association of New England (CCBA), which will use proceeds to build an 85-unit affordable rental housing facility at 288 Harrison Ave. in Boston's Chinatown neighborhood. The building, dubbed 288 Harrison Residences, will be constructed on what  more

WASHINGTON, April 7 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health issued the following news release on April 6, 2023: The oral antibiotic doxycycline prevented the acquisition of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) when tested among men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women who took the medication within 72 hours of having condomless sex, according to findings published today in the New England Journal of Medicine. Specifically, the p  more