ALBANY, Oregon, Jan. 7 -- Ford Motor issued the following news release: Agility Robotics is launching Digit, a robot with arms and legs to work with humans and in human spaces, for commercial sale; and, Ford Motor Company is the first customer, receiving the first two robots off the line. This cooperation continues the existing partnership between Agility and Ford ( https://www.agilityrobotics.com/ford-partnership ) to explore ways to help commercial vehicle customers, including autonomous vehi  more

CORVALLIS, Oregon, Jan. 11 -- Oregon State University issued the following news: For the first month and a half after receiving a modified toy car designed for children with disabilities, the kids and their families seemed motivated to use driving as a means of exploration and socialization. But in the month and a half after that, most kids' driving time fell off to almost nothing. Sam Logan, an Oregon State University kinesiologist who conducts research using the cars in his lab, said famili  more

BRISTOL, Connecticut, Jan. 10 -- ESPN, a sports media company, issued the following news release: * * * - Legendary Player Sue Bird Joins Thursday Night Studio Team * * * For the third consecutive year, women's college basketball headlines January's Thursday nights on ESPN. The first of the back-to back top-ten match-ups to start the Thursday Showcase slate is No. 6 Baylor at No. 1 UConn tonight (Jan. 9) at 7 p.m. ET., followed by No. 5 Stanford at No. 2 Oregon on January 16, at 9 p.m. Also  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Jan. 10 [TNSgrants] -- Oregon Health and Science University issued the following news release: * * * - OHSU Knight Cancer Institute's Community Partnership Program has invested more than $3 million in nearly 120 projects since 2014 * * * Thirteen new organizations in Oregon have received funding from the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute's Community Partnership Program to address community-identified cancer needs. The latest round of funding, totaling $257,346, supports 10 new p  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Jan. 11 [TNSmedicalresearch-World Psychiatry journal] -- Oregon Health and Science University issued the following news release on Jan. 10: * * * - Modern tools to improve interpersonal communication may be having the opposite effect * * * Experts in the Japanese phenomena of hikikomori say the condition of extreme social isolation is more widespread than previously acknowledged, and it deserves a clear and consistent definition to improve treatment across the globe. In an  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 -- The Ripon Society issued the following news: The Ripon Society and Franklin Center for Global Policy Exchange hosted a bipartisan breakfast discussion yesterday morning with three Members of Congress who are leading the effort on Capitol Hill to break partisan gridlock and find common ground on some of the key challenges facing the American people. The leaders were: U.S. Reps. Greg Walden, a Republican who represents the 2nd District of Oregon; U.S. Rep. Tom Reed, a Repu  more

SALEM, Oregon, Jan. 11 -- Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum issued the following news release: Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum, in commemoration of Human Trafficking Awareness Day, announced the creation of a new Labor Trafficking Task Force. The task force was formed between legislative sessions to study labor trafficking across the state and identify ways the Oregon legislature and other leaders can tackle the issue. According to the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission, there hav  more

ROSEBURG, Oregon, Jan. 9 -- Gov. Kate Brown, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on Jan. 8: Governor Kate Brown met with CCO leaders and other health care representatives in Southern Oregon to gather feedback about their progress serving the health needs of their communities during the transition to CCO 2.0 . Governor Brown met today with representatives from the Umpqua Health Alliance in Roseburg and AllCare in Grants Pass, after meeting yesterday with the Cascade Health Alliance in K  more

ASHLAND, Oregon, Jan. 11 -- Southern Oregon University issued the following news: Cailin O'Connor - mathematician, philosopher, author, evolutionary game theorist and associate professor of logic and philosophy of science at the University of California, Irvine - will speak at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 22, in Room 151 of the Southern Oregon University Science Building. O'Connor's free lecture is part of SOU's "Campus Theme" lecture series. Each year's lectures follow a theme, and this year it'  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Jan. 8 [TNSmedicalresearch-Nature Communications journal] -- Oregon Health and Science University issued the following news release: * * * - Study: Combination of 2 antibodies taken 30 hours after virus exposure prevents infection in baby monkeys * * * A single dose of an antibody-based treatment can prevent HIV transmission from mother to baby, new nonhuman primate research suggests for the first time. The findings are published in the journal Nature Communications (https  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Jan. 7 -- Oregon Health and Science University issued the following news release: * * * - OHSU will help compare two treatment protocols to determine preferred standard * * * Oregon Health & Science University is among 46 trauma centers across the country to participate in a new clinical trial that aims to improve outcomes for people with severe traumatic brain injuries. Traumatic brain injuries involve sudden damage to the brain, for example during a motor vehicle crash o  more

CORVALLIS, Oregon, Jan. 8 [TNSmedicalresearch-Applied Ergonomics journal] -- Oregon State University issued the following news: Carpal tunnel, stiff shoulders, eye-strain headaches - these are all well-known side effects of prolonged computer use. But what happens when you step away from the desktop and into virtual reality? A recent study (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003687019302194?via%3Dihub) from Oregon State University assessed how some common virtual reality movem  more