WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: Republican state representatives in New Hampshire have introduced legislation to ban abortion after 15 days - with no exceptions for rape or incest - making it one of the most extreme and dangerous plans to ban abortion in the country. The legislation, House Bill 1248-FN, was sponsored by Republican state Senator Carrie Gendreau, who was one of Kelly Ayotte's first endorsementsafter launching her campaign for   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials issued the following written testimony by Andy Daly, senior director of passenger operations at CSX Transportation Inc., involving a hearing on Nov. 29, 2023, entitled "Getting on the Right Track: Navigating the Future of Passenger Rail in America": * * * Good morning Chairman Nehls, Ranking Member Payne, and Members of the Rail Subcommittee. Thank you for the opportu  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, Dec. 6 -- The Journal of Mammalogy, a scientific journal that says it features mammalian behavior, conservation, ecology, genetics, morphology, physiology and taxonomy from the American Society of Mammalogists, published research articles on the following topics in its December 2023 edition (Vol. 104, Issue 6): Feature Articles: * Space use patterns of two large carnivores: Puma (Puma concolor) and Maned Wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus) in tropical agroecosystems * Female pond ba  more

WALTHAM, Massachusetts, Dec. 7 -- 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 Dec. 7, 2023, edition (Vol. 389, No. 23): Perspective: * Recognizing Historical Injustices in Medicine and the Journal: Slavery and the Journal -- Reckoning with History and  more

ROCKVILLE, Maryland, Dec. 7 (TNSjou) -- The National Institutes of Health's Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child's Health and Human Development issued the following news release on Dec. 6, 2023: Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have developed a new method to evaluate blood tests for pregnant individuals to identify anomalies in the genes of their fetuses. Currently, existing blood tests for pregnant people can screen only for chromosome-level variants, such   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- The Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health Care issued the following testimony by Ateev Mehrotra, a professor of health policy and medicine at Harvard Medical School, involving a hearing on Nov. 14, 2023, entitled "Ensuring Medicare Beneficiary Access: A Path to Telehealth Permanency": * * * Thank you, Chairman Cardin, Ranking Member Daines, and distinguished members of the subcommittee; I am honored to have been invited to testify before you on a topic of such critical im  more

SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts, Dec. 7 -- Springfield College issued the following news on Dec. 6, 2023: In partnership with the City of Springfield, Springfield College was awarded $240,000 to help assist in combating the growing mental-health needs among college students and the local community. Springfield Mayor Domenic J. Sarno and Chief Development Officer (CDO) Tim Sheehan announced the partnership as part of the Sarno Administration's Higher Education ARPA Fund at City Hall on Wednesday, Dec  more

FREDONIA, New York, Dec. 2 -- The State University of New York Fredonia campus issued the following news: Dr. Russell Bicknell, a postdoctoral researcher at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, will discuss the biomechanics of fossil predatory arthropods (a classification that includes some invertebrate animals). The event is slated for Science Center Room 105 (Kelly Family Auditorium) on Friday, Dec. 8, at 3:30 p.m. The talk that expands the understanding of predatory art  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: AUSTIN, Texas - An Austin man and two co-conspirators were sentenced in a federal court in Austin for their roles in the distribution of fentanyl resulting in death. According to court documents, David Lee Jr., 46, of Austin, Virginia Zepeda, 43, of Austin, and Jackie Lynne Chester, 37, of Taylor, were identified as suppliers of counterfeit o  more

DARTMOUTH, Massachusetts, Dec. 6 -- The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth campus issued the following news release: Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Hangjian Ling received an NSF CAREER grant in the amount of $505,075 for student education and research. The grant will fund his project titled: "CAREER: Diffusive and Convective Gas Dissolution over Super-Hydrophobic Surfaces." In this project, Dr. Ling aims to understand the gas dissolution process over super-hydrophobic surface  more

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Dec. 6 (TNSres) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: * * * The $455,000 grant from the Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts will fund training for local pharmacists to prescribe, administer medications * * * The University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy will further the fight against the ongoing opioid epidemic thanks to a new $455,000 grant from the Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts to train pharmacists to prescribe and dispense me  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Dec. 6 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: By Sarah Boudreau Roger Ramirez-Barrios, clinical associate professor of veterinary parasitology, has been awarded the prestigious 2023 Zoetis Research Award. This award acknowledges researchers whose innovative studies advance the scientific standing of veterinary medicine. His recent work has focused on two parasites that pose health risks to humans and animals: Echinococcus multilocularis and Trypanosoma cruzi. He als  more