BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 1 -- Boston University School of Public Health issued the following news: By Jonathan Levy, Professor and Chair of Environmental Health Some of the most profound contemporary societal challenges involve the ways humans interact with or manipulate the environment around them. Environmental health (EH) is therefore central to addressing many significant ongoing and evolving challenges, including climate change, energy and sustainability, pandemics, military conflicts,  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: LAREDO, Texas - A 35-year-old Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer working at the Port of Entry in Laredo has been arrested, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux of the Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. Emanuel Celedon is set to make his initial appearance before  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: PLANO, Texas - A Laredo man pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas on the day his jury trial was set to begin, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux of the Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Damien M. Diggs. Jorge Elias Golarte, 54, of Laredo,   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: ST. LOUIS - A man from Lake St. Louis, Missouri, on Monday admitted laundering money for methamphetamine dealers operating in the St. Louis area. Melvin Hayes, 66, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in St. Louis to misprision of a felony. Hayes admitted working on behalf of Demond Bernard McDaniels Jr., Dawaune Lamont Rhodes Jr. and other  more

BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut, Dec. 5 -- The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation issued the following news release on Dec. 4, 2023: Today, federal and state environmental agencies and officials from New England and New York, including the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), announced 39 grants totaling $12 million to organizations and local governments to improve the health of Long Island Sound. The grants are matched by $8 million from the gra  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: HOUSTON - A Texas doctor has been sentenced to seven years in prison for operating a pill mill clinic that unlawfully prescribed over 600,000 opioid pills in exchange for cash. A federal jury convicted Dr. Oscar Lightner, 73, Laredo, April 11 of unlawfully distributing and dispensing controlled substances and conspiracy. According to court d  more

MIAMI, Florida, Dec. 1 (TNSres) -- The University of Miami's Miller School of Medicine issued the following news: * * * Sylvester is taking steps to minimize cancer risks for higher-risk HIV patients through education, screening and early detection. * * * By Lisette Hilton People infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) can largely control its devastating health effects and live longer with approved antiretroviral therapies. However, effective HIV control does not ameliorate the hig  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: NEW YORK CITY - Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Frank A. Tarentino III, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Drug Enforcement Administration, and Robert Noble, Chief of the Yorktown Police Department, announced that Perry Freeman was charged today with distributing f  more