FREDERICK, Maryland, April 4 -- The National Institutes of Health's National Laboratory for Cancer Research issued the following news on April 3, 2024: By Mary Ellen Hackett Talks and posters to be presented at the 2024 American Association for Cancer Research annual meeting reflect the breadth and depth of science conducted at the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research (FNL), with topics including liquid biopsy, Lynch syndrome, a new potential treatment for KRAS-related cancers, an  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, April 4 -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued the following statement on April 3, 2024, by Commissioner Peter A. Feldman: * * * The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has adopted a new cost-benefit methodology that needlessly places future Commission rulemakings in jeopardy. CPSC will now calculate regulatory benefits using a "value of statistical life" (VSL) that counts the lives of people under 18 years old as being worth double those of anyone 18 o  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, April 4 (TNSres) -- The National Institutes of Health's National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute issued the following media advisory: * * * NIH-supported clinical trial could lead to first effective treatment for ACDC disease * * * What: A drug used to treat certain bone diseases shows promise for slowing the progression of a rare, painful genetic condition that causes excessive calcium buildup in the arteries, known as arterial calcification due to deficiency of CD73 (AC  more

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland, April 4 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: Brenda Ohsner, the Foreign Military Sales CH-53K logistics support for the Heavy Lift Helicopters Program Office (PMA-261), received the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) SYSCOM Security Cooperation Office (SSCO) Achievement Commitment Excellence (ACE) Award for Sustainment during a ceremony on Tuesday, April 2. Rear Adm. Tony Rossi, director of the Navy International Program Office, and  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: * * * Small Businesses in Maryland, D.C., and Some Counties in Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia Eligible for Loans * * * Today, SBA Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman announced that Mid-Atlantic small businesses affected by the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse on March 26, 2024 may apply for low-interest, long-term Economic Injury   more