NEW YORK, April 22 -- The New York Immigration Coalition issued the following statement: On Monday evening, President Trump declared on Twitter that he would temporarily halt immigration to the United States by executive order. The move seeks to give the Trump administration authority to decline all applications from foreigners to live and work in the United States for an indeterminate time, effectively shutting down the legal immigration system. Even before the tweet, the Administration had ex  more

NEW YORK, April 22 -- The 350.org issued the following statement: On the eve of Earth Day, Michael Moore's production company released a new documentary, "Planet of the Humans", directed by Jeff Gibbs. In response to the inaccuracies and mischaracterization of 350.org and Bill McKibben, Alex Rafalowicz, Chief Communications Officer, released the following statement: "The documentary 'Planet of the Humans' contains a number of inaccuracies in relation to Bill McKibben and 350.org. These inaccu  more

NEW YORK, April 21 -- The 350.org issued the following news release on April 20: For the first time ever, US oil prices turned negative, as a consequence of the Coronavirus pandemic - and further proof fossil fuels are too volatile a commodity to power our economies going forward. Without space to store the unprecedented oversupply, US companies were forced to pay to deposit the excess, and the price of crude oil fell to -$38 per barrel. In response to the industry's further plunge, Brett Fle  more

NEW YORK, April 24 -- The 350.org issued the following news release: 24th April 2020, Global - Earlier this week the African Development Bank (AfDB) released a press statement rejecting claims of financial support to the controversial East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) estimated to cost $3.5 billion. This statement is seen as a direct response to a letter urging the Bank to reject funding the pipeline, signed by more than a hundred civil society groups, and an East African article question  more

NEW YORK, April 24 -- The 350.org issued the following statement on April 23: The worldwide youth movement that brought over 10 million people to the streets in September 2019 is calling on people from across the world to take part in online climate actions on Friday April 24th 2020. The strikes were moved online due to the COVID-19 crisis, youth strikers are calling for urgent action and a just recovery from the pandemic that puts people over profits. Eric Damien Njuguna a striker from Nairo  more

BRIARCLIFF MANOR, New York, April 22 -- The Academy of Management Review, a peer-reviewed journal from the Academy of Management that says it features theoretical insights that advance the understanding of management and organization, published research articles on the following topics in its April 2020 edition: * 2019 Presidential Address--Management Scholars, End Users, and the Power of Thinking Small * Bouncing Back Together: Toward a Theoretical Model of Work Team Resilience * Network Con  more

NEW YORK, April 22 -- Access Now issued the following news release: The world has been fighting the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) since late 2019, and with it, the rapid growth of COVID-19-related misinformation, disinformation, and hate speech. In response to this "infodemic," governments around the world have swiftly implemented measures that disproportionately limit freedom of expression and opinion. To support governments in fighting against the COVID-19 health crisis in a rights-respectin  more

NEW YORK, April 25 -- Access Now issued the following news release: The #KeepItOn coalition and Access Now, together with 41 international rights groups from around the world, have released an open letter urgently calling on the government of India to restore access to 4G high-speed internet access as a first step towards the containment of the COVID-19 virus and related health needs. The signatories' urgent appeal to the government of India includes: * Immediately restoring high-speed 4G inte  more

NEW YORK, April 25 -- Access Now issued the following news release on April 24: The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released its annual "Broadband Deployment Report" for 2020, in which the agency found that broadband is being deployed in a reasonable and timely manner to all Americans. It further refused to change the threshold for broadband speeds, which will remain at 25 mbps download and 3 mbps upload for another year. Access Now filed comments with New America's Open Technolog  more

NEW YORK, April 22 -- Access Now issued the following news release on April 21: Last week, Foreign Policy reported that the United Nations (U.N.) has backtracked on its partnership with Tencent, a Chinese telecommunications company, to provide its online platform for the U.N.'s upcoming 75th anniversary. Today, Access Now and other international organizations released an open letter to the U.N. emphasizing the fundamental importance of transparency in any private-public partnerships the U.N.   more

NEW YORK, April 23 -- The American Civil Liberties Union, a 501(c)3 non-profit that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., issued the following news release: COVID-19 could claim the lives of approximately 100,000 more people than current projections stipulate if jail populations are not dramatically and immediately reduced, according to a new epidemiological model released by the ACLU and academic research partners.  more

NEW YORK, April 21 -- The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies issued the following news release: African Center for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) is deeply concerned about the potential impact that COVID-19 could have on the already vulnerable thousands of Sudanese internally displaced persons (IDPs). The Sovereign Council together with armed resistance movements must work together to find solutions to contain the outbreak. We call upon the Sovereign Council and Sudanese armed move  more

NEW YORK, April 24 -- The American Federation of Teachers issued the following news release: The AFT launched AFTBooks4Keeps this week, donating 10,000 bilingual, multicultural, and social and emotional learning books from First Book to the more than 2,100 children living in Win shelters, the largest provider of shelter and supportive housing for families in New York City. The effort is part of the union's multifaceted initiatives to support our members, our students and our communities that   more

NEW ROCHELLE, New York, April 25 -- AIDS Patient Care and STDs, a peer-reviewed journal that says it covers diagnostics and therapeutics care for HIV/AIDS patients, published research articles on the following topics in its April 2020 edition: * Verification of HIV Self-Testing Use and Results: A Global Systematic Review * Development and Validation of a Risk Prediction Tool to Identify People with HIV Infection Likely Not to Achieve Viral Suppression * Exploring the Attitude of Patients with  more

NEW YORK, April 24 -- Gay Men's Health Crisis issued the following news release: Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, and New York City's ban on in-person public gatherings, GMHC and AIDS Walk New York have shifted the physical event into an online fundraising campaign, culminating with a live virtual event commemorating the incredible efforts of fundraisers and the vital work of GMHC. Scheduled for Sunday, June 7, 2020, beginning at 10AM, AIDS Walk New York will be a virtual event streamed ac  more

ALBANY, New York, April 21 -- Albany Medical Center, an academic health sciences center, issued the following news release: Stephanie B. Jones, M.D., has joined Albany Med as chair of the Department of Anesthesiology. She succeeds Kevin Roberts, M.D., '77, who, having served as chair since 1999, was one of the Medical Center's longest-serving chairs. Dr. Roberts also served as president of Albany Medical College's Alumni Association. "A proven academic physician and leader, Dr. Jones will be   more

PARK RIDGE, Illinois, April 21 -- The American Association of Nurse Anesthetists issued the following news release: New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo called on the federal government to provide pay bonuses to front-line healthcare workers. The American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) applauds this action and encourages Congress to compensate front-line healthcare workers in a manner that reflects the serious risk and harm they are experiencing. In an April 14 letter to the U.S. House of Repr  more

NEW YORK, April 21 -- The American Jewish Congress issued the following statement on April 20: The American Jewish Congress congratulates the Israeli people for the establishment of the new government. Today's agreement between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and General Benjamin Gantz for the creation of a unity government is welcome news, especially considering the emergency created by the COVID-19 pandemic and the international challenges facing the country. Prime Minister Netanyahu and G  more

NEW YORK, April 23 -- The American National Standards Institute issued the following news release: On April 22, 2020, millions of people across the globe will forgo public gatherings and turn to digital devices at home to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day during the COVID-19 pandemic. In light of social distancing, Earth Day tributes this year will include virtual global conversations, calls to action, performances, video teach-ins, and more. New Resources Show the State of the Env  more

NEW YORK, April 22 -- The Americas Society/Council of the Americas issued the following news release: "Even before the coronavirus hit, Latin America was struggling to cope with an unprecedented challenge--to its economies, healthcare systems, and societies at large," write Americas Quarterly's (AQ) editors in the latest issue. Since 2015, more than 4.5 million Latin Americans have migrated elsewhere in the region. The newest edition of Americas Quarterly features stories about the crisis in sc  more

NEW YORK, April 25 -- PEN America issued the following news release on April 24: PEN America joined a coalition of local news and press freedom organizations to send letters to governors in all 50 states, as well as the mayor of Washington D.C., urging government leaders to include emergency funding for local news in their coronavirus relief efforts. The effort, led by PEN America, Free Press, and Common Cause, builds on PEN America's advocacy on Capitol Hill, similarly urging Congress to incl  more

NEW YORK, April 22 -- The Anti-Defamation League issued the following news release: Nearly two-thirds of American Jews believe that they are less safe than they were a decade ago, according to a new ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) survey on Jewish encounters with antisemitism in the United States. The ADL survey found that more than half of American Jews (54 percent) have either experienced or witnessed an incident they believe was motivated by antisemitism. And nearly two-thirds of Jews (63   more

NEW YORK, April 24 -- The Asia Society issued the following news release: Asia Society Museum announced new dates for its inaugural Triennial due to the global COVID-19 outbreak. The Asia Society Triennial is the first recurring initiative in the United States devoted to contemporary art from and about Asia and Asian diasporas. It is now slated to run October 27, 2020 through June 27, 2021. Originally programmed to take place from June 5-August 9, 2020, this groundbreaking initiative will now   more

NEW YORK, April 21 -- The Association for Computing Machinery issued the following news release: ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, and the International World Wide Web Conference Committee (IW3C2) announced an agreement to transfer full legal and financial sponsorship of The Web Conference series of conferences from IW3C2 to ACM's Special Interest Group on Hypertext, Hypermedia and the Web (SIGWEB). Under the terms of the agreement, ACM SIGWEB will take responsibility for the confer  more

NEW YORK, April 22 -- The Association of National Advertisers issued the following news release: The ANA announced it was making an assortment of exclusive members-only resources available to everyone in the marketing community, without restrictions and at no cost. The resources will be available via the ANA Community Access portal through June 5 and will include a broad range of original content: insights, in-depth articles, brand case studies, virtual training programs, on-demand webinars, a  more

NEW YORK, April 22 -- The Association of University Presses issued the following news: The Association of University Presses joins with the National Coalition Against Censorship and more than 40 additional organizations to condemn nationwide attempts to block young people from accessing LGBTQ stories in schools and libraries. The impact of this censorship is clearly illustrated in the American Library Association's 2019 Top Ten Most Challenged Books list, issued this week, in which eighty perc  more

NEW YORK, April 24 -- The Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres issued the following news: The international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is working with homeless people and Venezuelan migrants and asylum seekers as part of its COVID-19 response in Brazil. Teams have started working in the nation's largest city, Sao Paulo, and Boa Vista in the north of Brazil. In Sao Paulo, which has the highest number of COVID-19 cases, MS  more

NEW YORK, April 21 -- Cancer Gene Therapy Journal, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features developments in gene and cellular therapies for cancer, published research articles, including the following topics, in its April 2020 edition: * Enhanced noninvasive imaging of oncology models using the NIS reporter gene and bioluminescence imaging * Salmonella-mediated therapy targeting indoleamine 2, 3-dioxygenase 1 (IDO) activates innate immunity and mitigates colorectal cancer growth The Apri  more

BUFFALO, New York, April 23 -- Catholic Charities of Buffalo issued the following news release: With just more than two months left of Appeal 2020, Catholic Charities announced that its annual campaign has tipped over the halfway mark. To date, the Appeal has raised $5,201,665.90, which is 52% of the $10 million goal. Over the past month, the Appeal has recorded more than $2 million in donations from 8,000 donors. The annual Appeal helps fund Catholic Charities' 51 programs and services acr  more

NEW YORK, April 20 -- Cell Death and Differentiation, a journal that says it devotes itself to scientific excellence in the field of cell biology, molecular biology and biochemistry of cell death and disease, published research articles, including the following topics, in its April 2020 edition: * In vivo detection of programmed cell death during mouse heart development * RAF kinases are stabilized and required for dendritic cell differentiation and function * Targeting PML in triple negative  more

NEW YORK, April 13 -- Cell Death and Differentiation, a journal that says it devotes itself to scientific excellence in the field of cell biology, molecular biology and biochemistry of cell death and disease, published research articles, including the following topics, in its March 2020 issue: * ER-phagy and human diseases * Autophagy in cancer: moving from understanding mechanism to improving therapy responses in patients * Autophagy and disease: unanswered questions * Autophagy and microbi  more

NEW YORK, April 23 -- Cell Death and Differentiation, a journal that says it devotes itself to scientific excellence in the field of cell biology, molecular biology and biochemistry of cell death and disease, published research articles, including the following topics, in its May 2020 edition: * Autologous micrograft accelerates endogenous wound healing response through ERK-induced cell migration * Membrane-bound TNF mediates microtubule-targeting chemotherapeutics-induced cancer cytolysis via  more

BUFFALO, New York, April 24 -- The Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following news release: Five Black residents of Buffalo joined a lawsuit against the city over its racially discriminatory traffic ticketing practices. The lawsuit, Black Love Resists in the Rust , et al. v. City of Buffalo, alleges that for seven years, the City of Buffalo has targeted Black and Latinx drivers and neighborhoods for aggressive traffic enforcement to generate revenue and make up for budget shortfalls.  more

AMHERST, New York, April 24 -- The Center for Inquiry issued the following news release on April 23: The Trump Administration's removal of the federal government's leading expert on vaccines, in apparent retaliation for disagreement with the president, exemplifies how the White House is placing the ego of President Trump over the safety and lives of Americans, said the Center for Inquiry. STAT News reported that Dr. Rick Bright, formerly the director of the federal agency responsible for produ  more

NEW YORK, April 22 -- The Center for Reproductive Rights issued the following statement on April 21: Last night, a federal district judge in Oklahoma granted a preliminary injunction allowing most abortion care to continue in the state, and allowing abortion access to resume fully on Friday, April 24, despite Gov. Kevin Stitt's order banning abortion during the COVID-19 pandemic. The judge previously granted a temporary restraining order allowing most abortion care to continue through April 20,  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

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following critical questions: On March 7, the District of Columbia confirmed its first case of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19). Across the city and neighboring states, cases continue to rise steadily, now exceeding 26,000 in total. As of April 22, D.C. has reported 3,206 cases and 127 deaths, equivalent to 19 deaths per 100,000 (compared to 97 deaths per 100,000 in New York state and toward the high end of de  more

BROOKLYN, New York, April 21 -- Health Global Access Project issued the following statement: Civil society response to President Museveni's directive that pregnant women will no longer be banned from using transport to seek health services during COVID-19 lockdown: The President of Uganda on April 19, 2020, declared during his address to the country that pregnant women will no longer be required to seek Resident District Commissioners (RDC) permission to seek health care services. This announ  more

COLD SPRING HARBOR, New York, April 22 -- The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory issued the following news: Director of the Cold Spring Harbor Lab (CSHL) Cancer Center David Tuveson was elected President-Elect of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR). Tuveson focuses on diagnosing and treating pancreatic cancer in preclinical and clinical settings. Central to his work is a technology to cultivate small, functional pancreatic cancer "organoids" in a dish. As AACR President-Elect, Tuves  more

NEW YORK, April 23 -- The Committee to Protect Journalists issued the following news: Algerian authorities must immediately unblock the news websites Interlignes, Maghreb Emergent, and Radiom, and ensure that all media outlets can publish online freely, the Committee to Protect Journalists said. On April 9, Algerian authorities blocked the privately owned news website Maghreb Emergent and its partner radio website Radiom, according to a statement by the websites and news reports. On April 19,  more

NEW YORK, April 23 -- The Committee to Protect Journalists issued the following news: Authorities in Madagascar should immediately release journalist Arphine Helisoa and halt the legal proceedings against her, the Committee to Protect Journalists said. On April 4, authorities detained Helisoa, the director of the privately owned Madagascar-based Ny Valosoa (The Reward) newspaper, according to a report by French public broadcaster Radio France Internationale. Authorities, citing article 91 of   more

NEW YORK, April 25 -- The American National Standards Institute issued the following news release: The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) encourages relevant stakeholders to submit feedback by May 15, 2020, on an International Workshop Agreement (IWA) proposal that focuses on guidelines for contactless delivery service, which has seen an uptick among consumers amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The IWA proposal was recently circulated to the Technical Management Board of the International Or  more

NEW YORK, April 22 -- The Counter Extremism Project issued the following news release: The global networks of ISIS and al-Qaeda continue to operate, plan, and execute attacks during the ongoing coronavirus crisis. The arrest of an ISIS-linked cell in Germany on April 15, 2020 is a reminder of that reality. The suspects were also reportedly involved in raising funds for their planned attacks, demonstrating that terror financing activities remain ongoing despite the economic slowdown. The Counte  more

NEW YORK, April 21 -- The Counter Extremism Project issued the following news release: The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit followers and incite violence. This week, CEP researchers located multiple pro-ISIS and neo-Nazi accounts advocating for violence on the Instagram platform. CEP also found that Telegram increased its removal of ISIS channels, chats and bots during the month of Apri  more

NEW YORK, April 25 -- The Counter Extremism Project issued the following news release: This week, the Wall Street Journal reported on efforts by Google-owned YouTube to restrict the platform's "brand safety partners" from being able to share critical information about advertising on its video platform. According to the report, YouTube has altered its contractual Terms of Service which, if signed, prevents third-party auditors from disclosing to clients "when ads have run in videos with sensitiv  more

NEW YORK, April 24 -- The Counter Extremism Project issued the following news release: White supremacists this week celebrated Timothy McVeigh for his role in orchestrating what remains the deadliest domestic terrorist attack in U.S. history--the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. The attack, which took place on April 19, 1995, left 168 people dead and more than 500 others injured. McVeigh was convicted of the bombing and executed in 2001. During the investigatio  more

NEW YORK, April 25 -- The American National Standards Institute issued the following news release: The ANSI Federation and standardization community are stepping up with guidance, resources, and initiatives to support public health, safety, and infrastructure during the COVID-19 outbreak. ANSI is monitoring, sharing, and promoting appropriate news to highlight these efforts. Suggestions for news items may be submitted to pr@ansi.org. All submissions are published at ANSI's discretion. Auto Gla  more

NEW ROCHELLE, New York, April 22 -- CRISPR, a peer-reviewed journal that says it centralizes essential information and analysis on this revolutionary technology in a single location with the aim of solidifying and growing the community of innovative researchers, practitioners, policymakers and activists who make up the field of gene editing, published research articles, including the following topics, in its April 2020 edition: * New Additions to the CRISPR Toolbox: CRISPR-CLONInG and CRISPR-CL  more

NEW ROCHELLE, New York, April 22 -- Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking issued the following news release: A new article discusses the psychological stresses imposed by the coronavirus pandemic and suggests that virtual reality can help alleviate the psychological impact of the need for social isolation. The article, which provides a link to a free 3-dimensional 360 video and suggestions for how to use it, is published in Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, a peer-revi  more

NEW ROCHELLE, New York, April 21 -- Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking issued the following news release: A new study analyzing tweets about COVID-19 found that users with larger social networks tend to use fewer uncivil remarks when they have more positive responses from others. The study, which used computer-assisted content analysis, is published in Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers. Click here (http  more

NEW YORK, April 23 -- The Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres issued the following news: More than 840,000 people have been displaced by worsening violence in Burkina Faso over the past few months, according to the United Nations, and the country's health system is in shambles. The upcoming seasonal peaks of malnutrition and malaria will likely worsen the situation. On top of this humanitarian crisis, Burkina Faso is also experiencing one of the highest coronavirus infection rates   more

NEW YORK, April 22 -- The Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres issued the following news: The first case of COVID-19 in northeastern Syria was confirmed two weeks after tests were taken and after the patient had died, highlighting how unprepared the region is to respond to a coronavirus outbreak, said the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Border/Medecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders (MSF). A collapsed health system, delays in testing, and bo  more

NEW YORK, April 24 -- The Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres issued the following news: Greater focus on underserved communities in the United States is urgently needed to ensure that all people can protect themselves and their families during the COVID-19 pandemic. Vulnerable groups, such as people who are currently homeless or housing insecure, lack necessary resources to remain safe and healthy amidst an epidemic. Many don't have the option to shelter in place and lack access t  more

NEW YORK, April 21 -- The Episcopal Relief and Development issued the following news release: Episcopal Relief & Development is providing financial and technical support to partner organizations in Asia, Africa and the Middle East in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. The organization continues to be in close contact with partners in 44 countries, including the United States, to provide assistance for communities affected by the novel coronavirus. "The coronavirus pandemic has adversely impact  more

NEW YORK, April 24 -- The International Rescue Committee issued the following news release: As the violence in Libya escalates by the day, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) is warning that attacks on health care and civilian infrastructure are not only adding to the conflict's ever increasing death toll, but also jeopardising the country's already fragile COVID-19 response. At least 28 people were injured and five killed when their homes were hit on Monday, and the organisation is extre  more

NEW YORK, April 20 -- The European Journal of Human Genetics, a journal from the European Society of Human Genetics that focuses on human genetics and genomics, published research articles, including the following topics, in its April 2020 edition: * Stakeholders' perspectives on the post-mortem use of genetic and health-related data for research: a systematic review Articles: * Knowledge and views about genetics: a public-based cross-sectional study * Members of the public in the USA, UK, C  more

NEW YORK, April 13 -- The European Journal of Human Genetics, a journal from the European Society of Human Genetics that focuses on human genetics and genomics, published research articles, including the following topics, in its March 2020 issue: * Microsatellite instability screening in colorectal adenomas to detect Lynch syndrome patients? A systematic review and meta-analysis Articles: * The Dutch Y-chromosomal landscape * Effect of non-normality and low count variants on cross-phenotype   more

NEW YORK, April 21 -- The European Journal of Human Genetics, a journal from the European Society of Human Genetics that focuses on human genetics and genomics, published research articles on the following topics in its May 2020 edition: * Evidence for penetrance in patients without a family history of disease: a systematic review Articles: * Primary care provider perspectives on using genomic sequencing in the care of healthy children * Evaluation of current genetic testing reports in Germ  more

NEW YORK, April 18 -- Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a campaign of Everytown for Gun Safety, issued the following news on April 17: There has been a historic increase in background checks during the pandemic, with March 2020 setting the all-time record for the number of background checks run in a single month. This increased volume and delays in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) create concerns about the Charleston loophole--a gap in federal law (named a  more

NEW YORK, April 20 -- Eye, a journal from the Royal College of Ophthalmologists that says it provides the practicing ophthalmologist with information on clinical and laboratory research, published research articles, including the following topics, in its April 2020 edition: * Retinal detachment following cataract phacoemulsification--a review of the literature * Retinopathy of prematurity treatment: Asian perspectives Articles: * Lamellar hole-associated epiretinal membrane is a common featu  more

NEW YORK, April 13 -- Eye, a journal from the Royal College of Ophthalmologists that says it provides the practicing ophthalmologist with information on clinical and laboratory research, published research articles, including the following topics, in its March 2020 issue: * Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy and corneal endothelial diseases: East meets West * Literature review and suggested protocol for prevention and treatment of corneal graft rejection * Artificial intelligence for diabeti  more

NEW YORK, April 25 -- Fordham Law Review Journal, a journal from the Fordham University, published research articles on the following topics in its April 2020 edition: * (Un)Corporate Crypto-Governance * Loss of Self-Control, Dual-Process Theories, and Provocation The April 2020 edition of the Fordham Law Review Journal can be viewed at fordhamlawreview.org/issuescategory/april-2020-vol-88-no-5/. [Category: Law/Legal]  more

NEW ROCHELLE, New York, April 22 -- The Games for Health Journal, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features impact of game research, technologies and applications on human health and well-being, published research articles on the following topics in its April 2020 edition: * Scoping Review of Pokemon Go: Comprehensive Assessment of Augmented Reality for Physical Activity Change * Enhancing Healthy Behaviors Through Virtual Self: A Systematic Review of Health Interventions Using Avatars Or  more

GARRISON, New York, April 21 -- Hastings Center Report, a journal that says it explores ethical, legal, social issues in medicine, health care, public health and life sciences from the Hastings Center, published research articles on the following topics in its March/April 2020 edition: * Reasonable Persons, Autonomous Persons, and Lady Hale: Determining a Standard for Risk Disclosure * African Conceptions of Age-Based Moral Standing: Anchoring Values to Regional Realities Departments: * Chi  more

BROOKLYN, New York, April 24 -- Health Global Access Project issued the following news release: Johnson & Johnson held its virtual shareholder meeting - the first shareholder meeting of a company with a candidate product since the height of the COVID-19 outbreak. J&J has made headlines recently with its announcement that it intends to sell its COVID-19 candidate vaccine for $10 or 10 euros a dose and that the product could be ready by early 2021. Activists are calling for a major paradigm shif  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- The Healthcare Leadership Council issued the following news: The Healthcare Leadership Council is comprised of leading companies from every sector of American healthcare. During the COVID-19 pandemic, we will be sharing examples of actions these companies are taking to protect and assist the public and combat the virus's spread. If you would like assistance in reaching a representative for any of these companies, please contact Kelly Fernandez at kfernandez@hlc.org. In   more

NEW YORK, April 21 -- Heredity, a journal from the Genetics Society that says it covers a topic within the field of genetics, published research articles, including the following topics, in its May 2020 edition: * Integration of single nucleotide variants and whole-genome DNA methylation profiles for classification of rheumatoid arthritis cases from controls * Multiple mating in the context of interspecific hybridization between two Tetramorium ant species * Parentage and relatedness reconstr  more

NEW YORK, April 21 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release: The Chinese and local authorities' latest assault on Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement amid the Covid-19 crisis signifies Beijing's escalating efforts to impose direct control over the city's governance, violating basic rights, Human Rights Watch said. On April 18, 2020, the Hong Kong police arrested 15 prominent pro-democracy leaders for "organizing and participating in unlawful assemblies" during the widespread prot  more

NEW YORK, April 24 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release: Sri Lankan authorities should uphold due process rights and ensure that recently detained Muslim figures have proper access to lawyers, Human Rights Watch said. The arrests, soon after the government adopted a Covid-19 funeral policy biased against Muslims, raise concerns about the safety of Sri Lanka's Muslim minority. On April 14, 2020, the authorities arrested Hejaaz Hizbullah, a prominent lawyer, apparently under t  more

NEW YORK, April 23 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release: Facebook has bowed to pressure by the government of Vietnam and agreed to restrict posts by dissidents, setting a bad precedent for both human rights and its global policies, Human Rights Watch said. The decision increases the likelihood of other content restrictions in the future. According to a detailed account by Reuters citing sources within Facebook, in recent months the government of Vietnam disrupted access to t  more

NEW YORK, April 23 -- The IEEE Sensors Journal, a journal that says it features design, fabrication, manufacturing and application of devices and electronics and physics aspects of sensors from the IEEE Sensors Council, published research articles, including the following topics, in Part 2 of its May 2020 edition: * Analysis and Design of a Hybrid Optical Fiber Refractometer for Large Dynamic Range Measurements * Calibrating for Trapped Charge in Large-Scale ISFET Arrays * Characterization of  more

NEW YORK, April 20 -- IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, a peer-reviewed journal that says it explores the area of communication and computer networking from the IEEE Communications Society, published research articles on the following topics in its April 2020 edition: * Cell-Free Networking System With Visible Light * Collaborative Content Delivery in Software-Defined Heterogeneous Vehicular Networks * Computation Offloading Scheduling for Periodic Tasks in Mobile Edge Computing * Efficie  more

ITHACA, New York, April 21 -- ILR Review, a journal that says it features globalization, capital and labor mobility, inequality, wage setting, unemployment, labor market dynamics, international migration, work organization and technology, human resource management and personnel economics, demographic and ethnic differences in labor markets, workplace conflicts, alternative forms of representation and labor regulation from the Cornell University, published research articles on the following topic  more

NEW YORK, April 25 -- The U.S. Chamber of Commerce issued the following news release on April 24: Inc. and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce continue to host weekly Town Halls for small businesses, now underwritten by Comcast Business, a subsidiary of the American telecommunications conglomerate Comcast Corporation. Inc., in partnership with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, launched the weekly virtual series of National Small Business Town Halls to help business owners get actionable insight and infor  more

ITHACA, New York, April 21 -- Industrial and Labor Relations Review, a journal that says it features capital and labor mobility, inequality, wage setting, unemployment, labor market dynamics, international migration, work organization and technology, human resource management and personnel economics, workplace conflicts and labor regulation from the Cornell University's Industrial and Labor Relations School, published research articles on the following topics in its May 2020 edition: * Transgen  more

NEW YORK, April 22 -- The Institute for Public Relations issued the following news: More than half of communication executives said employee engagement (63%) and collaboration (58%) have increased at their companies since the start of COVID-19, according to a new global survey by the Institute for Public Relations and Peppercomm. Respondents reported employee trust (49%) and satisfaction (32%) increased as well. However, 40% of leaders said productivity declined while 25% said it increased. In  more

NEW YORK, April 24 -- The Institute for Public Relations issued the following news on April 23: Three University of Oregon students will receive the Jack Koten Page Principles Case Study Award for their submission analyzing Dick's Sporting Goods' evolving communication strategies regarding the politically charged issue of gun reform. Alyson Morris, Hanna Neuschwander, and Rui Zhao will share more about their winning case in an upcoming episode of Page's The New CCO podcast. The Case Study Comp  more

NEW YORK, April 25 -- The Insurance Information Institute issued the following news release: State legislation aimed at retroactively rewriting business interruption policies nationwide would cost insurers tens of billions of dollars a month and quickly imperil the U.S. insurance industry's solvency, according to the Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I). "Pandemics are an extraordinary catastrophe that can impact nearly every economy in the world, so it is hard to predict and manage the   more

NEW YORK, April 22 -- The International Rescue Committee issued the following news release: The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to President Donald Trump's planned Executive Order to halt immigration to America. Immigrants are making huge contributions to America's response to the novel coronavirus, and historically, to America's economy. There are growing gaps in the transportation and logistics industry where immigrants already make up 1.5 million workers. In food production, mo  more

NEW YORK, April 21 -- The International Rescue Committee issued the following news release: The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is deeply concerned about fuel shortages and mandatory quarantines in Venezuela due to their potential and already realized impacts on hunger and social unrest across the country. Reports of children starving and continuing to beg on the streets are not new, but are increasingly evident in this time. And with strict quarantine measures, social unrest is inevitable  more

NEW YORK, April 24 -- The International Rescue Committee issued the following statement by Country Director Matias Meier on a case of coronavirus confirmed among the refugee population in Lebanon: "Although strict measures have been put in place to try and protect refugees, a case of COVID-19 has now been detected in one of the most vulnerable communities in the country. We've been working hard to raise awareness about how people in the communities we support can keep themselves safe, but many   more

NEW ROCHELLE, New York, April 22 -- The Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology, a peer-reviewed journal that says it focuses on clinical care and strategies for long-term management of cancer in patients aged 15-39, published research articles on the following topics in its April 2020 edition: * Experiences of Young People Living with Cancer in Nonmetropolitan Areas: A Review of the Literature * The Experiences of Young Adults Living with Metastatic/Advanced Cancer: A Scoping Review *  more

NEW YORK, April 13 -- The Journal of General Physiology, a journal that says it features biological, chemical or physical mechanisms of physiological significance, published research articles, including the following topics, in its March 2020 issue: * Structural mechanisms of transient receptor potential ion channels Research Articles: * Insights into the molecular mechanisms underlying the inhibition of acid-sensing ion channel 3 gating by stomatin Communication: * Membrane conductances   more

NEW YORK, April 20 -- The Journal of General Physiology, a journal that says it features biological, chemical or physical mechanisms of physiological significance, published research articles, including the following topics, in its May 2020 edition: * Action potentials in Xenopus oocytes triggered by blue light Communication: * Engineering an enhanced voltage-sensing phosphatise * Depressed neuromuscular transmission causes weakness in mice lacking BK potassium channels Article: * Differ  more

NEW YORK, April 25 -- The Journal of Media Literacy Education, a journal that says it helps helps individuals of all ages develop habits of inquiry and skills of expression needed to become thinkers, communicators and active citizens in a world where mass media, culture and digital technologies play from the National Association for Media Literacy Education, published research articles on the following topics in its April 2020 edition: * Critical media literacy approaches to violence prevention  more

NEW YORK, April 25 -- The Journal of Perinatology, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Academy of Pediatrics and National Perinatal Association that says it provides perinatal and neonatal healthcare teams with maternal, fetal and neonatal care concepts, published research articles, including the following topics, in its May 2020 edition: * Comparing mortality risk models in VLBW and preterm infants: systematic review and meta-analysis * "Extrauterine growth restriction" and "postnatal g  more

NEW ROCHELLE, New York, April 23 -- The Journal of Women's Health, a journal that says it focuses on advances in diagnostic procedures, therapeutic protocols for the management of diseases and innovative research in gender-based biology, published research articles on the following topics in its April 2020 edition: * Implementing a Learning Collaborative Framework for States Working to Improve Outcomes for Vulnerable Populations: The Opioid Use Disorder, Maternal Outcomes, and Neonatal Abstinen  more

NEW YORK, April 21 -- Lambda Legal issued the following news release: Lambda Legal, along with nearly 200 national, state, and local organizations, sent a letter to Congressional leaders asking that they ensure the protection of vulnerable communities in any COVID-19 response legislation. The letter was drafted by Lambda Legal, Family Equality, the Center for American Progress, the Human Rights Campaign, the National Center for Lesbian Rights, the National Center for Transgender Equality, the N  more

NEW YORK, April 23 -- Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, a journal that says it features child health across the disciplines of general paediatrics, adolescent medicine, or child development, published research articles on the following topics in its May 2020 edition: * Effects of 20-year infancy-onset dietary counselling on cardiometabolic risk factors in the Special Turku Coronary Risk Factor Intervention Project (STRIP): 6-year post-intervention follow-up * Prevalence and number of childre  more

MANHASSET, New York, April 23 -- Northwell Health issued the following news: Analyzing the electronic health records (EHR) of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients hospitalized at New York State's largest health system, a team of researchers uncovered several comorbidities as a key factor in the acuity of the disease, according to a report in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). The Northwell Health COVID-19 Research Consortium, with support from the Feinstein Institu  more

NEW YORK, April 21 -- LatinoJustice PRLDEF issued the following statement on April 20: The Supreme Court issued a decision in Ramos v. Lousiana requiring a unanimous jury verdict for serious offenses. Judge Gorsuch wrote in the majority opinion "Every judge must learn to live with the fact he or she will make some mistakes; it comes with the territory. But it is something else entirely to perpetuate something we all know to be wrong only because we fear the consequences of being right." The fol  more

NEW YORK, April 24 -- LatinoJustice PRLDEF issued the following statement: LatinoJustice PRDLEF in March 2020 sent a letter seeking the appointment of a Latino representative in the New York State Independent Redistricting Commission. The letter, linked here, was sent on March 12th to Governor Andrew Cuomo, Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, Assembly Minority Leader William A. Barclay, as well as to the Eight Members who have already been appointed to   more

NEW YORK, April 20 -- The Law Review, a journal from the New York University School of Law, published research articles on the following topics in its April 2020 edition: * Isolated and Unreachable: Contesting Unconstitutional Restrictions on Communication in Immigration Detention * The Medicare Innovation Subsidy * The Prisoner and the Polity The April 2020 edition of the Law Review Journal can be viewed at https://www.nyulawreview.org/issues/volume-95-number-1/. [Category: Law/Legal]  more

NEW YORK, April 20 -- Human Rights First issued the following news release: A federal judge in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey ordered the release of five immigrants from Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody, in response to a lawsuit filed by Human Rights First and the law firm of Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, citing the individuals' vulnerability to COVID-19. Two additional plaintiffs were released April 10 after the lawsuit was filed. The cou  more

NEW YORK, April 21 -- The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights issued the following news release: The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, with its campaign And Still I Vote and in partnership with Common Cause New York, will hold multiple events this week to mobilize voters and urge officials in New York to ensure fair, free, and safe elections in 2020. These activities are part of Turn Up Tuesdays, a weekly, national call to action that focuses on a state in the country  more

NEW YORK, April 23 -- The Local Initiatives Support Corp. issued the following news release: The Local Initiatives Support Corporation has named Valerie White, a senior official with New York state's economic development agency, as executive director of LISC NYC. She will build on $3.1 billion in local investments to spur affordable housing, business development, health and jobs in economically vulnerable neighborhoods throughout the city. White was most recently executive vice president at Em  more

NEW YORK, April 24 -- The Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center issued the following news release: A multidisciplinary team at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) has developed a proof-of-concept crisis ventilator intended to provide lifesaving breathing assistance to patients requiring it when more-sophisticated respiratory support equipment is unavailable. The device acts like a mechanical hand capable of manually bag ventilating an intubated patient. Built and tested over the past  more

NEW YORK, April 24 -- The International Rescue Committee issued the following news release: Bloomberg Philanthropies announced a $10 million contribution to support the International Rescue Committee's (IRC) efforts to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on vulnerable populations across the globe, and for additional work that will be needed to protect these peoples. The support comes at a time when the world is experiencing the greatest number of people fleeing violence and persecution sinc  more

MANHATTAN, New York, April 24 -- Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a campaign of Everytown for Gun Safety, issued the following news: The California chapter of Moms Demand Action, a part of Everytown for Gun Safety, released the following statement after the Burbank Unified School District voted unanimously during a virtual school board meeting on Thursday to require information be sent home with students at the beginning of each school year to educate parents on their responsibility  more

NEW YORK, April 23 -- Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a campaign of Everytown for Gun Safety, issued the following news: Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund and Moms Demand Action, a part of Everytown, responded to a new NPR report that includes a "secret recording" of NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre saying in a speech to NRA board members and staff that the NRA took a "$100 million hit" in lost revenue and "real cost to this association" in 2018 and 2019 alone due to myriad legal crises   more

MANHATTAN, New York, April 25 -- Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a campaign of Everytown for Gun Safety, issued the following news: As lawmakers return to the statehouse to resume their legislative session, they should consider the safety of women and children in Missouri and address the rise in domestic violence risk since the pandemic began. Last week, a Kansas City Star report showed domestic violence calls have jumped 22 percent in Kansas City under stay-at-home orders, while   more

MANHATTAN, New York, April 24 -- Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a campaign of Everytown for Gun Safety, issued the following news: As the coronavirus pandemic continues to force people to shelter in place, gun violence of all types has not stopped-- including in Colorado. On Tuesday, a 3-year-old girl was unintentionally shot and killed by her 7-year-old brother in their Westminster home. The two siblings were playing when the older brother found an unsecured, loaded shotgun, acco  more

NEW YORK, April 22 -- The Advertising Council issued the following news release: In the wake of new research from MTV revealing that an unprecedented level of Americans are experiencing declining mental health due to the COVID-19 pandemic, MTV, Comedy Central and ViacomCBS' Entertainment & Youth Brands, in partnership with the Ad Council, launched AloneTogether.com, a website focused on addressing the effects of isolation on mental health. The online hub will offer actionable resources to help   more

NEW YORK, April 25 -- Mucosal Immunology, a journal from the Society of Mucosal Immunology that says it features research on immunity and inflammation involving mucosal tissues, published research articles, including the following topics, in its May 2020 edition: * The role of innate lymphoid cells in response to microbes at mucosal surfaces * Host responses to mucosal biofilms in the lung and gut Article: * Single-cell RNA sequencing analysis reveals alginate oligosaccharides preventing ch  more

NEW YORK, April 21 -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund issued the following news release on April 20: The United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of the plaintiff in Ramos v. Louisiana, establishing that the Sixth Amendment's guarantee of a unanimous jury verdict applies to the states through the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), which filed an amicus brief in this case in June 2019, applauds the Court's deci  more

NEW YORK, April 23 -- The National Black Justice Coalition issued the following statement on April 22: In response to J. August Richards' Instagram Live segment where he said that he was a gay man, and to news that he would be portraying a gay man in NBC's new show, Council of Dads, David Johns, Executive Director of the National Black Justice Coalition released the following statement: "Representation matters, and in today's global society, diversity in representation that reflects the plural  more

NEW YORK, April 25 -- The National Center for Law and Economic Justice issued the following news: On April 23rd, NCLEJ filed an amended complaint in Black Love Resists in the Rust v. City of Buffalo. Five additional plaintiffs joined our lawsuit against the City of Buffalo, New York challenging the Buffalo Police Department (BPD)'s systemic practice of targeting Black and Latinx communities for aggressive and punitive traffic enforcement. The lawsuit alleges that the BPD disproportionately tick  more

NEW YORK, April 24 -- The National Center for Law and Economic Justice issued the following news: On Mar. 19th, NCLEJ, as co-counsel with Selendy & Gay, the Tennessee Justice Center and the National Health Law Program, filed A.M.C. v. Smith, a federal class action complaint in the Middle District of Tennessee, challenging Tennessee policies and practices that have unlawfully deprived eligible children and adults of Medicaid coverage, known in Tennessee as TennCare. The state employs a defectiv  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The National Center for Public Policy Research issued the following news release on April 22: Instead of renouncing the debunked 1619 Project, New York Times Publisher A.G. Sulzberger patted himself on the back for sparking debate with a revisionist history that has been distributed to schools nationwide. During the annual New York Times shareholder meeting, the first one ever to be held virtually, Christopher Arps, a member of the Project 21 black leadership network of  more

NEW YORK, April 22 -- The National Day Laborer Organizing Network issued the following news release on April 21: On Tuesday afternoon, over 60 cars are participating with New York immigrant day laborers, worker centers and allies in a "covid-safe car protest" in front of the Governor's office on 3rd Avenue in Manhattan. The protest in New York, over 3 blocks long, comes after Governor Cuomo cited funding limitations to excuse the continued exclusion of over half a million immigrant workers stat  more

NEW YORK, April 25 -- The National Employment Law Project issued the following statement by Executive Director Rebecca Dixon: "The National Employment Law Project (NELP) condemns President Trump's proclamation to temporarily suspend immigration to the United States under the cynical and destructive pretext that it will stem the spread of coronavirus and protect workers. This proclamation is a distraction from the Trump administration's incompetent and inadequate response to the COVID-19 pandemi  more

DENVER, Colorado, April 21 -- The National Environmental Health Association issued the following news release: The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) has closely monitored developments of the COVID-19 pandemic since its inception earlier this year. After careful deliberation, the NEHA Board of Directors has made the difficult but necessary decision to cancel the 84th Annual Educational Conference (AEC) & Exhibition scheduled for July 13-16 in New York City. We prioritize the healt  more

NEW YORK, April 25 -- The National Federation of Filipino American Associations issued the following news release: Last month, the National Federation of Filipino American Associations (NaFFAA) recently held its 2020 Census Filipino American Community Engagement Online Action Launch. The virtual event featured the U.S. Census Bureau's New York Regional Director Jeff T. Behler as keynote speaker and was hosted by NaFFAA's New York State Chair Laura Garcia and National Operations Officer Chris Ri  more

NEW YORK, April 25 -- The National League of Cities issued the following news release on April 24: City, town and county governments and the Mayors of Detroit and Durham, from 16 states across the country, together with the United States Conference of Mayors (USCM) and the National League of Cities (NLC) have signed an amicus brief in support of a lawsuit filed by 22 states and Washington, D.C. challenging the Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule. The ACE rule is the Trump administration's much w  more

NEW YORK, April 24 -- The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws issued the following news release: African Americans are nearly four-times as likely as Caucasians to be arrested in the United States for marijuana-possession offenses, according to an analysis published by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). According to the ACLU's report, Blacks are 3.64 times more likely than Whites to face arrest, despite both groups acknowledging consuming cannabis at nearly similar r  more

NEW YORK, April 20 -- Nature Medicine, a peer-reviewed journal on medicine, published research articles, including the following topics, in its April 2020 edition: * Broad immune activation underlies shared set point signatures for vaccine responsiveness in healthy individuals and disease activity in patients with lupus * Effects of underfeeding and oral vancomycin on gut microbiome and nutrient absorption in humans * Neoadjuvant immunotherapy leads to pathological responses in MMR-proficient  more

NEW YORK, April 13 -- Nature Medicine, a peer-reviewed journal on medicine, published research articles, including the following topics, in its March 2020 issue: * Early prediction of circulatory failure in the intensive care unit using machine learning * Effect of salt substitution on community-wide blood pressure and hypertension incidence * Engineered immunogen binding to alum adjuvant enhances humoral immunity * Multiplexed single-cell morphometry for hematopathology diagnostics * Skin-  more

NEW YORK, April 20 -- Nature Methods, a journal that says it features novel methods and improvements to tried-and-tested basic research techniques in life sciences, published research articles, including the following topics, in its April 2020 edition: * 3D ATAC-PALM: super-resolution imaging of the accessible genome * Cardelino: computational integration of somatic clonal substructure and single-cell transcriptomes * Machine learning analysis of whole mouse brain vasculature * RecV recombin  more

NEW YORK, April 13 -- Nature Methods, a journal that says it features novel methods and improvements to tried-and-tested basic research techniques in life sciences, published research articles on the following topics in its March 2020 issue: * Cell-type-specific signaling networks in heterocellular organoids * Long-range single-molecule mapping of chromatin accessibility in eukaryotes * Measurement of atom resolvability in cryo-EM maps with Q-scores * Optimized chemical-genetic method for ce  more

NEW YORK, April 21 -- The American Civil Liberties Union, a 501(c)3 non-profit that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., issued the following news release: The American Civil Liberties Union released a new report showing that Black people are 3.64 times more likely than white people to be arrested for marijuana possession despite comparable marijuana usage rates. Additionally, although the total number of people ar  more

NEW YORK, April 25 -- CancerCare issued the following news release: A new program offers complimentary, door-to-door transportation for patients with cancer needing help getting to and from medical appointments with their community oncology practice during the COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) pandemic. The Community Oncology Alliance (COA) and CancerCare, national leaders in advocacy and support for people affected by cancer, launched the COA/CancerCare Patient Assistance Transportation Program to  more

NEW YORK, April 22 -- The Manhattan Institute for Policy Research issued the following news release: As the Covid-19 crisis leaves homeless populations in cities across the country exposed to serious risks, a new report evaluates the past two decades of government homelessness policy, finding that it has done little to reduce the number of homeless on city streets. Manhattan Institute senior fellow Stephen Eide analyzes how the policy known as "Housing First" came to dominate the American respo  more

NEW YORK, April 21 -- The National Multiple Sclerosis Society issued the following news: National MS Society-funded collaborators from the University of British Columbia and other Canadian institutions have been searching for the multiple sclerosis "prodrome" - a constellation of early signs or symptoms of the disease. They have identified early events that distinguish people who are later diagnosed with MS from those who are not. Compared to those who did not develop MS, people who were later   more

NEW YORK, April 24 -- The National Multiple Sclerosis Society issued the following news: Johns Hopkins University researchers funded in part by the National MS Society report that people with MS who were obese experienced accelerated loss of optic nerve tissue compared to people of normal weight. The study followed 513 people with MS for about four years. The authors suggest that, if confirmed, the findings show a link between a wellness factor - body weight -- and MS progression, and support s  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The New York Immigration Coalition issued the following statement: The House passed a $484 billion deal that failed, once again, to assist (via direct cash rebates or small business loans) to the millions of undocumented immigrants on the front lines of this pandemic and struggling to survive. The majority of the federal money will replenish the Paycheck Protection Program, which has come under criticism for allowing large chains like Ruth's Chris Steak House to gobble u  more

ALBANY, New York, April 24 -- The New York State United Teachers issued the following news release: New York State United Teachers issued early endorsements in more than two dozen special election and primary races for the U.S. House of Representatives, and New York State Senate and Assembly. "Now more than ever, it's clear that public schools are cornerstones of our communities, and we need representatives across New York who recognize that and will fight for public education in the halls of   more

LATHAM, New York, April 22 -- The New York State United Teachers issued the following statement by President Andy Pallotta on potential state cuts to public education: "The coronavirus crisis has laid bare the inequality in public education and society. Working people and their families have borne the brunt of this crisis. Millions have been left without jobs, and now there's talk across the state of draconian cuts to public education, the bedrock of society. "Meanwhile, billionaires and ultra  more

NEW YORK, April 23 -- New York-Presbyterian Hospital issued the following news release: About 15% of pregnant women admitted to two maternity wards in northern Manhattan in late March and early April were already infected with the new coronavirus, though most had no symptoms, according to a new study by physicians at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian. In the study, the researchers tested all 215 women who were admitted to the two labor and delivery units as soon  more

MANHASSET, New York, April 21 -- Northwell Health issued the following news: As COVID-19 ripples across the nation and New York remains at the epicenter, Northwell Health remains at the forefront of the state's pandemic response. The nonprofit health care organization is New York State's largest employer with 72,000 employees and 23 hospitals across the region. "While much is uncertain, one thing that remains constant is our courageous care team and support staff on the front lines who are wor  more

MANHASSET, New York, April 21 -- Northwell Health issued the following news: Northwell Health announced that it is acknowledging the bravery of its front-line staff in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic by awarding them a lump-sum payment up to $2,500 and one week of paid time off (PTO) that can be used at any time during their employment with the health system. "Our dedicated staff's response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been nothing short of heroic. Thanks to the courage and commitment of o  more

NEW HYDE PARK, New York, April 24 -- Northwell Health issued the following news: Four Northwell Health obstetrical units that temporarily relocated to make room to care for COVID-19 patients are now back to operating as they were prior to the pandemic. At the height of COVID-19, mothers delivering at Huntington Hospital, Southside Hospital in Bay Shore and the Katz Women's Hospitals at North Shore University Hospital (NSUH) in Manhasset and Long Island Jewish (LIJ) Medical Center in New Hyde P  more

LAWRENCE, New York, April 23 -- Northwell Health issued the following news: To help address the needs of communities in southwest Nassau County and southeast Queens hard-hit by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Northwell Health announced the opening of a temporary outpatient care facility to serve ambulatory, low-acuity and recovering patients in the region. In anticipation of the impact COVID-19 may have locally, the community organized to raise donations and outfit this facility to provide  more

NEW YORK, April 20 -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund issued the following news release on April 17: Yesterday, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Inc. (LDF) joined the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights and over 100 other organizations in a letter to Congress outlining key health and economic security priorities for lawmakers to consider as they continue to respond to COVID-19. "This pandemic calls for the enactment of policies and sufficient funding to protect low- and moderate-in  more

NEW YORK, April 23 -- NYU Langone Health, an academic medical center affiliated with New York University, issued the following news release: Pancreatic cancer cells use a normal waste removal process to hide tags on their surfaces that would otherwise let the immune system destroy them, a new study from NYU Grossman School of Medicine finds. Published online April 22 in Nature, the study results help to answer a longstanding question: why are pancreatic cancers so resistant to immunotherapies,   more

NEW YORK, April 21 -- PEN America issued the following news release on April 20: PEN America launches Local Heroes: Journalists Covering COVID-19, a digital honor roll to recognize journalists and news organizations for their role in keeping citizens informed and for sustaining democratic accountability amid the coronavirus crisis. As part of PEN America's work leading up the World Press Freedom Day on May 3, the Local Heroes project is an online celebration of the work local journalists are do  more

NEW YORK, April 21 -- PEN America issued the following news release: PEN America said that the arrest of more than a dozen different Hong Kong pro-democracy figures represents yet another attempt to punish the government's political opponents for expressing their dissent, this time while Hong Kongers and the international community are distracted by the global coronavirus pandemic. On Saturday, Hong Kong police arrested 15 prominent figures of Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement, including medi  more

NEW YORK, April 23 -- PEN America issued the following news release: President Donald Trump's decision to temporarily halt the issuance of all green cards for people wishing to immigrate to the United States for 60 days deals a devastating blow to cross-cultural exchange and the free flow of ideas and individuals, PEN America said. Over half a million people were granted green cards in the United States last year, many of them are artists, writers, and cultural professionals. Work visas will n  more

NEW YORK, April 22 -- PEN America issued the following news release: Facebook announced this week it would begin removing some posts calling for protests of COVID-19 lockdowns. PEN America said the decision, while perhaps well intended, presents risks to free expression and assembly. "Even at this moment, it is unsettling to see Facebook take the step of determining that certain calls to protest warrant removal from the platform," said Matt Bailey, PEN America's digital freedom program directo  more

NEW YORK, April 25 -- PEN America issued the following news release: A citywide coalition of literary arts organizations sent a letter to the New York City Council insisting that council members consider writers and literary arts organizations as a vital part of the city's artistic infrastructure in its upcoming budget. The letter asks that the council ensure writers and the organizations that support them are included in any relief package designed to revive the arts community amid the coronav  more

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine issued the following news release: Health care providers at the Barnard Medical Center are available Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. until 4 p.m. Eastern to care for patients in Maryland; Virginia; Washington, DC; Missouri; California; and New York. The medical center transitioned to providing 100 percent of its care using telemedicine technology, seeing patients via computer or mobile phone through Chiron Health Telemedicin  more

NEW YORK, April 21 -- The Planned Parenthood Federation of America issued the following news release on April 20: At the request of the Center for Reproductive Rights, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, the American Civil Liberties Union and the American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee - a federal district court in Tennessee granted an emergency motion, allowing clinics to resume procedural abortions during the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision comes after Gov. Bill Lee issued a state o  more

SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vermont, April 22 -- The Population Media Center issued the following news release: In 2017, the groundbreaking book Drawdown reoriented international dialog about human-forced global climate change. The tome became a New York Times bestseller because it demonstrated, clearly and irrefutably, that humanity could take immediate, practical action to lower our global CO2 emissions -- using tools already on hand. Drawdown educated us that we need not wait for silver-bullet soluti  more

MELVILLE, New York, April 20 -- Review of Scientific Instruments, a journal that says it features novel advancements in scientific instrumentation, apparatuses, techniques of experimental measurement and related mathematical analysis, published research articles, including the following topics, in its April 2020 edition: Spectroscopy; Photon Optics & Detectors: * Deeply cooled and temperature controlled microjets: Liquid ammonia solutions released into vacuum for analysis by photoelectron spec  more

NEW YORK, April 21 -- The Risk and Insurance Management Society issued the following news release: RIMS, the risk management society(R), issued a letter (https://www.rims.org/docs/default-source/default-document-library/advocacy/rims_pria_congressional_letter_4_20_2059bb861252c04846be4fbeb66fc4fa32.pdf?sfvrsn=e7440029_0) to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Congress and the Office of U.S. President Donald J. Trump requesting the creation of a pandemic risk insurance program to accelerate eco  more

BUFFALO, New York, April 22 -- The Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center issued the following news release: Two Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center physicians are expanding their leadership roles across the United States and abroad with recent appointments in their respective fields of specialty. Roswell Park's Chief of Lymphoma, Francisco Hernandez-Ilizaliturri, MD, was nominated by his peers as Co-Chair of ClinicalPath's Oncology Pathways Lymphoma Committee. ClinicalPath, formerly Vi  more

BUFFALO, New York, April 24 -- The Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center issued the following news release: Western New York healthcare and medical research leaders are joining forces in an effort to uncover hidden information from the cells of those who have been exposed to the novel coronavirus, seeking insights on how best to care for those who develop COVID-19 illness. Called the Western New York Immunogenomic COVID-19 Study, the new initiative unites three leading regional healthcare or  more

NEW YORK, April 24 -- The Local Initiatives Support Corp. issued the following news release on April 22: Our members are at the heart of everything that we do because of everything they do - and that's especially true for our small business members who serve communities across America. Unfortunately, many small business owners are in duress due to the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, according to the National Federation of Independent Businesses, over 90% of small businesses h  more

NEW YORK, April 20 -- Science Translational Medicine, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Association for the Advancement of Science that focuses on research in the translational medicine community, published research articles, including the following topics, in its April 15, 2020 edition: * Early delivery and prolonged treatment with nimodipine prevents the development of spasticity after spinal cord injury in mice * From GWAS to GEMMs: Sestrin1 and cholesterol biosynthesis * Identific  more

NEW YORK, April 23 -- The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project issued the following news release: The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.), a New York-based privacy group, condemned the White House's planned use of the controversial Silicon Valley firm Palantir to surveil the spread of COVID-19. Palantir was previously condemned for its work assisting Immigration and Customs Enforcement with deportation operations, and there are no legal or technical safeguards to prevent P  more

NEW ROCHELLE, New York, April 22 -- Telemedicine and e-Health, a peer-reviewed journal for telemedicine applications for achieving patient care and outcomes, published research articles on the following topics in its April 2020 edition: * Overview for Implementation of Telemedicine Services in a Large Integrated Multispecialty Health Care System Original Research: * The Effect of Endovascular Thrombectomy Studies on the Decision to Transfer Patients in a Telestroke Network * Telestroke Progr  more

NEW ROCHELLE, New York, April 22 -- The Telemedicine Journal and E-Health, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features telemedicine applications for optimal patient care and outcomes, published research articles on the following topics in its April 2020 edition: * Overview for Implementation of Telemedicine Services in a Large Integrated Multispecialty Health Care System Original Research: * The Effect of Endovascular Thrombectomy Studies on the Decision to Transfer Patients in a Telestroke  more

NEW YORK, April 22 -- The International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution issued the following news release: The International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR), a global non-profit organization that advances dispute prevention and resolution practices and solutions, announced that it has created a new Annotated Model Procedural Order for Remote Video Arbitration Proceedings. "The new hearing room may be "virtual" but the proceeding itself is unquestionably   more

NEW ROCHELLE, New York, April 21 -- Tissue Engineering Part C-Methods Journal published research articles on the following topics in its April 2020 edition: * Approaches for In Situ Monitoring of Matrix Development in Hydrogel-Based Engineered Cartilage * Gelatin Hydrogel-Fragmented Fibers Suppress Shrinkage of Cell Sheet * Rapid and Detergent-Free Decellularization of Cartilage * Single-Cell Determination of Cardiac Microtissue Structure and Function Using Light Sheet Microscopy The April   more

NEW YORK, April 21 -- The U.S. Fund for UNICEF issued the following statement by Executive Director Henrietta Fore with Filippo Grandi, UN high commissioner for refugees: "Millions of children around the world have been driven from their homes and across borders by conflict, violence and other forms of harm - including 12.7 million refugees and 1.1 million asylum seekers. "With the rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, the needs of refugee children have become even more acute. Meeting those n  more

NEW YORK, April 21 -- The U.S. Fund for UNICEF issued the following news release on April 20: The COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak continues to spread throughout the Middle East and North Africa region with over 105,419 cases and 5,699 associated deaths. Iran recorded the highest number of cases among all countries in the region with nearly 80 percent of total cases in the region. "The region has the biggest number of children in need in the world due to ongoing conflicts and wars. It has the h  more

NEW YORK, April 25 -- The U.S. Fund for UNICEF issued the following news release: Thousands of children living in the Pacific Islands remain in urgent need in the aftermath of Tropical Cyclone Harold, a category five cyclone that tore through Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji and Tonga causing widespread destruction to homes, schools, medical clinics, as well as damaging food crops and water supplies. UNICEF is supporting the government responses in Vanuatu, Fiji and Solomon Islands to reach thos  more

NEW YORK, April 21 -- The U.S. Fund for UNICEF issued the following news release: UNICEF and Microsoft Corp. announced the expansion of a global learning platform to help children and youth affected by COVID-19 continue their education at home. The Learning Passport started off as a partnership between UNICEF, Microsoft and the University of Cambridge and its departments Cambridge University Press and Cambridge Assessment, designed to provide education for displaced and refugee children throu  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 23 -- The Union of Concerned Scientists issued the following statement: Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker officially established that the state will effectively emit no "net" global warming emissions by the year 2050, making the state the third to set a legally binding net zero target. The state will reduce its emissions by at least 85 percent by 2050--an emissions reduction commitment matched only by New York's. The remainder of the state's emissions will be capt  more

NEW YORK, April 24 -- UNITE HERE, a labor union for workers in the hotel, gaming, food service, manufacturing, textile, distribution, laundry, transportation and airport industries in the U.S. and Canada, issued the following statement: D. Taylor, the International President of UNITE HERE, the hospitality union with over 95% of its members unemployed as a result of the global coronavirus pandemic, praised House Democrats for introducing the Worker Health Coverage Protection Act that would cover  more

NEW YORK, April 23 -- The United Way Worldwide issued the following news release: BET announces partnership with TIDAL, global music and entertainment platform, to live-stream the "SAVING OUR SELVES: A BET COVID-19 RELIEF EFFORT," special for free on TIDAL.com/BET. TIDAL members and non-members will be able to tune-in live starting at 8:00 pm EST. Additionally, Pluto TV, the leading free streaming television service in the US, will live-stream the special at 8 pm EST on Wednesday, April 22nd. F  more

NEW YORK, April 23 -- Vital Strategies issued the following statement by President and CEO Jose Luis Castro: "Vital Strategies is proud to join Governor Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Mike Bloomberg in their ambitious new contact tracing program, which we hope will serve as a catalyst for other life-saving efforts to address COVID-19 across the U.S. An essential public health tool, country-wide contact testing and tracing will be critical to controlling the infection rate of COVID-19 and will ultimate  more

NEW YORK, April 18 -- Vital Strategies issued the following news release: As states roll out plans to gradually re-open society,Dr. Tom Frieden, former CDC Director and President and CEO of Resolve to Save Lives, an initiative of global health organization Vital Strategies, released a detailed report outlining critical actions governments and society must commit to - and invest in - to get ahead of the COVID-19 pandemic. "Since the novel coronavirus started circling the globe, it has forced mu  more

NEW YORK, April 21 -- The Volcker Alliance issued the following news release: The Volcker Alliance and the Penn Institute for Urban Research (Penn IUR) launched a special briefing series on the impact of COVID-19 on the fiscal outlook of state and local governments. The inaugural event, which took place on April 16, 2020, was the first in a new series of sixty-minute online conversations featuring experts from the Volcker Alliance's national research network and Penn IUR, along with other leadi  more

NEW YORK, April 22 -- Waterkeeper Alliance issued the following news release on April 20: The Klamath Tribes, impacted landowners, and over 25 public interest organizations submitted a joint request for rehearing to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on its decision to conditionally approve the Jordan Cove LNG export terminal and Pacific Connector fracked gas pipeline. The broad coalition's rehearing request challenges FERC's imbalanced and inadequate review of the Jordan Cove LNG   more

NEW YORK, April 23 -- The American Geriatrics Society issued the following news release on April 22: As federal and state officials announce plans for reopening the U.S., the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) reiterates important priorities for reopening a country where more individuals than ever before are older adults. Today's U.S. is home to more than 50 million people 65-years-old and older, and tomorrow's U.S. is building the momentum we need for millions more to contribute to our communi  more