CHICAGO, Illinois, May 1 -- The Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital issued the following news release: A novel drug called luspatercept has shown to reduce the need for blood transfusions in patients with an inherited blood disorder called transfusion-dependent beta-thalassemia. The findings, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, shed light on the potential for disease modifying therapies helping patients with severe cases of the disease who require lifelong blood transfusi  more

PORTLAND, Maine, May 1 -- The Maine Medical Center issued the following news release: Maine Medical Center (MMC) will hold a virtual celebration on Saturday, May 2 to recognize the eighth cohort of Maine Track program students who graduated from Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston on April 24. After completing the program that includes classroom instruction in Boston with community-based practice in Maine, this year's class of 40 will begin residencies this summer. This year's celebr  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) led her colleagues in urging additional, robust funding for the Surveillance for Emerging Threats to Mothers and Babies program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the next COVID-19 stimulus package. The program helps to detect and respond to public health crises' impact on pregnant and postpartum individuals, as well as infants and young children  more