DALLAS, Texas, May 12 -- The American Heart Association issued the following news release: The American Heart Association, the leading global public health organization devoted to a world of longer healthier lives, announced a significant $5.9 million gift from Sarah (Sally) Ross Soter and her husband, Bill, with support from the Soter Kay Foundation, which is led by her daughter and grandchildren. Soter, a long-time volunteer and patron, and Bill, made a personal commitment of $5.6 million to  more

AUSTIN, Texas, May 15 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas issued the following news release: A Texas appeals court ruled that a lower court order recognizing that voters who do not have immunity from COVID-19 meet the standard for voting by mail under Texas law and blocking efforts by the state to prevent counties from allowing voters to vote by mail during the COVID-19 pandemic remains in effect while it is being appealed. Tommy Buser-Clancy, senior staff attorney for the ACLU of T  more

AUSTIN, Texas, May 15 -- 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: A Texas appeals court today ruled that a lower court order remains in effect recognizing that voters who do not have immunity from COVID-19 meet the standard for voting by mail under Texas law. It also blocked efforts by the state to prevent counties from all  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, May 14 -- The American Diabetes Association issued the following news release: Twenty patient groups representing millions of Americans with pre-existing conditions filed an amicus curiae ("friend-of-the-court") brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in the case California v. Texas (previously Texas v. United States), citing the devastating impact patients would face should the court rule to invalidate the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the cas  more

DALLAS, Texas, May 14 -- The American Heart Association issued the following news release: Drinking one or more sugary beverages a day was associated with a nearly 20% greater likelihood of women having a cardiovascular disease compared to women who rarely or never drank sugary beverages, according to new research published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open access journal of the American Heart Association. In the large, ongoing California Teacher's Study, which began in  more

DALLAS, Texas, May 14 -- The American Heart Association issued the following news release: Leading stroke experts from the American Heart Association's Stroke Council issued a new framework/guidance, "Pre-hospital Triage of Acute Stroke Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic," to establish protocols that optimize handling suspected stroke cases before they arrive at a hospital during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis and future pandemics. The article is published in Stroke, a journal of the American S  more

DALLAS, Texas, May 12 -- The American Heart Association issued the following news release: How children are fed may be just as important as what they are fed, according to a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association, "Caregiver Influences on Eating Behaviors in Young Children," published in the Journal of the American Heart Association. The statement is the first from the Association focused on providing evidence-based strategies for parents and caregivers to create a health  more

DALLAS, Texas, May 16 -- The American Heart Association issued the following news release: Patients who receive home health care after a heart attack are less likely to be readmitted to the hospital within 30 days after discharge, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Quality of Care & Outcomes Research (QCOR) Scientific Sessions 2020. The QCOR Scientific Sessions is a virtual event in 2020, to be held May 15-17, and is a premier global exchange of the latest advan  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- The American Humanist Association issued the following news release: On Monday, leaders of the American Humanist Association (AHA) scolded Judson Independent School District (JISD) located in Live Oak, Texas for promoting prayer on a high school's marquee, the school's most prominent outdoor advertising tool. The AHA's letter details that for at least two weeks in April, the words "Just Pray" were prominently displayed on the Judson High School marquee at the entrance to   more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The American Lung Association issued the following news release: Twenty patient groups representing millions of Americans with pre-existing conditions filed an amicus curiae ("friend-of-the-court") brief today with the U.S. Supreme Court in the case California v. Texas (previously Texas v. United States), citing the devastating impact patients would face should the court rule to invalidate the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the case after  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, May 14 -- The American Medical Association issued the following news release: Amid a global health crisis and in defense of significant coverage gains and key patient protection provisions within the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the American Medical Association (AMA) and other leading physician organizations filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of California v. Texas. In the filing, amici cite significant evidence Congress never intended to invalidate t  more

CARROLLTON, Texas, May 14 -- The Athletic Training Education Journal, a journal from the National Athletic Trainers' Association, published research articles on the following topics in its January/March 2020 edition: * Athletic Training Educators' Perceptions of Using Standardized Patients in Teaching * Perceived Challenges of Clinical Immersion in Professional Master's Programs: A Report from the Athletic Training Clinical Education Network * Athletic Trainers' Perceptions of Advanced Clinic  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, May 14 -- The Campaign Legal Center issued the following news release: The nonpartisan Campaign Legal Center (CLC) is serving as legal counsel for the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) and its Texas chapter in a new lawsuit challenging the restrictive eligibility criteria Texas uses to make it exceedingly difficult to request and cast an absentee ballot. "Expanding voter access during a global pandemic should not be a partisan issue," said Trevor Potter, pres  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network issued the following news release: Twenty patient groups representing millions of Americans with pre-existing conditions filed an amicus curiae ("friend-of-the-court") brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in the case California v. Texas (previously Texas v. United States), citing the devastating impact patients would face should the court rule to invalidate the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear   more

NORTHAMPTON, Massachusetts, May 14 -- The Center for Public Representation issued the following news: CPR, along with 18 other national disability rights organizations, filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court defending the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which provides important protections for people with disabilities. In March, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in the case, formerly known as Texas v. US and now known as California v. Texas, which it will hear next term. The repeal of the A  more

DALLAS, Texas, May 12 -- Circulation, a journal from the American Heart Association, published research articles, including the following topics, in its May 12, 2020 edition: * Comprehensive Evaluation of Rhythm Monitoring Strategies in Screening for Atrial Fibrillation: Insights From Patients at Risk Monitored Long Term With an Implantable Loop Recorder * Echocardiographic Results of Transcatheter Versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Low-Risk Patients: The PARTNER 3 Trial * Coronary A  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- The Alliance of Community Health Plans issued the following news release: Margaret A. Murray, Chief Executive Officer of the Association for Community Affiliated Plans (ACAP) and Ceci Connolly, President and CEO of the Alliance of Community Health Plans (ACHP), made the following statements on a joint amicus curiae brief filed by the two associations in the matter of California vs. Texas, the case seeking to invalidate the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in its entirety. The br  more

SANTA BARBARA, California, May 15 -- Direct Relief issued the following news: Before COVID-19, it was hard enough to get pediatric cancer drugs in Uganda. "You might have a child with leukemia, and only three or four of the six or seven drugs that are needed to treat the leukemia optimally would be available," said Dr. David Poplack, the director of Global HOPE, a Texas Children's Hospital program working to improve pediatric cancer outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa. Supplies in many countries i  more

DALLAS, Texas, May 14 -- Baylor Scott and White Health issued the following news release: Erin Blair has been named president of Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - McKinney after having served in many roles at the medical center, including interim president. "Erin is a thoughtful leader with sound principles," said Jerri Garison, region president of Baylor Scott & White Health in North Texas. "She was instrumental in opening Baylor Scott & White - McKinney in 2012 and has helped the medical  more

NEW YORK, May 15 -- Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a campaign of Everytown for Gun Safety, issued the following news: Everytown for Gun Safety, Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both a part of Everytown's grassroots network, responded to open carry demonstrations by extremists opposed to stay-at-home orders issued to protect public health during the COVID-19 crisis. Armed protesters in Michigan, Texas, and North Carolina in recent days have once again brought the dang  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- First Focus on Children issued the following news release: First Focus on Children and The Children's Partnership filed a friend-of-the-court brief urging the Supreme Court to preserve the benefits the Affordable Care Act extends to America's children and young adults. In California v. Texas, the Court will consider whether the ACA remains constitutional after a lower court struck down the law's individual mandate. The justices will review a ruling by the U.S. Court of Ap  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- First Focus issued the following news release: First Focus on Children and The Children's Partnership filed a friend-of-the-court brief urging the Supreme Court to preserve the benefits the Affordable Care Act extends to America's children and young adults. In California v. Texas, the Court will consider whether the ACA remains constitutional after a lower court struck down the law's individual mandate. The justices will review a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for th  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- The Free Press issued the following news release: On Wednesday, Rep. Marc Veasey (D-Texas) announced he would introduce as a standalone bill the strong Emergency Broadband Connectivity Fund provisions in the HEROES Act, the House of Representatives' COVID-19 relief package that was unveiled earlier this week. Veasey's emergency broadband-benefits bill authorizes a fund of up to $8.8 billion over the next two years to support affordable broadband connections for low-income  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Human Rights First issued the following news release: Nearly two dozen human rights, immigrant rights, and civil rights advocates and service providers, including Human Rights First, are coming together to seek the release of immigrants and asylum-seekers in detention. In the face of continued refusal by federal authorities to use discretion to release people from immigration detention, the groups will leverage the influence of their grassroots supporters to petition the   more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release on May 15: Nearly two dozen human rights, immigrant rights, and civil rights advocates and service providers are coming together to seek the release of immigrants and asylum-seekers in detention. In the face of continued refusal by federal authorities to use discretion to release people from immigration detention, the groups will leverage the influence of their grassroots supporters to petition the governors of Californ  more

DALLAS, Texas, May 14 -- Hypertension, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Heart Association that says it presents reports on clinical and laboratory investigations in the field of blood pressure regulation and the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying hypertensive diseases, published research articles, including the following topics, in its June 2020 edition: * Animal Models of Preeclampsia: Causes, Consequences, and Interventions * Renin-Angiotensin System Blockers and the COVID-19   more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, May 15 -- The Intercultural Development Research Association issued the following news release: San Antonio, May 14, 2020 -- IDRA launched a partnership with two community-based organizations in the Texas Rio Grande Valley to help Spanish-speaking families navigate virtual classrooms while schools are closed due to COVID-19. Mentors from the College Scholarship Leadership Access Program (CSLAP) provide tech support to members of ARISE, a grassroots organization that promote  more

AUSTIN, Texas, May 13 -- The International Journal of Gynecological Cancer, a journal that says it contributes to the study, prevention and treatment of gynaecological cancer from the International Gynecologic Cancer Society and European Society of Gynaecological Oncology, published research articles, including the following topics, in its May 2020 edition: * COVID-19 Global Pandemic: Options for Management of Gynecologic Cancers Surgery: * Risk of cardiovascular disease after preventive sal  more

WACO, Texas, May 16 -- The Journal of Church and State, a journal that says it features constitutional, historical, philosophical, theological, and sociological studies on religion and the body politic in various countries and cultures of the world from the J.M. Dawson Institute of Church-State Studies, published research articles on the following topics in its Spring 2020 edition: * Ethnicity, War, and Peace in Burma * Israel's Settlement Project: The Formative Years, 1974-1977 * One Volk, O  more

MANHATTAN, Kansas, May 16 -- The Journalism Education Association issued the following news: Seven student media advisers have been appointed to a Scholastic Journalism Week committee to plan and execute the organization's signature SJW programming. PJ Cabrera, CJE, will lead the group as program coordinator. Cabrera teaches journalism at Judson High School in Converse, Texas, where he advises The Fuel student newspaper and The Rocket yearbook. In his 10th year teaching, Cabrera also serves as  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights issued the following news release: Urging Congress to make policy choices that address the pandemic's impact on the justice system, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights will launch a series of radio ads tomorrow to underscore the need to protect the health and safety of people in jails, prisons, and detention centers and those who have been released in the next COVID-19 relief bill. The radio ads will run i  more

WACO, Texas, May 13 -- Limnology and Oceanography Journal, a peer-reviewed journal from the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography, published research articles on the following topics in its May 2020 edition: * Taxon-specific dark survival of diatoms and flagellates affects Arctic phytoplankton composition during the polar night and early spring * Response of density stratification, aquatic chemistry, and methylmercury to engineered and hydrologic forcings in an endorheic l  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- The League of United Latin American Citizens issued the following news release: The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, challenging Texas' restrictions on mail-in ballots. As it stands, Texas law restricts access to mail-in ballots to voters who are over 65, people who are in jail and not convicted, people who will be out of the county, and people who are sick or disabled. T  more

ARLINGTON, Texas, May 13 -- The Meals On Wheels Association of America issued the following news release: In less than two months since establishing the Meals on Wheels COVID-19 Response Fund to meet the increased demand for services, Meals on Wheels America announced it has distributed more than $7.1 million in emergency funding to local senior nutrition providers actively responding to the evolving COVID-19 crisis across the country. "With all Americans being urged to remain at home, we are   more

TYLER, Texas, May 12 -- Mentoring Minds issued the following news: Mentoring Minds, the leading provider of K-12 critical thinking materials, announces the launch of its Instructional Management Platform. As a customizable end-to-solution for school districts, the platform pairs the benefits of the ThinkUp! Standards Mastery SystemTM with enhanced instructional, assessment and reporting capabilities. "We love the rigor that the ThinkUp! Standards Mastery System offers, and are grateful to be a  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- NARAL Pro-Choice America issued the following news release on May 14: NARAL Pro-Choice America announced its endorsement of Sri Preston Kulkarni in his campaign to represent Texas' 22nd Congressional District. Kulkarni is a lifelong public servant and national security expert who is running for the open seat being vacated by anti-choice Republican Representative Pete Olson. Kulkarni will be facing off in November against one of two anti-choice Republican candidates, to be   more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- The National Health Law Program issued the following news release: As the United States struggles to overcome the most significant health crisis in a century, the National Health Law Program is proud to file an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in California v. Texas, a case that will decide the fate of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Over the last decade, the ACA has provided comprehensive health coverage to millions in the United States and some of the ACA's provis  more

LUBBOCK, Texas, May 15 -- The National Sorghum Producers issued the following statement by CEO Tim Lust on the Department of Agriculture biotechnology 340 final rule: The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced their final rule on plant biotechnology regulations which will revise decades old regulations regarding the development of certain genetically engineered organisms. * * * "We are pleased USDA has moved forward with the rulemaking process, following earlier guidelines to include new p  more

DES PLAINES, Illinois, May 14 -- The National Insurance Crime Bureau issued the following news release on May 13: The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) and the Rocky Mountain Insurance Association (RMIA) are partnering to warn Coloradans about "storm chasers." In a recent report issued just a few weeks ago, NICB named Colorado second only to Texas in the number of hail damage insurance claims from 2017-2019. "Partnerships like this are critical in helping consumers understand the importa  more

AUSTIN, Texas, May 13 -- Operative Dentistry, a peer-reviewed journal from the Academy of Operative Dentistry, published research articles on the following topics in its May/June 2020 edition: * A Conservative Approach to Ceramic Veneers: A Case Report * An Improved Direct Injection Technique With Flowable Composites. A Digital Workflow Case Report CLINICAL RESEARCH: * Clinical Performance of a Glass Hybrid Restorative in Extended Size Class II Cavities * The Dental Amalgam Phasedown in Ne  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Protect Our Care issued the following news on May 12: On a press call, Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Laura Hatcher of Little Lobbyists, along with Protect Our Care discussed the dire consequences of California v. Texas, the Trump-Republican lawsuit to overturn the Affordable Care Act. Participants on today's call brought attention to the real-life impact of overturning the law and what ripping health care from 20 million Americans would look like for communities who rely  more

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, May 15 -- Southern Poverty Law Center issued the following news on May 14: SPLC joins the Military Religious Freedom Foundation and other civil liberties groups in calling for the removal of headstones bearing swastikas on the graves of Nazi soldiers buried in national veterans cemeteries in Texas and Utah. Surely the Veterans administration does not support Nazis. Have they forgotten the nearly half-million of American soldiers who sacrificed their lives to defeat them in  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, May 13 -- Southwest Research Institute issued the following news release: Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has expanded its capacity to develop and certify fuels from alternative sources with a new, custom fixed-bed reactor. The SwRI-designed system can be used for refinery processes, such as hydrotreating and hydrocracking, to produce a stable fuel ready for vehicle use. Hydrotreating is an established refinery process for reducing sulfur, nitrogen, oxygen and olefins i  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, May 12 -- Southwest Research Institute issued the following news release: A Southwest Research Institute scientist modeled the atmosphere of Mars to help determine that salty pockets of water present on the Red Planet are likely not habitable by life as we know it on Earth. A team that also included scientists from Universities Space Research Association (USRA) and the University of Arkansas helped allay planetary protection concerns about contaminating potential Martian eco  more

AUSTIN, Texas, May 14 -- The State Bar of Texas issued the following news release: The Texas Bar Foundation has awarded the Texas Lawyers' Assistance Program (TLAP) a $54,000 grant for a comprehensive suicide-prevention project that will include an hour-long educational video, suicide-prevention materials, and a number of statewide training events. The project--"Stop Minding Your Own Business: What Every Lawyer and Law Student Must Know about Depression and Suicide"--seeks to address a troubli  more

AUSTIN, Texas, May 12 -- The Alliance for Retired Americans issued the following news release: The Texas Alliance for Retired Americans and one of its members filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in the Western District of Texas to protect the rights of older Texas voters during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Alliance was joined in the suit by Voto Latino, the Texas Conference of the NAACP and four other individuals. The lawsuit alleges that the State of Texas vote by mail requirements will   more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The Texas Association of Broadcasters issued the following news: With the cancelation of the 2020 TAB Show prompted by the ongoing pandemic, TAB has decided to forgo this year's presentation of individual leadership and community service awards so as not to diminish the value of the honors typically celebrated by hundreds of Texas broadcasters at the event. Instead, TAB will channel its energies toward collecting examples of the heroic efforts by stations throughout Texas  more

AUSTIN, Texas, May 11 -- Texas Hospital Association issued the following news release: As hospitals across the country prepare to celebrate National Hospital Week May 10 - 16, the Texas Hospital Association emphasizes hospitals' important role in Texas communities and the fight against COVID-19. "In response to this ongoing pandemic, Texas hospitals have exemplified American values of fortitude and resilience, and there is no better time to recognize their lifesaving work than now," said Ted S  more

HOUSTON, Texas, May 15 -- The Texas Organizing Project issued the following news release on May 14: The San Antonio City Council voted against mitigating an impending disaster that will have devastating consequences on our people and economy when they voted against the Right to Cure ordinance, which would have given people a grace period to catch up on rent without the threat of being evicted. Mayor Ron Nirenberg and council members Roberto Trevino, Melissa Cabello Havda, Ana Sandoval and John   more

HOUSTON, Texas, May 16 -- Training and Education in Professional Psychology, a peer-reviewed journal that says it contributes to and advance professional psychology education from the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers, published research articles on the following topics in its May 2020 edition: * Beyond legal obligation: The role and necessity of the supervisor-advocate in creating a socially just, disability-affirmative training environment. * Bridging the gap: Add  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- The U.S. Conference of Mayors issued the following news release on May 13: Yesterday, the U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) hosted a media conference call urging Congress to provide direct assistance to cities of all sizes in its next coronavirus response package. The call featured mayors from Michigan, Kentucky, Ohio, Texas, and Florida - all states that supported the president in the last election - underscoring that there is no geographic or political boundary to the nee  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- The Washington Legal Foundation issued the following news release: Washington Legal Foundation (WLF) urged the Texas Supreme Court to overturn an appeals court decision that would subject a nonresident defendant, Cessna Aircraft Company, to suit in a case in which the plaintiffs' claims lack any connection to the defendant's Texas activity. WLF filed its amicus brief with the pro bono assistance of Allyson Ho and Bradley Hubbard in the Dallas office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutc  more