SAN FRANCISCO, California, April 18 -- The University of California San Francisco campus issued the following news release: UC San Francisco is recruiting newly diagnosed COVID-19 patients for a large global clinical trial testing whether the common anti-inflammatory drug colchicine can reduce hospitalization and death caused by the illness. Using an innovative new "contactless" approach, researchers will ship the study drug directly to patients' homes within 48 hours of diagnosis, and will co  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 18 -- The Broad Institute issued the following Research Roundup: Welcome to the April 17, 2020 installment of Research Roundup, a recurring snapshot of recent studies published by scientists at the Broad Institute and their collaborators. Travelers' gut check International travelers may pick up drug-resistant bacteria in the gut while abroad, contributing to the global spread of these organisms. A team including computational scientist Colin Worby, institute sc  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, April 18 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following statement in response to the President's Guidelines for Opening Up America Again: "We all want life to return to normal as soon as it is safe to do so. Our hearts break to see closed storefronts and people struggling to make ends meet because of this crisis. At the same time, we all know that reopening too soon and too aggressively will likely cause a secondary surge in COVID 19 cases, jeopardizing the lives of Maine pe  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: All eight members of the Maine and New Hampshire Congressional Delegations wrote to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, urging him to provide price stabilizing assistance to assist New England dairy farmers who are struggling with plummeting prices for milk products and increased costs due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The letter was signed by U.S. Senators Susan Collins, Jeanne Shaheen, An  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: All eight members of the Maine and New Hampshire Congressional Delegations wrote to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, urging him to provide price stabilizing assistance to assist New England dairy farmers who are struggling with plummeting prices for milk products and increased costs due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The letter was signed by U.S. Senators Susan Collins, Jeanne Shaheen,   more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: All eight members of the New Hampshire and Maine Congressional Delegations wrote to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, urging him to provide price stabilizing assistance to assist New England dairy farmers who are struggling with plummeting prices for milk products and increased costs due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The letter was signed by U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen, Maggie Has  more