INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, May 8 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana issued the following statement: Police officers fatally shot Dreasjon Reed last night near Michigan and 62nd street, in Indianapolis. Police have said the man opened fire after a car chase, but disturbing live video taken on Reed's phone of the incident has concerned many members of the community. * * * "We join many in the community by calling for a prompt, thorough, and transparent investigation into the deadly sh  more

WAYNE COUNTY, Michigan, May 5 -- The Advancement Project, a 501(c)3 non-profit that develops and inspires community-based solutions based on the high quality legal analysis and public education campaigns, issued the following news on May 4: Advocates warn outbreak is imminent inside county jail Several civil rights and racial justice groups filed a federal lawsuit calling for the release of people inside Wayne County Jail, arguing that county officials are risking the lives of everyone inside   more

EAST LANSING, Michigan, May 5 -- The American Board of Emergency Medicine issued the following statement: The American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) and the American Osteopathic Board of Emergency Medicine (AOBEM) define the standards for the care of the pediatric patient in an emergency department. Certification by ABEM or AOBEM obviates any additional certifications required for medical staff privileges or disease-specific care center designations, such as pediatric emergency department  more

DEARBORN, Michigan, May 5 -- The American Human Rights Council issued the following news release: Due to the pandemic and the requirements of social distancing, AHRC's 2020 "Spirit of Humanity" Awards & Gala Dinner has been rescheduled. The new date is Friday, December 4, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. The Gala will be held at the Greenfield Manor Banquet Hall in Dearborn. AHRC is optimistic that by December our world would have returned to normalcy. AHRC expresses its sincere appreciation to all its frien  more

DEARBORN, Michigan, May 8 -- The American Human Rights Council issued the following news release: The American Human Rights Council (AHRC-USA) salutes all nurses and their assistants for their tireless work helping save lives, especially during these Covid-19 pandemic days. This year's World Nurses Day began on May 6 and ends on May 12. May 12 is International Nurses day. Every day of the year nurses work long hours, under challenging work conditions, to save lives. Their work has been made ma  more

SCHAUMBURG, Illinois, May 7 -- The American Medical Women's Association issued the following news: Nationwide, healthcare workers continue to face shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE). The American Medical Women's Association has joined efforts with The Robonauts, a 501(c)(3) non-profit founded to teach STEM and leadership skills to young learners, to help provide 3-D printed face shields to healthcare providers around the country. The partnership was launched by Michelle Benedict,  more

ROYAL OAK, Michigan, May 5 -- Beaumont Health issued the following news release: Researchers at Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak have begun enrolling patients in a new clinical study aimed at treating COVID-19 patients with two common drugs - naltrexone and ketamine. It's called SINK COVID-19, or the Study of Immunomodulation using Naltrexone and Ketamine for COVID-19. The single center, randomized study is only for patients, 18 years and older, hospitalized at Beaumont, Royal Oak for the treatmen  more

ROYAL OAK, Michigan, May 5 -- Beaumont Health issued the following news release: Beaumont Hospital, Wayne will reopen Tuesday, May 5 at 8:00 a.m. to serve both COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 patients. The campus will reopen in phases as the health system brings staff back. "We are thrilled to begin re-opening the Wayne campus in phases as we carefully prepare for another potential COVID-19 surge. We have always said that we remain committed to the Wayne community and we are eager to begin providing  more

DETROIT, Michigan, May 7 -- The Detroit Medical Center issued the following news release on May 6: Detroit Medical Center hospitals honor their nurses during National Nurses Week (May 6-12), an annual celebration that recognizes the value of nursing. The theme this year, Compassion|Expertise|Trust, celebrates qualities in nursing that are perhaps more important than ever before as nurses are serving on the front lines of care during the COVID-19 pandemic. "Nursing is one of the most rewarding   more

SCHAUMBURG, Illinois, May 7 -- The American Veterinary Medical Association issued the following news release: The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) honored Dr. Janice Siegford as the winner of the 2020 AVMA Humane Award. The AVMA Humane Award is presented to a non-veterinarian who has helped advance the welfare of animals through leadership, public service, education, research/product development, or advocacy. Dr. Siegford, a professor of animal science and welfare at Michigan St  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, May 6 -- The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy issued the following news: Research has shown that in an economic downturn, students often shift to studying more career-oriented subjects like health sciences or engineering. The 2008 recession confirmed this trend: after remaining stable for the previous decade, from 2008 to 2018 the number of students studying the social sciences and humanities dropped from 29% to 23%. The possible impact of the current economic downtur  more

LONDON, England, May 5 -- Environmental Communication, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features communication, media, society and environmental issues, including climate change, natural resources, sustainability, conservation, wildlife, ecosystems, water, environmental health, food and agriculture and energy, published research articles on the following topics in its May 2020 edition: * Affective Encounters with Tidal Livelihoods: Digital Field Rhetorics for Justice and Care * Assigning B  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, May 5 -- The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy issued the following news: The U.S. intelligence community needs to enhance the size and expertise of the relatively small team working on infectious diseases, according to Ford School's Towsley Foundation Policymaker in Residence, Javed Ali. In a May 4th article in New America (link is external), he outlines potential pathways to build that capacity. Ali notes that U.S. intelligence agencies had detected and briefed seni  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, May 9 -- The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy issued the following news: Temporary Assistance For Needy Families, or TANF, was created as part of the 1996 Welfare Reform bill as a way to give cash assistance to those most vulnerable. Yet at a time when millions of Americans are in dire need of cash assistance, the program has not been part of federal coronavirus relief efforts. Luke Shaefer, professor of public policy at the Ford School, said the omission is "pretty a  more

MCLEAN, Virginia, May 8 -- The Interstitial Cystitis Association issued the following news: Researchers at Beaumont Health System in Michigan working to develop the first objective diagnostic test for IC have temporarily shifted gears to help address the COVID-19 pandemic--but will return to IC research later this year. Dr. Michael Chancellor, Dr. Laura Lamb, and Sarah Bartolone shifted gears early this year to develop a rapid test for COVID-19 that can be interpreted by medical professionals   more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, May 7 -- The Journal of Clinical Investigation-Insight, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features preclinical and clinical research studies from the American Society for Clinical Investigation, published research articles, including the following topics, in its May 7, 2020 edition: * Signaling pathways predisposing to chronic kidney disease progression * Stabilization of desmoglein-2 binding rescues arrhythmia in arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy * A human-origin probioti  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, May 7 -- The Journal of Personality Disorders, a journal that says it features diagnosis and treatment of personality disorder from the International Society for the Study of Personality Disorders, published research articles on the following topics in its April 2020 edition: * Characterizing Couple Dysfunction in Borderline Personality Disorder * Cognitive Reappraisal of Negative Emotional Images in Borderline Personality Disorder: Content Analysis, Perceived Effectivenes  more

MIDLAND, Michigan, May 9 -- The Mackinac Center for Public Policy issued the following news release: A coalition of state-based think tanks, led by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, is urging the federal government to rethink state and local financial bailouts that are not directly associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. In a letter addressed to Majority Leader McConnell, Speaker Pelosi and Minority leaders Schumer and McCarthy, the coalition calls on Congress to closely examine future reli  more

LANSING, Michigan, May 5 -- The Michigan Bankers Association issued the following news release: Michigan's banks have worked tirelessly during the second tranche of the Small Business Administration (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). Over 60,000 loans have been approved totaling over $5 billion statewide. "Teams of bankers at institutions of all sizes, across both peninsulas, literally worked around the clock to meet the needs of their small business customers," stated T. Rann Paynter, P  more

LANSING, Michigan, May 8 -- The Michigan Economic Development Corp. issued the following news release: PlanetM, the mobility initiative of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC), announced the latest recipients of the PlanetM Mobility Grant program. Four mobility companies - Adastec, IXR Mobility, KTISIS and SafeMode - received a total of more than $300,000 to pilot their mobility solutions in Michigan, including improved roadway and vehicle safety, automated vehicles and accessib  more

LANSING, Michigan, May 8 -- The Michigan Economic Development Corp. issued the following news release: The Michigan State Historic Preservation Office has been awarded a $50,000 African American Civil Rights grant from the National Park Service, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation announced. The funding will be used to conduct an intensive-level historic resource survey to identify and document sites related to the African American experience in Muskegon County. The research will be d  more

LANSING, Michigan, May 7 -- The Michigan Economic Development Corp. issued the following news release: More than 2,700 small businesses around Michigan have been awarded a total of $10 million in grants by local economic development organizations through the Michigan Small Business Relief Program, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation announced.The program was launched to provide relief for small businesses that have been negatively impacted by the COVID-19 crisis. "The Michigan Small   more

MUSKEGON, Michigan, May 5 -- The Michigan Nurses Association issued the following news release: A local nurse filed a lawsuit Friday alleging that he was fired from Hackley Hospital in retaliation for publicly raising concerns about the safety of frontline health care workers and patients - a violation of the Michigan Whistleblower Protection Act and the Michigan Public Health Code. Justin Howe, RN, is supported in his lawsuit by the Michigan Nurses Association. The lawsuit is expected to be en  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Protect Our Care issued the following news: This week, Protect Our Care hosted press calls across the country with Democratic attorneys general and elected officials to bring attention to the Trump-Republican lawsuit to overturn the Affordable Care Act and discuss the briefs from state AGs and the House of Representatives filed Wednesday in the Supreme Court. On press calls with attorneys general and elected officials in Arizona, Iowa, Maine, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolin  more

DEARBORN, Michigan, May 7 -- The Society of Manufacturing Engineers issued the following news release: General Motors Co.'s quarterly profit plunged as the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pared demand and caused the automaker to close factories. However, GM results were better than had been expected by financial analysts. The Detroit-based company also said it intends to reopen the bulk of its U.S. and Canadian operations on May 18 "under extensive safety measures." GM posted a first-quarter pro  more

DEARBORN, Michigan, May 8 -- The Society of Manufacturing Engineers issued the following news release: U.S. manufacturing lost 1.33 million jobs in April as the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) slammed the economy. Makers of durable goods lost 914,000 jobs while non-durable goods manufacturing cut 416,000 jobs, according to a breakdown by industry issued today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The number of manufacturing jobs plunged to 11.488 million on a seasonally adjusted basis. That's   more

DEARBORN, Michigan, May 8 -- The Society of Manufacturing Engineers issued the following news release: U.S. electronics manufacturers are faced with multiple challenges of historic proportions, including transportation delays, dwindling demand and supply chain disruption, after the deadly COVID-19 outbreak upended China's biggest production hubs. Even though China, which makes as much as 90 percent of the world's computers and 70 percent of mobile phones, has been slowly reopening its factorie  more

DETROIT, Michigan, May 8 -- The United Automobile Workers issued the following statement by President Rory L. Gamble: "Throughout this worldwide crisis, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has been a leading voice to make sure that scientific data and the health and safety of all Michiganders was the priority in managing pandemic decisions. "Governor Whitmer has at all times been inclusive and focused on building consensus to do what is right for the health and safety of UAW members and all of   more

DETROIT, Michigan, May 8 -- The United Automobile Workers issued the following statement by President Rory L. Gamble: "We all knew this day would come at some point. "While the companies have the sole contractual right to determine the opening of plants, our UAW focus and role is and will continue to be, on health and safety protocols in which we have the contractual right to protect our members. "As we have said, our dialogue with all of our employers and employment sectors about the safety   more

DETROIT, Michigan, May 6 -- The United Automobile Workers issued the following statement by President Rory L. Gamble: "The UAW has and continues to have dialogue with all of our employers and employment sectors about the safety and security surrounding reopening worksites. "In the case of the Big 3, through the Task Force we have had an ongoing dialogue and we have supported a number of measures put in place to address Center for Disease Control (CDC) and World Health Organization (WHO) guidel  more

DETROIT, Michigan, May 7 -- The United Automobile Workers issued the following statement by President Rory L. Gamble: "As we stated yesterday in regard to FCA, the UAW has and continues to have dialogue with all of our employers and employment sectors about the safety and security surrounding reopening worksites. "In the case of the Big 3, through the Task Force we have had an ongoing dialogue and we have supported a number of measures put in place to address Center for Disease Control (CDC) a  more

COLUMBIA, Maryland, May 8 -- The Universities Space Research Association issued the following news release: Universities Space Research Association (USRA), an association of 111 universities, announces the election results from its annual meeting for its Board of Trustees and Council of Institutions. Dr. Renu Malhotra of the University of Arizona was elected to serve as Chair of the 113-member Council, Dr. Brian E. Gilchrist of the University of Michigan was elected Vice Chair of the Council, a  more

LANSING, Michigan, May 8 -- The Michigan League for Public Policy issued the following news release: With almost 70,000 new Michigan workers applying for Unemployment Insurance last week--and 1 million workers since March 16--and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer extending and expanding on her executive order last night to do what she can to help them, the COVID-19 crisis has unfortunately made clear just how inadequate the state's Unemployment Insurance (UI) system has become. A timely new report from the  more