EAST STROUDSBURG, Pennsylvania, May 8 -- East Stroudsburg University issued the following news release: East Stroudsburg University President Marcia G. Welsh, Ph.D., announced the appointment of Karen Lucas as ESU's vice president of enrollment management effective July 1, 2020. With more than 27 years of work experience in higher education, Lucas comes to ESU from the University of North Florida (UNF) where she most recently served as assistant vice president of enrollment services. She also s  more

NEW YORK, May 8 -- New York-Presbyterian Hospital issued the following news release: Hydroxychloroquine has been widely administered to COVID-19 patients but without robust evidence supporting its use. Recent laboratory studies (1 and 2) suggested that hydroxychloroquine may prevent the SARS-CoV-2 virus from replicating in mammalian cells. Data from small clinical studies have been difficult to interpret. What's different about this study The study included nearly 1,400 patients and is curren  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) - a lead negotiator of the bipartisan Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act and the lead Democrat on the Senate subcommittee that funds the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - announced that New Hampshire is set to receive $2.7 million to help the state's fishermen and seafood industry survive the economic impact from the COVI  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, joined Senators Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Jack Reed (D-R.I.), along with a bipartisan group of lawmakers, in pushing to make sure urgently needed federal assistance is delivered to America's fishermen and seafood processors, who have been hit hard   more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine), and Angus King (I-Maine) joined a bipartisan group of 25 Senators in pushing for more federal assistance to America's fishermen and seafood processors, who have been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. In their letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, the senators request that upcoming coronavirus relief legislation include n  more

LOWELL, Massachusetts, May 8 -- The University of Massachusetts Lowell campus issued the following news release: The COVID-19 pandemic dominates views of government, politics and virtually all aspects of daily life, according to a new poll of Massachusetts voters released today. The poll by the UMass Lowell Center for Public Opinion of 1,000 Massachusetts registered voters found that a majority like the state's response to the pandemic and dislike how the federal government is handling it. Ei  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, May 8 -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: Erik Hess, MD, MSc, professor and interim chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Medicine, has been named the new chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine for Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He will join the faculty on July 1. Hess, a physician-scientist, succeeds Corey Slovis, MD, who has served as the department's leader f  more