HOUSTON, Texas, April 24 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas issued the following news release: COVID-19 could claim the lives of approximately 2,030 more people in Texas than current projections specify if jail populations are not dramatically and immediately reduced, according to a new epidemiological model released by the ACLU and academic research partners. The total U.S. death toll could be 100,000 more people than current predictions due to failures to reduce jail populations.   more

FORT WORTH, Texas, April 23 -- The U.S. Fund for UNICEF issued the following news release: As part of American's ongoing relief efforts in support of the coronavirus (COVID-19) response, the airline is allocating $460,000 to support UNICEF's relief work in Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, and Guatemala, helping address the needs of children and families by: * Providing supplies to at-risk and affected communities, including water, sanitation & hygiene items, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) a  more

DALLAS, Texas, April 21 -- The American Heart Association issued the following news release: With the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic changing the daily routines of many Americans, the American Heart Association, the leading voluntary health organization focused on heart and brain health for all, is committed to help build healthy, thriving communities. One way to do so is encouraging everyone to sit less and move more together by participating in a livestreamed series of virtual classes. Danc  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- The American Humanist Association issued the following news release: On Monday, the American Humanist Association (AHA) admonished Tyler Independent School District (TISD) school officials in Tyler, Texas for unconstitutionally holding school activities at Green Acres Baptist Church. The letter details the religiosity of the setting: "Green Acres Baptist Church is a traditional church sanctuary, is used regularly for chapel services and contains stained glass portraying   more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, April 24 -- The American Payroll Association issued the following news: The Board of Trustees of the Social Security Trust Fund reports each year on the financial condition of the social security program. The 2020 Annual Report of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and Federal Disability Insurance Trust Funds, issued on April 22, includes both short- and long-term projections about the social security system. Using the "intermediate" projec  more

DALLAS, Texas, April 23 -- Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, a journal from the American Heart Association, published research articles, including the following topics, in its May 2020 edition: * Central Versus Peripheral Artery Stiffening and Cardiovascular Risk * How to Measure Arterial Stiffness in Humans * Ethnicity and Arterial Stiffness * Mechanisms of Arterial Stiffening: From Mechanotransduction to Epigenetics * Uses of Arterial Stiffness in Clinical Practice * Mea  more

COLLEGE PARK, Texas, April 21 -- The Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography issued the following news: The 2020 ASLO Elections are now open! The terms of the ASLO Board of Directors are staggered to ensure that experienced board members are always present. Elections are conducted by electronic ballot each spring. This Spring, voting will be for President-elect, Treasurer, Student Board Member, and three Members at Large. The President holds office first as President-Elect   more

DALLAS, Texas, April 24 -- Baylor Scott and White Health issued the following news release: Baylor Scott & White Research Institute, the research arm of Baylor Scott & White Health, is bringing clinical trials online at an unprecedented pace in response to COVID-19. A COVID-19 therapeutic task force of more than 20 multidisciplinary researchers positioned across the state of Texas has been putting their expertise in infectious disease, cardiology, immunology, molecular biology, and other speci  more

NEW YORK, April 21 -- The Center for Reproductive Rights issued the following statement on April 20: The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against abortion providers, prohibiting medication abortion yet again for women in Texas. At Texas' request, the court vacated a lower court's ruling that allowed medication abortion to continue. Today's decision means that most abortions are again prohibited in Texas. Only patients who will pass the state's gestational limit by April 22 (when the emergen  more

AUSTIN, Texas, April 21 -- The State Bar of Texas issued the following news release: John Charles "Charlie" Ginn was selected chair-elect of the State Bar of Texas Board of Directors during the board's first virtual meeting held April 17. Ginn will take office in June and will serve as chair until June 2021. Ginn is a personal injury attorney at The McGraw Law Group in McKinney. He has served on the State Bar of Texas Board of Directors since 2018. He served on the board's Executive Committee   more

DALLAS, Texas, April 21 -- Circulation, a journal from the American Heart Association, published research articles on the following topics in its April 21, 2020 edition: * The Prognostic Significance of Quantitative Myocardial Perfusion: An Artificial Intelligence-Based Approach Using Perfusion Mapping * Association of Intensive Lifestyle Intervention, Fitness, and Body Mass Index With Risk of Heart Failure in Overweight or Obese Adults With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: An Analysis From the Look   more

FLOWER MOUND, Texas, April 25 -- Epilepsia, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features clinical and research results on all aspects of epilepsy from the International League Against Epilepsy, published research articles, including the following topics, in its April 2020 edition: * Analysis of antiseizure drug-related adverse reactions from the electronic health record using the common data model * Effectiveness and tolerability of lacosamide as add-on therapy in patients with brain tumor-re  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, April 20 -- The Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund issued the following news release: A federal court on Friday allowed two San Antonio residents, who are seeking to block a for-profit company from opening a controversial detention center for migrant children, to intervene in a lawsuit. In February, MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) filed a motion to intervene on behalf of Lettye and Renee Watson, two residents who live near a propo  more

DALLAS, Texas, April 23 -- The American Heart Association issued the following news release: Women who live in rural areas are dying of coronary artery disease prematurely, and living in a rural area is one of the factors impacting heart failure survival, according to the findings in two separate research studies published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open access journal of the American Heart Association. A Presidential Advisory issued by the American Heart Associ  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, April 25 -- The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities issued the following news release: The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities hosted its 25th Annual National Capitol Forum on Hispanic Higher Education as a virtual event on April 21-22, 2020. This marked the first time the Capitol Forum was held as a virtual event. Two pre-conference online events were held the day prior to the Capitol Forum. A record attendance of more than 200 higher education   more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, April 23 -- The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities issued the following statement by President and CEO Antonio R. Flores: The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) has released the following statement about the exclusion of DACA students from the emergency student financial aid grants, under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act and administered by the U.S. Department of Education. On April 21, 2020, the U.S. Depart  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, April 24 -- The Institute for Justice issued the following news release: The Institute for Justice (IJ) sent open letters to six states calling on authorities to rescind their prohibition on food trucks operating at highway rest areas. Commercial truck drivers are delivering essential goods like medical devices, groceries and PPEs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now states can help drivers keep doing just that by letting mobile vendors provide them with fresh, hot meals. But,  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, April 24 -- The Intercultural Development Research Association issued the following news release: The Texas Legislative Education Equity Coalition (TLEEC) sent a letter to Governor Greg Abbott, Commissioner of Education Mike Morath, and Commissioner of Higher Education Harrison Keller, urging the leaders to distribute and monitor federal COVID-19 emergency relief funds equitably. The groups recommended that emergency funds be targeted to address the needs of English learner  more

AUSTIN, Texas, April 21 -- Intervention in School and Clinic, a journal that says it focuses on curricular, instructional, social, behavioral, assessment and vocational strategies and techniques that have a direct application to the classroom settings from the Hammill Institute on Disabilities, published research articles on the following topics in its May 2020 edition: * Open Educational Resources From the Innovative Resources for Instructional Success Center Features: * Using Graphic Novel  more

HOUSTON, Texas, April 24 -- The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law issued the following news release: Following a district court's decision to halt enforcement of Governor Greg Abbott's Executive Order, GA-13--an order prohibiting the release of certain individuals from jail on personal bond--the Texas Supreme Court today found that plaintiff judges have not been harmed by the order and therefore cannot sue to block it. The Supreme Court has directed the district court to withdraw it  more

WACO, Texas, April 21 -- Limnology and Oceanography Journal, a peer-reviewed journal from the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography, published research articles on the following topics in its April 2020 edition: * Atmospheric stilling offsets the benefits from reduced nutrient loading in a large shallow lake * Biogeochemical asynchrony: Ecosystem drivers of seasonal concentration regimes across the Great Lakes Basin * Changes in chlorophyll concentration and phenology in   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 23 -- The National Immigrant Justice Center issued the following news release: Immigrants represented by the National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) and pro bono counsel filed six new lawsuits in the past week on behalf of immigrants detained in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at jails in Illinois, Wisconsin, Texas, and California. The individuals all face high risks if they are infected with COVID-19, and say that ICE and the detention centers  more

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- NARAL Pro-Choice America issued the following news release on April 20: NARAL Pro-Choice America Foundation launched a new ad campaign exposing the hypocrisy of anti-choice officials who call themselves "pro-life" while jeopardizing the lives of millions of Americans amid the COVID-19 pandemic. NARAL Pro-Choice America will be running six 15-second digital ads in Washington, DC, Texas, Iowa, and Maine, which showcase the hypocrisy on full display from anti-choice offici  more

DALLAS, Texas, April 23 -- The American Heart Association issued the following news release: The American Heart Association is investing nearly $17 million in scientific research to be led by scientists from Boston University, the Ohio State University and Yale University to study the health impacts of e-cigarettes and other nicotine delivery systems on youth and young adults. The ENACT: End Nicotine Addiction in Children and Teens Research Initiative is funding ground-breaking research to fill  more

HOUSTON, Texas, April 21 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas issued the following news release: The American Civil Liberties Union released a new report that showed Black people are 2.6 times more likely than white people to be arrested for marijuana possession in Texas. While Blacks and whites use marijuana at nearly equal rates, the ACLU's report, A Tale of Two Countries: Racially Targeted Arrests in the Era of Marijuana Reform, shows the racial disparity that exists with arrests r  more

HOUSTON, Texas, April 23 -- Public Citizen issued the following news release on April 22: Houston's first-ever climate action plan is a good first step in addressing the climate crisis, but much work remains to make the plan a reality, Public Citizen and other environmental advocates said. Houston released the plan today, on the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, after more than a year of collaborative effort by city officials, environmental advocates, and industry and community leaders. "Mayor S  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, April 22 -- Southwest Research Institute issued the following news release: NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recently awarded Southwest Research Institute a $12,862,664 contract to develop a magnetometer for a satellite mission dedicated to tracking space weather. The magnetometer is part of the satellite's solar wind instrument suite, which measures the characteristics of the solar wind plasma that interact with the Earth's geomagnetic env  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, April 22 -- Southwest Research Institute issued the following news release: Southwest Research Institute announces the formation of the Medical Manufacturing Alliance of South-Central Texas. Made up of economic development, manufacturing and research organizations, MMASCT was initially launched to help meet needs for locally manufactured medical supplies in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The alliance is an active collaboration between the San Antonio Manufacturers Assoc  more

AUSTIN, Texas, April 25 -- The State Bar of Texas issued the following news release: The State Bar of Texas and Lone Star Legal Aid seek to alert residents that free legal resources are available to low-income individuals affected by the devastating tornado April 22 in Polk County. Lone Star Legal Aid operates a toll-free disaster legal hotline--866-659-0666--that can help with issues such as replacing lost documents, answering insurance questions, helping with landlord-tenant problems, and ad  more

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- The Texas Association of Broadcasters issued the following news: TAB is distributing 30,000 washable, reusable face masks to Texas Radio and TV stations, with the number of masks allocated for each station based on a poll conducted over the week-end. The masks are being provided by FEMA and will be shipped directly from TAB upon arrival which is expected this week. Masks are being delivered to member stations and non-members alike. Stations wishing to decline the masks   more

HOUSTON, Texas, April 23 -- The Texas Organizing Project issued the following news release: The Texas Organizing Project announced it is bailing people out of the dangerous conditions in our jails. "This is a matter of life and death," said Synnichia McQueen, a TOP leader from Harris County. "We were hoping our elected officials would be able to empty our jails so they wouldn't become a hotbed for this disease, but it hasn't happened. We had no choice but to act." TOP will focus on bailing ou  more

HOUSTON, Texas, April 24 -- The Texas Organizing Project issued the following news release: The San Antonio City Council voted to make $9.1 million available to San Antonians unjustly left out of the federal COVID-19 stimulus package. The money will go to people who desperately need help buying food, paying rent and other essentials. The stimulus package passed by Congress was meant to help people who have been impacted by this unprecedented crisis that has exacerbated the precarious financial  more