PORTLAND, Oregon, Aug. 21 (TNSres) -- Oregon Health and Science University issued the following news wrap up: * * * Jeffrey Kaye earns award to advance digital technology for Alzheimer's Jeffrey Kaye, M.D., professor of neurology in the OHSU School of Medicine and director of the Layton Aging & Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, has been awarded $884,000 to accelerate the pioneering application of digital technology to improve the quality of life for people with Alzheimer's and related deme  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Aug. 24 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release on Aug. 23, 2024: Attorney General Josh Stein today filed a bipartisan lawsuit against software company RealPage, alleging that it violated antitrust law and pushed apartment prices artificially high for renters in North Carolina and across the country. Attorney General Stein is joined in filing the lawsuit in the Middle District of North Carolina by the U.S. Department of Justice an  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 24 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on Aug. 23, 2024: Attorney General William Tong and the United States Department of Justice, together with the Attorneys General of North Carolina, California, Colorado, Minnesota, Oregon, Tennessee, and Washington, filed a civil antitrust lawsuit today against RealPage Inc. for its unlawful scheme to decrease competition among landlords in apartment pricing and to monopolize the market  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release: * * * Eighty-nine years after it was established, Social Security is bringing dignity and peace of mind to Oregonians * * * Eighty-nine years after Social Security was created, the extreme MAGA Republicans supporting Monique DeSpain are trying to cut Oregon seniors' hard-earned benefits. During this Congress, House Republicans pushed for $1.5 trillion in cuts to Social Security, includi  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release: This month, Rep. Andrea Salinas is on the ground connecting with constituents and finding solutions for the biggest issues facing small business owners across Oregon's 6th Congressional district. As delivery app fees are "eating at the margins of local restaurant owners" which "in turn eats away at the family budget," Salinas has introduced new legislation "that would require apps to be co  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release on Aug. 20, 2024: * * * Mike Garcia, Monica De La Cruz, Lori Chavez DeRemer, and Anna Paulina Luna among those who "continue to downplay the climate crisis" * * * New reporting from Telemundo exposes how extreme Republican policies denying the climate crisis harms U.S Latinos, one of the communities who are the most affected by climate change. From California and Oregon, to Texas and Flo  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Aug. 21 (TNSres) -- Oregon Health and Science University issued the following news: * * * Findings will inform federal clinical recommendations for prenatal iron deficiency screening, supplementation * * * By Nicole Rideout A new study from Oregon Health & Science University, supported by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, finds that while routine prenatal iron supplementation reduces the incidence of iron de  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Aug. 24 (TNSres) -- Oregon Health and Science University issued the following news: * * * Findings show sex-specific health impacts among those who burn the midnight oil * * * By Erik Robinson New research from Oregon Health & Science University reveals negative health consequences for people who are overweight and ignore their body's signals to sleep at night, with specific differences between men and women. The study published this week in The Journal of Clinical Endocr  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Aug. 22 -- Brown University issued the following news: Even as a young child, Jasmin Elias Contreras understood how immigration affects lives. Her parents along with many members of her community, an agricultural area in Oregon are immigrants from Mexico, and growing up, she saw firsthand the joys and struggles that families like hers experienced. "Immigration has always been in the back of my mind," said Contreras, a rising Brown University sophomore who is the firs  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Aug. 22 -- Oregon Health and Science University issued the following news: * * * Future physicians pledge lifetime of service in annual White Coat Ceremony * * * By Seth Preuss At the conclusion of the first week of medical school, M.D. students slip on their white coats for the first time as part of long-standing tradition to signify the beginning of their journey in medicine. This tradition continued Aug. 16 as 150 Oregon Health & Science University medical students don  more

SALEM, Oregon, Aug. 24 -- Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum issued the following news release on Aug. 23, 2024: * * * Lawsuit Alleges Price-Fixing Cartel Harms Renters and Undercuts Fair Housing Market * * * Today Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum joined the US Department of Justice ("USDOJ") in an antitrust enforcement action against RealPage Inc. ("RealPage"), filed in US District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina. Headquartered in Richardson, Texas, RealPage offers pro  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Aug. 23 (TNSres) -- Oregon State University issued the following news: Patients with a prescription for an opioid use disorder medication may have a tough time getting it filled if their pharmacy is in a community that's racially and economically segregated, according to a new study led by scientists at Oregon State University and Johns Hopkins University. The findings shed additional light on inequities in health care as the U.S.'s overdose crisis continues to accelerate, wi  more

CORVALLIS, Oregon, Aug. 23 (TNSres) -- Oregon State University issued the following news: Oregon State University researchers are part of a team looking at reducing bird collision risks with wind turbines by painting a single blade of the turbine black. Wind energy has a significant role during a time of climate change, rising energy demands and a transition from fossil fuels to clean energy, but it poses risks to birds and bats due to collision fatalities. Previous studies estimate that hundr  more

ASHLAND, Oregon, Aug. 21 -- Southern Oregon University issued the following news release: (KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan) -- The Presidents of Oregon's public technical and regional universities (TRUs) - Southern Oregon University, Western Oregon University, Eastern Oregon University and Oregon Institute of Technology - signed a memorandum of understanding on Aug. 15 with Wenzao University in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The MOU aims to foster teacher-student exchanges, student mobility programs, joint research ini  more

CORVALLIS, Oregon, Aug. 23 (TNSres) -- Oregon State University issued the following news on Aug. 22, 2024: A transdisciplinary team of Oregon State University researchers, Extension specialists and students dedicated to helping coastal communities adapt to natural hazards has been recognized as one of four regional winners of the Outreach Scholarship W.K. Kellogg Foundation Engagement Award. The Oregon Coastal Futures Project is one of four regional award winners announced today by the Associa  more

CORVALLIS, Oregon, Aug. 23 (TNSres) -- Oregon State University issued the following news: A nearly 20-year effort to map the electrical properties of Earth's crust and mantle across the contiguous United States, viewed as critical to protecting the electrical grid during extreme solar storms and against damage from electromagnetic pulses used as weapons, is now complete. The 3-D geoelectric map produced by researchers provides vital information to scientists, power companies and others that he  more