KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Jan. 24 -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: During these chilly winter months, many Rhode Islanders are thinking ahead to summer. Melva Trevino Pena is, too, but perhaps not in the way you might think. The assistant professor at the University of Rhode Island is making plans for summer to examine how fishing in Rhode Island is more than a matter of recreation. Trevino, in the College of the Environment and Life Sciences, is examining ways to re  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R47612) on Oct. 17, 2023, entitled "Building Resilience: FEMA's Building Codes Policies and Considerations for Congress." The report was written by Diane P. Horn, flood insurance and emergency management specialist, and Erica A. Lee emergency management and disaster recovery analyst. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY The built environment plays a critical role in determining the severity of a   more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Jan. 27 (TNSres) -- Emory University issued the following news release: Approximately 2.3 billion people cook using open fires or inefficient stoves fueled by kerosene, wood and coal. This exposes them to harmful air pollution that the World Health Organization (WHO) says is responsible for an estimated 3.2 million deaths per year, including 237,000 deaths of children under the age of 5 in 2020. Exposure to household air pollutants also leads to noncommunicable diseases incl  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 27 -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release: Andrew (A.J.) Tibbetts, a shareholder in global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP, spoke at Trynco's AI Summit Series Jan. 11 during the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco. He served on the panel "How AI is shaping the healthcare and biopharma industries," which focused on leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) in preventative care, patient outcomes, and drug discovery. The session   more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Jan. 27 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news release on Jan. 26, 2024: The Northern Border Regional Commission (NBRC) announced today that Governor Janet Mills has been elected by her fellow governors to serve as the State Co-Chair of the Commission. Created in 2008, the NBRC is a Federal-State partnership focused on alleviating economic distress and encouraging private sector job creation in Maine, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont. The Commission is led   more

WALTHAM, Massachusetts, Jan. 27 -- 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 Jan. 11, 2024, edition (Vol. 390, No. 2): Perspective: * The Overdose Crisis among U.S. Adolescents * Accuracy and Equity in Clinical Risk Prediction * Centering Women of  more

WALTHAM, Massachusetts, Jan. 27 -- 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 Jan. 18, 2024, edition (Vol. 390, No. 3): Perspective: * Fundamentals of Medical Ethics: Responding to Medical Errors -- Implementing the Modern Ethical Paradigm * Looking  more

WALTHAM, Massachusetts, Jan. 27 -- 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 Jan. 25, 2024, edition (Vol. 390, No. 4): Perspective: * Mind the Gap -- Machine Learning, Dataset Shift, and History in the Age of Clinical Algorithms * Transforming Popu  more

WALTHAM, Massachusetts, Jan. 27 -- 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 Jan. 4, 2024, edition (Vol. 390, No. 1): Perspective: * Recognizing Historical Injustices in Medicine and the Journal: Indigenous Americans -- The Journal's Historical "Ind  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: ST. LOUIS - U.S. District Judge John A. Ross on Friday found a fentanyl dealer responsible for the overdose death of a 17-year-old in 2021 and sentenced him to 12 years in prison. Keith Edward "Kesso" Matthews, 24, of St. Louis County, Missouri, pleaded guilty in September to four felonies: conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance an  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 27 (TNSres) -- The Yale University School of Medicine issued the following agency statement on Jan. 26, 2024: * * * The VA Connecticut Healthcare System and the Yale School of Medicine (YSM) are pleased to announce that Alan Dardik, MD, PhD, will assume the position of Chief of Surgery for VA Connecticut at the end of February 2024. He replaces Melissa Perkal, MD, who has served as Acting Chief for the West Haven Center since the retirement of Ronnie Rosenthal, MD,  more