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Tipoffs for Bangor, Maine (New England) Newsletter for Thursday July 31, 2025 ( 9 items )  

Agreement with federal government to restore Brown research funding, resolve compliance reviews
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 30 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * Agreement with federal government to restore Brown research funding, resolve compliance reviews * PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- On Wednesday, July 30, Brown University reached a voluntary agreement with the federal government to restore funding for the University's federally sponsored medical and health sciences research and resolve three open reviews assessing Brown's compliance with federal nond  more

Best team fits for notable NFL free agents: Keenan Allen to Steelers? Offensive line help for Cowboys?
CANTON, Ohio, July 30 [Category: Sports] -- The National Football League posted the following news: * * * Best team fits for notable NFL free agents: Keenan Allen to Steelers? Offensive line help for Cowboys? * NFL training camp is in full swing, the preseason approaches, and before long, the 2025 season will commence. It's time for the remaining veteran free agents to grab a chair. Deep into this year's offseason process, a number of well-known players are still unsigned. Inevitable injur  more

BOST JOINS PRESIDENT TRUMP AT WHITE HOUSE FOR VA HOME LOAN BILL SIGNING
WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Mike Bost, R-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * BOST JOINS PRESIDENT TRUMP AT WHITE HOUSE FOR VA HOME LOAN BILL SIGNING * WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Representative Mike Bost (IL-12) joined President Trump at the White House today for a bill signing ceremony for the VA Home Loan Program Reform Act. The new law, a priority for Bost as chairman of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, creates a VA partial claim program empowering veterans who have fallen   more

Efforts Underway to End Race-Based Assessments of Lung Function
BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 30 [Category: BizHospital] -- Mass General Brigham issued the following news release: * * * Efforts Underway to End Race-Based Assessments of Lung Function * Last July, a team of physicians and researchers successfully proposed modifications to the American Medical Association (AMA) Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, advocating against the use of race in lung function testing. In a new publication in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), the t  more

Fantasy football 2025: Top 10 QB values
CANTON, Ohio, July 30 [Category: Sports] -- The National Football League posted the following news: * * * Fantasy football 2025: Top 10 QB values * When we last left our fantasy football heroes... well, there were too many things going on to reasonably recount in the intro to this column. Suffice to say, mistakes were made. Lessons were learned. We made friends along the way. A good time was had by all. Or by most. And that's really all that's important, right? Wrong. It's about winning   more

ICYMI: Faith Groups Sue Department of Homeland Security to Block Immigration Raids at Houses of Worship
WASHINGTON, July 30 [Category: Political] -- Democracy Forward, an organization that says it advances democracy and social progress through litigation, policy and public education and regulatory engagement, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Faith Groups Sue Department of Homeland Security to Block Immigration Raids at Houses of Worship * Democracy Forward President & CEO Skye Perryman : "Raids in churches and sacred spaces violate decades of norms in both Democratic and Republi  more

NIH: Beta-HPV Can Directly Cause Skin Cancer in Immunocompromised People
WASHINGTON, July 31 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health issued the following news release: * * * Beta-HPV can directly cause skin cancer in immunocompromised people NIH case study finds virus drives creation of cancer cells in context of defective T cells. * Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have shown for the first time that a type of human papillomavirus (HPV) commonly found on the skin can directly cause a form   more

Pappas Statement on VA Home Loan Program Reform Act Becoming Law
WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Pappas Statement on VA Home Loan Program Reform Act Becoming Law * Legislation will support veterans left facing foreclosure following Trump's abrupt cancellation of the VASP program and increase resources to end veteran homelessness Today Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01), a member of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee (HVAC) and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity,  more

The ASAM Weekly for July 29th, 2025
CHEVY CHASE, Maryland, July 30 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Society of Addiction Medicine posted the following news release: * * * The ASAM Weekly for July 29th, 2025 * This Week in the ASAM Weekly We have a mantra at the ASAM Weekly--"52 weeks-a-year"--and for the last year and a half, the 3 ASAM Weekly co-editors have been pulling their weight plus one to keep this publication going. It's a rewarding role but an unrelenting schedule (at times) to search, evaluate, and summariz  more