BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 4 -- Reproductive Equity Now, an organization that says it advances reproductive justice and eliminates barriers to safe and legal abortion care, issued the following statement on Aug. 2, 2023: * * * Reproductive Equity Now President Rebecca Hart Holder released the following statement this evening after the Easthampton City Council failed to override Mayor Nicole LaChapelle's veto of a reproductive health care ordinance that would have increased public education ab  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 5 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, Joshua S. Levy, issued the following news release on Aug. 4, 2023: A former nurse pleaded guilty in federal court today in Boston to diverting opioids from a Boston-area hospital. Andrea Falzano, 39, of Winchester, pleaded guilty to three counts of unlawfully obtaining controlled substances by fraud, deception, and subterfuge. U.S. District Court Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton scheduled sentencing for Nov.   more

WALTHAM, Massachusetts, Aug. 5 -- The New England Journal of Medicine, a peer-reviewed medical journal from the Massachusetts Medical Society that says it delivers research and interactive clinical content to physicians, educators and the global medical community, published research articles on the following topics in its Aug. 3, 2023 edition: Original Articles: * Health Consequences of Thymus Removal in Adults * Video versus Direct Laryngoscopy for Tracheal Intubation of Critically Ill Adul  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Physicians for Social Responsibility issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2023: Physicians for Social Responsibility is excited to celebrate a landmark joint effort led by International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW). Over 100 medical journals, including prestigious publications such as The Lancet, British Medical Journal, New England Journal of Medicine, and JAMA issued a resounding call for immediate action -- drafted by IPPNW -- to mitigate  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug. 4 (TNSres) -- Yale School of Engineering and Applied Science issued the following news on Aug. 3, 2023: Researchers from NOAA, NASA, Yale Engineering and 20 other universities from three countries are deploying state-of-the-art instruments in multiple, coordinated research campaigns this month to investigate how air pollution sources have shifted over recent decades. Yale's Drew Gentner, associate professor of chemical and environmental engineering and the environ  more