COLUMBIA, Missouri, April 21 [Category: Media] -- The Association of Health Care Journalists posted the following news: * * * AHCJ announces winners of 2025 health journalism awards * AHCJ is pleased to announce the winners of the 2025 Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism. Now in its 22nd year, the contest recognizes the best of health care journalism across all platforms. The 2025 contest drew 396 entries in 16 categories. "This year we made important changes to our awards ca  more

DALLAS, Texas, April 22 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Heart Association posted the following news release: * * * Approximately half a million post-9/11 U.S. veterans had high blood pressure * Research Highlights: * About half a million U.S. veterans, who were an average age of about 33 years at the time of the study, had high blood pressure, according to a new analysis. * Among this group, men and Black veterans were more likely to have high blood pressure. * Women were le  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The House Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight released the following testimony by Carl Maxwell, senior vice president of public policy at the Association of American Publishers, from an April 15, 2026, hearing entitled " The State of Scientific Publishing: Assessing Trends, Emerging Issues, and Policy Considerations": * * * The Association of American Publishers (AAP) welcomes this opportunity to provide testimony on scholarly comm  more

NEW YORK, April 22 [Category: BizHospital] -- NYU Langone Health, an academic medical center affiliated with New York University, posted the following news release: * * * Brain Support Cells Form Previously Unknown Network * C ells long thought to play a secondary role in brain function build their own far-reaching connections, a new study in mice showed. These pathways appear to connect distant regions in ways that have not been mapped before. Experts usually describe the brain as a netwo  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, April 22 -- The University of Pennsylvania posted the following news: * * * Five from Penn elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences * Five faculty at the University of Pennsylvania have been elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, an honorary society and independent research center founded in 1780. They are: Mark G. Allen of the School of Engineering and Applied Science ; Sara Cherry of the Perelman School of Medicine (PSOM); Provost John L.   more

NEW YORK, April 23 -- Columbia University's Columbia Journalism School issued the following news: * * * Four Accomplished Writers Named 2026-2027 Spencer Education Fellows at Columbia Journalism School This year's cohort brings investigative rigor and diverse storytelling to major issues shaping schools and families across the U.S. * Four accomplished writers will join Columbia Journalism School for the 2026-2027 academic year as the next group of Spencer Education Journalism Fellows who wi  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, April 22 -- Florida State University issued the following news: * * * FSU expert explains how FIFA World Cup will be another turning point for sports economics * The upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup represents another significant evolution in how global sporting events are monetized, shifting away from traditional fixed-rate ticketing toward a more fluid, market-driven model. The dynamic is another example of the lack of affordability when it comes to attending sporting e  more

NEW YORK, April 22 [Category: BizHospital] -- NYU Langone Health, an academic medical center affiliated with New York University, posted the following news release: * * * Immunotherapy Shows Early Promise in Sparing Cancer Patients From Bladder Removal * A drug that helps the immune system find cancer cells also helps patients avoid having their bladders surgically removed (cystectomy), a new study shows. The findings apply to serious cases after tumors have already spread into the bladder's  more

SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey, April 22 -- Seton Hall University posted the following news: * * * James Kimble Publishes Research on Origins of the 'New Deal' * James Kimble, Ph.D., professor of communication and the arts, has published new research that reshapes understanding of one of the most consequential political phrases in American history: Franklin D. Roosevelt's "New Deal." Appearing in the Journal of Contemporary History, Kimble's article, " Untangling the New Deal Slogan's Origin Sto  more

NEWTON, New South Wales, April 23 [Category: Health Care] -- The George Institute for Global Health issued the following news release: * * * Low-dose triple-pill cut risk of recurrent stroke by about 40%, global trial shows * Patients treated with 3-in-1 blood pressure pill experienced a third less major adverse cardiovascular events Treatment with GMRx2, a single pill combination of three low-dose blood pressure medicines, significantly reduced the risk of another stroke in patients with   more

LONDON, England, April 22 [Category: BizMedia] -- Taylor and Francis Group, a publishing company, posted the following news release: * * * Millions of people face life-altering barriers to their medical records, banks and other services Inaccessible technology is creating life-altering and life-threatening barriers for millions of people worldwide. In an increasingly digital world, millions of disabled people are being systematically excluded from critical services every day, from their med  more

RESTON, Virginia, April 22 [Category: Medical] -- The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging issued the following news release: * * * PET Biomarker Outperforms Established Risk Score in Predicting Survival for Large B-Cell Lymphoma Patients Metabolic tumor volume-a biomarker derived from PET imaging-can more accurately predict progression-free survival for large B-cell lymphoma patients than the widely used International Prognostic Index. By identifying patients who are more like  more

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Rep. Jake Auchincloss, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * RELEASE: Congressman Auchincloss questions Secretary Kennedy on FDA whistleblower disclosures, White House fast-tracking of psychedelics * Contact: Georgina.Burros@mail.house.gov (Auchincloss) WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Jake Auchincloss (D, MA-04) questioned Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at a House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee hearing ab  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations released the following testimony by Jason Owen-Smith, executive director of the University of Michigan Institute for Research on Innovation and Science, from an April 15, 2026, hearing entitled "Fraud Prevention: Understanding Fraud in Federally Funded Programs Run by the States": * * * Chairman McCormick, Ranking Member Sykes, Distinguished Committee Members, thank you for inviting me here   more

NEW YORK, April 21 [Category: BizMedia] -- Dow Jones, a provider of news and business information, posted the following news release: * * * The Wall Street Journal's The Future of Everything Returns to New York City * Participants include Filmmaker Ken Burns, IAC Chairman and Executive Barry Diller, Hedgeye Asset Management Portfolio Manager and Author Neil Howe, Kalshi Co-Founder and COO Luana Lopes Lara, Robinhood Co-Founder and CEO Vlad Tenev, Atlassian Williams F1 Team Principal James Vo  more