Thursday - May 22, 2025
Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Massachusetts Newsletter for Tuesday May 20, 2025 ( 5 items )  

Institute for Clinical and Economic Review Publishes Protocol for First Annual Launch Price and Access Report
BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 20 -- The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review issued the following news release on May 19, 2025: * * * Institute for Clinical and Economic Review Publishes Protocol for First Annual Launch Price and Access Report Report to be issued in October 2025 BOSTON, May 19, 2025 - The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) posted a Protocol today outlining how it will conduct a new annual analysis titled the "Launch Price and Access Report," which will exam  more

Lexington High School Named GBH's High School Quiz Show Season 16 State Champion
BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 20 -- GBH, a multiplatform creator for public media, issued the following news release: * * * Lexington High School Named GBH's High School Quiz Show Season 16 State Champion Boston, Mass. - (May. 19, 2025) - Lexington High School is the High School Quiz Show(R) Season 16 State Champion. Advancing through the bracket of GBH's televised academic tournament, Lexington High School earned a spot in the May 17 finale, and faced off against Buckingham Browne & Nichols Sch  more

PETA Files Amicus Brief in NIH Lawsuit: 'Don't Trust Data From Greedy Animal Experimenters'
NORFOLK, Virginia, May 19 [Category: Animals] -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following news release: * * * PETA Files Amicus Brief in NIH Lawsuit: 'Don't Trust Data From Greedy Animal Experimenters' Washington - PETA has filed an amicus brief that corrects misinformation presented by animal experimenters in their legal battle against the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) February decision to slash grants funding experiments. PETA's brief, filed with the United  more

Science Group Releases Toolkit to Preserve the Function of Disbanded Federal Science Advisory Committees
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 19 [Category: Environment] -- The Union of Concerned Scientists posted the following news release: * * * Science Group Releases Toolkit to Preserve the Function of Disbanded Federal Science Advisory Committees These committees, made up of the country's best scientists in academia, state and local governments, industry, and nonprofits, provide federal agencies with the most up-to-date, robust scientific and technical advice. Since the president took office, doze  more

Scientists Use Salinity to Trace Changes in the U.S. Northeast Coastal Ocean
WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, May 20 -- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution issued the following news release: * * * Scientists use salinity to trace changes in the U.S. Northeast coastal ocean The near-bottom water on the U.S. Northeast continental shelf provides a critical cold-water habitat for the rich regional marine ecosystem. This "cold pool" preserves winter temperatures, even when waters become too warm or salty elsewhere during the summer. However, the U.S. Northeast coastal ocean ha  more