CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 19 -- The American Osteopathic Foundation issued the following news: The AOF is pleased to recognize John E. Balmer, DO as the 2023 Physician of the Year. In Spartansburg, Pennsylvania, where the need for primary care was starkly evident, John Balmer, DO stepped up by establishing his practice in an underserved rural area. There, he serves as the primary caregiver for residents across five counties in Central Pennsylvania, extending a lifeline of top-notch Osteopathic m  more

BEAUFORT, North Carolina, Oct. 18 -- The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission issued the following news release: The 2023 Jonah Crab Benchmark Stock Assessment and Peer Review Report indicates the rangewide population of Jonah crab remains above historic lows of the 1980s and 1990s. However, evidence of declining catch per unit effort (CPUE) in the fishery presents substantial concern and uncertainty for the status of the stock. Based on life history and fishery characteristics, the ass  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: ST. LOUIS - U.S. District Judge Ronnie L. White on Tuesday sentenced a man who provided the fentanyl that killed a Florissant, Missouri, woman in 2020 to 13.5 years in prison. Jerome Middleton, 46, of Calverton Park, Mo., pleaded guilty in June to a felony charge of knowingly distributing fentanyl, resulting in death. He admitted supplying t  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct. 19 -- The American College of Rheumatology issued the following news release: Ellen Gravallese, MD, will receive the American College of Rheumatology's (ACR) Presidential Gold Medal during ACR Convergence 2023, the College's annual meeting. The award reflects Dr. Gravallese's outstanding contributions to the advancement of rheumatology. "I am incredibly grateful to the ACR for this award, and I am humbled by the list of those who came before me," said Gravallese, Theodo  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 19 -- The Journal of Physical Oceanography, a journal that says it features physics of the ocean and to processes operating at its boundaries from the American Meteorological Society, published research articles on the following topics in its August 2023 edition (Vol. 53, Issue 8): ARTICLES: * Damping of Inertial Motions through the Radiation of Near-Inertial Waves in a Dipole Vortex in the Iceland Basin * Observed Oceanic Surface Modes in the Northern South China   more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Oct. 19 (TNSres) -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Governor's Jobs Plan has delivered $175 million in supports to Maine businesses, created workforce opportunities for 25,000 people, and invested in more than 400 infrastructure projects to support Maine families and communities since 2021 The Mills Administration today released a new report and online dashboard (https://www.maine.gov/jobsplan/dashboard) to mark two years of the Maine Jobs & Recove  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Todd Smith, Assistant Special Agent in Charge at U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Chicago Field Division, and U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Harris for the Central District of Illinois announced that Raymond Toth, 65, of Cuba, Missouri, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison, consisting of 60 months' imprisonment for co  more

WESTBOROUGH, Massachusetts, Oct. 19 -- The New England First Amendment Coalition issued the following news release: The New England First Amendment Coalition and more than two dozen New Hampshire news organizations recent argued for the release of all records related to a special task force that will recommend revisions to rules governing public education for at least the next decade. The task force is a quasi-governmental body and subject to New Hampshire's Right to Know Law, argued NEFAC, th  more

WALTHAM, Massachusetts, Oct. 19 -- 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 Oct. 19, 2023, edition (Vol. 389, No. 16): Perspective: * Yellow Jack's Potential Return to the American South * Wedding Websites, Free Speech, and Adverse Drug Effects *  more

MIDDLETOWN, Connecticut, Oct. 19 -- Middlesex Community College issued the following news: The Middlesex Community College (MxCC) Foundation presented their annual Red Moon Gala on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023. The fundraiser, which took place at the CT State Community College Middlesex campus in Middletown, brought together over 160 community members, alumni, faculty, staff and guests to participate as donors during the live auction and basket raffle. The Red Moon Gala raised $58,000 in gross reve  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Three Springfield, Mo., men were sentenced in federal court today for their roles in a conspiracy that distributed nearly 38 kilograms of fentanyl in southwest Missouri and resulted in several overdose deaths. Darryl Turner, also known as "D," 59, Elmer E. Freeman, also known as "Duck," 56, and Robert D. Huddleston, 49, we  more

PARIS, France, Oct. 19 (TNSres) -- Sanofi, a life sciences company, issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2023: * * * full data simultaneously published in The NEJM * * * TZIELD(R) Phase 3 data presented at ISPAD shows potential to slow the progression of Stage 3 type 1 diabetes in newly diagnosed children and adolescents; full data simultaneously published in The New England Journal of Medicine * TZIELD met the study's primary endpoint, significantly slowing the decline of C-peptid  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2023: A Boston man pleaded guilty today to illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition while under house arrest for four state firearm charges. Dumari Shakur Scarlett-Dixon, 22, pleaded guilty to being an unlawful drug user in possession of a firearm and ammunition. U.S. District Court Chief Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV scheduled sentencing for Jan. 1  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 19 -- The University of Tennessee issued the following news: World-renowned presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin will deliver the Mossman Distinguished Lecture at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Goodwin's lecture, "Leadership in Turbulent Times," will take place Monday, Nov. 6, at 7:30 p.m. in the Student Union Auditorium. The lecture is free and open to the public, but registration is recommended to plan for adequate overflow space. Goodwin was award  more

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Oct. 19 -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: The University of Rhode Island has named Kerry LaPlante, an internationally recognized expert in antimicrobial resistance and infectious diseases, as the next dean of the College of Pharmacy. LaPlante, who currently serves as department chair and professor of pharmacy at URI, becomes the first female dean of the pharmacy college. "We are excited that Kerry will assume this new leadership position at th  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: "We urge you to develop and immediately implement a plan to protect these civilians and request the State Department brief our offices as soon as possible." Text of Letter (pdf) Boston, MA - Today, United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) wrote a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan urging   more

MIDDLETOWN, Connecticut, Oct. 19 -- Connecticut Wesleyan University issued the following news: The National Basketball Association. The pinnacle of the profession. A level that millions of people of every age and walk of life dream of being a part of. Assuredly every basketball-wielding person has put themselves there--the seemingly hour-long seconds flickering away at the end of the fourth quarter of an NBA Finals game. Few have lived the finals dream, even fewer have left winners. Both Jorda  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 19 (TNSres) -- The Yale University School of Medicine issued the following news: Teplizumab (Tzield(R)) helps preserve the ability of children and adolescents with new-onset type 1 diabetes to make their own insulin, a phase 3 trial finds. The drug was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in November 2022 after it was shown to delay the onset of stage 3 type 1 diabetes. Now, the PROTECT study has evaluated whether it could also preserve the funct  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 19 (TNSres) -- Yale University issued the following news: Yale is developing vaccines that combat a variety of infections by thwarting the ability of ticks to feed and even alert human hosts when they have been bitten. The explosive rise in tick-borne diseases in many parts of the United States over the last five decades represents a major public health threat that demands innovative solutions, warns a group of Yale scientists. In a review article, they outline why  more