BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 31 (TNSres) -- Boston University School of Public Health issued the following news: By Jillian McKoy A new study found that Massachusetts cities with pharmacies that implemented a state standing order to distribute naloxone to community members without a prescription was associated with a gradual and significant decrease in opioid-related fatalities. Expanding access to naloxone is a key component of the national strategy to end the opioid crisis in America, and co  more

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, Aug. 30 -- Clark University issued the following news: * * * Clark partners with the city to bring shade to Main South * * * By Angela Bazydlo Every summer, under the direction of John Rogan and Deborah Martin, professors in Clark University's Graduate School of Geography, student researchers in the Human-Environment Regional Observatory (HERO) Program seek to improve environmental conditions in "gateway" cities throughout the state, where residents swelter on stre  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 31 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2024: Governor Maura Healey is today announcing that Boston Medical Center (BMC) has signed an asset purchase agreement (APA) to acquire and operate Good Samaritan Hospital in Brockton. Yesterday, APAs were signed to transfer ownership of both campuses of Holy Family Hospital in Haverhill and Methuen to Lawrence General Hospital and to transfer ownership of Saint Anne's Hospital i  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 30 (TNSres) -- Harvard University's T.H. Chan School of Public Health issued the following news release on Aug. 29, 2024: More than half of the global population consumes inadequate levels of several micronutrients essential to health, including calcium, iron, and vitamins C and E, according to a new study by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), and the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN). It is the first study   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 31 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * State has made available capital funding to support health care in impacted regions, expanded ambulance availability, held job fairs, opened call center * * * Ahead of Steward Health Care's planned closures of Carney Hospital in Dorchester and Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer on Saturday, the Healey-Driscoll Administration is outlining steps it is taking to support impacted com  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 30 -- Boston University School of Public Health issued the following news: * * * Following his new commentary in JAMA Pediatrics, Justin White discusses study findings that suggest a possible link between New York's paid family leave law and reductions in RSV and respiratory tract infections among newborns. * * * Despite widespread, bipartisan support for a national paid leave policy, the United States remains the only industrialized country that does not guarante  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 31 -- Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued the following news on Aug. 30, 2024: Today, Mayor Michelle Wu And the Community Engagement Cabinet announced the Fenway Community Impact Grant. This new grant program will allocate $60,000 to 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations or fiscal sponsors that serve the Fenway-Kenmore neighborhood. Community based organizations interested in the Fenway-Kenmore Impact Grant can apply here (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1WALTflP959kGNSHg5o  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Aug. 28 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * MD/PhD student Sayo Eweje seeks to develop new technologies for delivering RNA and protein therapies directly to the body's cells. * * * Early in his undergraduate studies in bioengineering, Sayo Eweje was thinking of a career in medicine. He was inspired by the idea of harnessing medical knowledge to improve patients' lives, having grown up seeing his father do so as a g  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Aug. 27 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * "Empathy and respect are central values here," Kornbluth tells MIT's newest students and their families at the President's Convocation. * * * Addressing MIT's newest students and their families yesterday, President Sally Kornbluth and several alumni faculty offered some tips about how to thrive at the Institute. "You belong here," Kornbluth and others assured the audience, while   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Aug. 25 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * By unraveling the genetic pathways that help Toxoplasma gondii persist in human cells, Sebastian Lourido hopes to find new ways to treat toxoplasmosis. * * * By Anne Trafton, MIT News Toxoplasma gondii, the parasite that causes toxoplasmosis, is believed to infect as much as one-third of the world's population. Many of those people have no symptoms, but the parasite can r  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Aug. 30 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE), a rare but potentially deadly mosquito-borne disease that can spread between people and animals, caused the death of a previously healthy middle-aged New Hampshire resident, according to health authorities. This tragedy, and a documented case of EEE in a hospitalized Massachusetts resident, caused communities in Massachusetts to reschedule public events, curb outdoor activities, and clos  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 31 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: Private equity dealmaking activity has been busier this summer than previously expected, with deals rising 12% in July from the number of transactions reported in June, as reported in Ropes & Gray's August 2024 U.S. Private Equity Market Recap. In The Wall Street Journal, M&A partners Tom Fraser and Jessica Cooney shared insights on what is driving a busy summer for private-equity and outlooks for dealmake  more