Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Georgia Newsletter for Wednesday March 26, 2025 ( 7 items ) |
ACS Study Finds Nearly Four Million Pre-mature Lung Cancer Deaths in U.S. Averted and 76 Million Years of Lives Gained Due to Tobacco Control
ATLANTA, Georgia, March 25 [Category: Medical] -- The American Cancer Society posted the following news release:
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ACS Study Finds Nearly Four Million Pre-mature Lung Cancer Deaths in U.S. Averted and 76 Million Years of Lives Gained Due to Tobacco Control
ATLANTA, March 25, 2025 -- New research led by American Cancer Society (ACS) researchers estimates more than 3.8 million lung cancer deaths were averted and a little over 76 million years of life gained in the United States during 1970-
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Emory Researchers Use Voice Analysis to Study Psychedelic Therapy
ATLANTA, Georgia, March 26 -- Emory University issued the following news release:
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Emory researchers use voice analysis to study psychedelic therapy
Understanding and treating depression is complex, particularly when capturing the daily experiences of those living with it. Researchers are now exploring a new approach: using the human voice to gain deeper insight into how people process, express and recover from depression, thanks to newly developed technology.
Fabla, a voice diary app f
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Emory University Rollins School of Public Health: Ask an Expert - Advances in Tuberculosis With Ken Castro
ATLANTA, Georgia, March 26 -- Emory University Rollins School of Public Health issued the following news release:
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Ask an Expert: Advances in Tuberculosis with Ken Castro
Every year, World Tuberculosis (TB) Day is observed on March 24 to bring awareness to the disease, which every year sickens 10 million people and causes 1.5 million deaths. Over 80% of both TB cases and TB deaths happen in low- and middle-income countries.
Ken Castro, MD, is a professor of global health, epidemiology,
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How This AFA Leader Is Taking Space Education to New Continents
ARLINGTON, Virginia, March 25 [Category: National Defense] -- The Air and Space Forces Association posted the following news release:
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How This AFA Leader Is Taking Space Education to New Continents
Laurie Orth is on a mission to share space education through music. Orth, one of AFA's 2024 Emerging Leaders, is taking her love of music education and melding it with her passion for all things space to transform how young people learn about space and music. Not only is she accomplishing ama
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John Green Talks Tuberculosis and Community at Emory Book Tour Stop
ATLANTA, Georgia, March 26 -- Emory University Rollins School of Public Health issued the following news release:
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John Green Talks Tuberculosis and Community at Emory Book Tour Stop
"This is what I hope tonight will be for you--an opportunity to reflect in community on the world we've built and the world we might build instead." Those were author John Green's words to a lively crowd at Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church on March 21.
Tuberculosis (TB) researchers, public health enth
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Revive Nuclear Energy in America
TUSTIN, California, March 26 -- The California Policy Center, an organization that says it focuses on education reform, workplace freedom, government transparency and governance, issued the following news:
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Revive Nuclear Energy in America
The United States used to be the undisputed leader in nuclear power and still has more operating reactors than any other nation, with 94 currently in service. But in the last 35 years, only one new nuclear power plant has been built in the U.S.--Plant
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SLF Defends the First Amendment Rights of Pregnancy Centers in Court Brief
ROSWELL, Georgia, March 26 -- The Southeastern Legal Foundation issued the following news release:
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SLF defends the First Amendment rights of pregnancy centers in court brief
Southeastern Legal Foundation (SLF), an organization of top attorneys that regularly defend Americans' constitutional rights, joined a coalition of organizations to file an amici (friend of the court) brief with the Second Circuit in support of First Amendment rights for pro-life pregnancy centers, which have been a
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