WASHINGTON, May 20 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news and letter: Ahead of the graduation ceremony for Bay State College's final graduating class, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) sent a letter to Kevin Derrivan, Interim President of Bay State College, and Dr. Jin Huang, CEO of Ambow Education, expressing concern over the imminent closure of the college and laying out several steps the school must take to protect students  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 20 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release and letter: Ahead of the graduation ceremony for Bay State College's final graduating class, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) sent a letter to Kevin Derrivan, Interim President of Bay State College, and Dr. Jin Huang, CEO of Ambow Education, expressing concern over the imminent closure of the college and laying out several steps the school  more

CHEVY CHASE, Maryland, May 16 (TNSjou) -- The American Society of Addiction Medicine issued the following ASM Weekly roundup: * * * We may not often, in our daily work, consider the relationship between birth, opioids, and modern medicine but a study from the New England Journal of Medicine encourages us to. Formulated around the mother-baby dyad, the Eat, Sleep, Console approach to neonatal opioid withdrawal reduced hospital stays and pharmacologic treatment when compared to usual care (Finne  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 18 -- The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection issued the following news release: The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) is involved in responding to a report of a motor vehicle hitting a moose on northbound Route 15 in the vicinity of Exit 63 in North Haven around 7 a.m. this morning. Connecticut State Police, the Department of Transportation, and DEEP's EnCon Police are all part of the response at this time. The moose  more

AGAWAM, Massachusetts, May 20 -- Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Congressman Richard E. Neal joined SBA New England Regional Administrator Michael A. Vlacich, SBA Massachusetts District Director Robert H. Nelson, and local and state officials to celebrate Jim and Kelly Sullivan, President and Vice President of Millennium Press, for being named Massachusetts Small Business Persons of the Year by the Small Business Administration. The Sullivans were named  more

WALTHAM, Massachusetts, May 20 -- NEJM Evidence, a peer-reviewed journal from New England Journal of Medicine Group that says it presents clinical trial design and decision-making, published research articles on the following topics in its May 2023 edition: Original Articles: * Intraperitoneal Carboplatin for Ovarian Cancer -- A Phase 2/3 Trial * Meta-Analysis of Glucocorticoids for Covid-19 Patients Not Receiving Oxygen * Prediction of Risk for Myeloid Malignancy in Clonal Hematopoiesis T  more

WASHINGTON, May 18 (TNSgov) -- The Land Trust Alliance issued the following news release: A coalition of conservation, sportsmen and forest management organizations and companies applauded the introduction of the Forest Conservation Easement Program (FCEP) Act of 2023. The bipartisan legislation will fill a critical gap and help keep private forestland intact and sustainably managed for timber, allowing the lands to continue providing numerous benefits to rural and urban communities. The legis  more

BRISTOL, Rhode Island, May 20 (TNSsel) -- Roger Williams University issued the following news on May 19, 2023: Work hard and don't be afraid to dream big - that's the key to success in career and in life, Joyce and Bill Cummings told Roger Williams University graduates in their joint keynote address on Friday. Both Joyce and Bill Cummings shared their stories of taking these lessons they learned from their own modest upbringings and applying them as a young married couple with a family. They s  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 13 (TNSres) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Rare diseases are not so rare. While a single rare disease may only affect a small proportion of the population, as many as 10% of Americans live with rare diseases, and most of those 30 million people have limited or no treatments and lack access to expert care. Now, Yale School of Medicine is joining the NORD Rare Disease Centers of Excellence network with a mission to provide better care for patient  more