WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 [Category: Medical] -- The American Society of Hematology posted the following news release: * * * Advances in Technology Help Improve Safety and Access to Blood Cancer Therapies * (ORLANDO, Dec. 6, 2025) Four clinical trials to be presented at the 67th American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition illustrate how advancements in technology are contributing to an improved outlook for many patients with blood cancers. "These studies tie together differ  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts posted the following news release: * * * Dominican National Pleads Guilty to Trafficking Tens of Thousands of Fentanyl Pills * BOSTON - A Dominican national unlawfully residing in Dorchester pleaded guilty on Friday in federal court in Boston to his role in a large-scale fentanyl trafficking conspiracy. Anderson Ernesto Andujar Echavarria, 28, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to dist  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Dec. 9 -- Roche, a biotech company, issued the following news release: * * * European Commission approves Roche's Gazyva/Gazyvaro for adults with active lupus nephritis Approval based on phase II NOBILITY and phase III REGENCY studies showing superiority of Gazyva/Gazyvaro over standard therapy alone/1,2 Gazyva/Gazyvaro is the only anti-CD20 antibody to demonstrate a benefit in a complete renal response in lupus nephritis in a randomised phase III study2 Gazyva/Gazyvaro   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts posted the following news release: * * * Gang Members Indicted for Interstate Drug Trafficking Conspiracy * BOSTON - Two previously convicted gang members have been indicted by a federal grand jury on drug and firearm charges. At the time of the alleged offenses, the defendants were on federal supervised release and state probation for prior drug and firearm offenses, respectively. Stanley Ea  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Dec. 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut posted the following news release on Dec. 8, 2025: * * * Hartford Man Charged with Narcotics Trafficking and Firearm Possession Offenses David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Jarod Forget, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, today announced that REYMON ROJAS, also known as Reymond Rojas, 40, of Hartford, has been  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 8 [Category: BizHospital] -- The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute issued the following news release: * * * Sara Tolaney Honored With AACR's Outstanding Investigator Award for Breast Cancer Research * Dr. Sara M. Tolaney is the recipient of the 2025 AACR Outstanding Investigator Award for Breast Cancer Research, supported by the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. This award was established to honor an investigator whose novel and significant work has had or may have a   more

STORRS, Connecticut, Dec. 9 -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: * * * Following the Fisher: Tracking a Solitary Forest Inhabitant A new study aims to gain more knowledge about the fisher, a mysterious and nimble animal often mistaken for a cat, and understand why their population is in decline * Elusive and often misunderstood, the fisher (Pekania pennanti) is understudied in southern New England. Despite the common misnomer "fisher cat," this agile member of the mus  more

STORRS, Connecticut, Dec. 9 -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: * * * Research Trainees Celebrated at Annual Symposium This year marks the 20th Skeletal, Craniofacial and Oral Biology training program symposium By Courtney Chandler, courtney.chandler@uconn.edu Elusive and often misunderstood, the fisher (Pekania pennanti) is understudied in southern New England. Despite the common misnomer "fisher cat," this agile member of the mustelid family - which includes badger  more