TUCSON, Arizona, Nov. 7 (TNSres) -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: The U.S. Army has awarded a team of researchers led by Judith Su, University of Arizona associate professor of biomedical engineering and optical sciences, $2.1 million to build a handheld version of her record-breaking FLOWER sensing device for active military personnel. The device picks up target compounds at zeptomolar (10 to the power of negative 21) concentrations, an astonishingly minuscule a  more

NEW YORK, Nov. 6 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The American Civil Liberties Union, an organization that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., issued the following news release: PHOENIX Arizonans passed Proposition 139 yesterday, which will establish a fundamental right to abortion in the state constitution and provide a path to challenge Arizona's dangerous abortion ban. The amendment which will go into effect when the s  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Nov. 6 [Category: Medical] -- The American Cancer Society issued the following news release: November 6, 2024 The American Cancer Society (ACS) is proud to hold the 2024 ACS-Jiler Professors and Fellows Conference in Tucson, Arizona, November 7-10, 2024. More than 100 cancer research scientists and clinicians are scheduled to attend the meeting, including ACS professors, postdoctoral fellows, and clinician scientist development grantees to support the conference theme, "Foster  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- The American Society for Reproductive Medicine issued the following news release: The American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), the nation's leading group for professionals involved in reproductive and fertility care, applauds the passage of measures designed to protect access to reproductive care in seven additional states. Voters in Arizona, Colorado, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, New York, and Nevada all passed ballot measures to protect and enshrine access to  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Nov. 5 -- The Goldwater Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on Nov. 4, 2024, to Real Clear Health: * * * Medicare Physician Reimbursement Policy By Patrick Bailey A decade ago, a Medicare payment formula known as the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) was the source of repeated annual crises for physicians who treat Medicare patients. Manufactured out of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, the goal of the SGR was to limit the growth in Medicare spending to keep   more

NEW YORK, Nov. 6 -- UNITE HERE, a labor union for workers in the hotel, gaming, food service, manufacturing, textile, distribution, laundry, transportation and airport industries in the U.S. and Canada, issued the following news release: * * * Face-to-face conversations with voters could make critical difference in razor-thin presidential election Hospitality union members began canvassing as early as July in ten states, including battlegrounds of Nevada, Arizona, Pennsylvania, and North Caro  more