PORTLAND, Oregon, Aug. 30 [TNSmedicalresearch] -- Oregon Health and Science University issued the following news release: * * * - Vaccine & Gene Therapy Institute scientist awarded $1.7 million for Grand Challenge for Universal Influenza Vaccine Development * * * The yearly flu shot could become a thing of the past after $12 million in new research that was announced today by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the charitable organization Flu Lab. Oregon Health & Science University is o  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: * * * - The Student Success Act increases funding for Oregon's public schools to improve education for every child statewide * * * Democratic Oregon Gov. Kate Brown yesterday ceremonially signed the Student Success Act, adding $1 billion to classrooms every year. The bill, which was decades in the making, was passed by the legislature in May. The Student Success Act is aimed at improving education for ever  more

LA GRANDE, Oregon, Aug. 19 -- Eastern Oregon University issued the following news: Local author Carol Lauritzen and co-author Laurel Stewart Mathewson will share their new book "Grampie: True Home Stories from the Life of Alexander Graham Bell" at 4 p.m., August 29 at Pierce Library of Eastern Oregon University. "Grampie" tells many events in the life of Bell not found in other biographies for young people, including tricks he played as a boy and pastimes as an adult at his home in Nova Scotia  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, Aug. 28 -- Gov. Jay Inslee, D-Washington, issued the following news release: Gov. Jay Inslee and Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer -- along with a coalition of governors from California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin -- sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue voicing opposition to the USDA's proposal to essentially e  more

CARMEL, Indiana, Aug. 29 -- KAR Auction Services issued the following news release: ADESA, a business unit of global vehicle remarketing and technology solutions provider KAR Auction Services Inc. (NYSE: KAR), announces new general managers at two U.S. and one Canadian auction locations: Jeff Hyde at ADESA San Diego, Kjersta Loyd at ADESA Northwest in Eugene, Oregon, and Matthew Creese at ADESA St. John's in Newfoundland, Canada. "Both Jeff and Kjersta are respected by customers and teammates   more

SALEM, Oregon, Aug. 28 -- Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum issued the following news release: The Oregon Department of Justice today filed petitions asking the United States Supreme Court to hold open two Oregon cases while it decides a case out of Virginia called Mathena v. Malvo. The Oregon cases, both called Kelly v. White, concern twin brothers who murdered an elderly Salem couple when they were 15 years old. This May, the Oregon Supreme Court ruled that the Whites' lengthy prison s  more

SALEM, Oregon, Aug. 26 -- Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum issued the following news release: Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum today announced Oregon is joining a coalition of 20 state Attorneys General in filing a lawsuit opposing the Trump Administration's new rule circumventing the Flores Settlement Agreement, which since 1997 has restricted how long children can be held in immigration custody. The Trump administration wants to change the Flores Settlement and replace it with a new ru  more

SALEM, Oregon, Aug. 28 -- Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum issued the following statement on a special legislative session to address the bill (S.B. 1013): "I am very pleased the Governor supports a special legislative session to address the issues associated with SB 1013, which takes effect on September 29th. "We must make sure we get this law right. "As the Oregon Attorney General, my chief responsibility is to implement and defend the laws of Oregon, as they are written and adopt  more

SALEM, Oregon, Aug. 27 -- Gov. Kate Brown, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * - Deadline for interest forms is September 23rd * * * Governor Kate Brown announced today that she is accepting applications to fill judicial vacancies on the Circuit Courts in Marion and Jackson Counties. These new judicial positions were created by the Legislature in House Bill 2377. Interested applicants should mail or deliver completed interest forms to: Misha Isaak, General Counsel, Office of   more

SALEM, Oregon, Aug. 30 -- Gov. Kate Brown, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Governor Kate Brown announced today that she will appoint Misha Isaak to the Oregon Court of Appeals, filling a vacancy created by the planned retirement of Judge Erika Hadlock, and David M. Vandenberg to the Lake County Circuit Court, filling a vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Robert F. Nichols, Jr. Isaak is General Counsel in the Governor's Office and an adjunct professor at Lewis and Clark Law   more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Aug. 28 -- Gov. Kate Brown, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Governor Kate Brown today welcomed the incoming freshman class at Jefferson High School on their first day of school. Joined by students, educators, and legislators, she ceremonially signed the Student Success Act, which provides a historic $2 billion in targeted investments in Oregon's early education system and K-12 schools. "We are investing an additional $1 billion a year in you, and students like yo  more

MEDFORD, Oregon, Aug. 26 -- Gov. Kate Brown, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * - Celebrates Passage of Student Success Act * * * Governor Kate Brown today welcomed the incoming freshman class at South Medford High School, addressing students on their first day of the new school year. Joined by educators, students, and legislators, she ceremonially signed the Student Success Act, which provides a historic $2 billion additional investment into Oregon's early education and K-12  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Aug. 27 -- Gov. Kate Brown, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Governor Kate Brown will welcome students on their first day of school, and ceremonially sign the Student Success Act, at Jefferson High School on Wednesday, August 28. She will also visit Albina Head Start, an early education program serving young children and their families since 1965. The Student Success Act provides a historic $2 billion in targeted investments in Oregon's early education and K-12 sc  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Aug. 28 -- Oregon Health and Science University issued the following news release: * * * - New staff, projects seek to better meet the needs of transgender patients * * * Transgender and non-binary Oregonians will soon have expanded access to care and services with the continued growth of the Oregon Health & Science University Transgender Health Program. OHSU is adding four new staff members, creating its first-ever fellowships in gender-affirming surgical care and is invo  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Aug. 26 -- Oregon Health and Science University issued the following news release: * * * - Three advanced heart failure cardiologists join OHSU's comprehensive team * * * The United Network for Organ Sharing, or UNOS, has approved OHSU's new primary physician for heart transplantation, allowing the university to resume heart transplant care. The unanimous decision, effective Aug. 26, 2019, comes less than one year after OHSU voluntarily suspended its program due to the dep  more

SALEM, Oregon, Aug. 28 -- The Oregon House Democrats issued the following statement by Majority Leader Barbara Smith Warner, D-Portland, on the release of the September revenue forecast: "This revenue forecast is good news for Oregonians. A strong economy has allowed us to make landmark investments in the future of our state, ensuring our students have the education they deserve, our citizens have the health care they need, and our state is providing the services and programs that everyone coun  more

CORVALLIS, Oregon, Aug. 30 [TNSsociologyresearch] -- Oregon State University issued the following news: Stone tools and other artifacts unearthed from an archeological dig at the Cooper's Ferry site in western Idaho suggest that people lived in the area 16,000 years ago, more than a thousand years earlier than scientists previously thought. The artifacts would be considered among the earliest evidence of people in North America. The findings, published today in Science, add weight to the hypo  more

CORVALLIS, Oregon, Aug. 29 [TNSscienceresearch] -- Oregon State University issued the following news: A new study provides valuable insights into pollen abundance and diversity available to honeybee colonies employed in five major pollinator-dependent crops in Oregon and California, including California's massive almond industry. The study, a collaboration between OSU and Texas A&M University, found that almond, cherry and meadowfoam provide ample pollen to honeybees, but highbush blueberry an  more

GRESHAM, Oregon, Aug. 21 -- Mt. Hood Community College issued the following news release: Mt. Hood Community College (MHCC) will welcome three new members to its District Board of Education this year. The full list of board members is as follows with new members in bold: Zone 1 - Diane McKeel (Chair) Zone 2 - James Zordich (Vice Chair) Zone 3 - Andrew Speer Zone 4 - Annette Mattson Zone 5 - Kenney Polson (Re-elected) At-Large Position 6 - Diane Noriega At-Large Position 7 - LaVerne Lewi  more

VERMILLION, South Dakota, Aug. 26 -- The University of South Dakota issued the following news: Patti Berg-Poppe, P.T., Ph.D., professor and chair of the University of South Dakota Physical Therapy Department, has completed the prestigious Parkinson's Foundation Physical Therapy Faculty program. This program trains a select number of physical therapy instructors from across the nation in the latest evidence-based findings and research about Parkinson's disease so they can educate physical thera  more

BENTONVILLE, Arkansas, Aug. 30 -- Walmart issued the following news release: Walmart has planted 21 pollinator gardens at retail locations throughout Oregon, Washington and North Carolina. The gardens serve a dual purpose of adding to the beautification of the outdoor grounds at designated store properties and seeking to increase pollinators including bees and butterflies, which have suffered population declines in recent decades. To kick off this pilot project, the first garden was planted in  more