BETHESDA, Maryland, Aug. 20 -- The National Institutes of Health's National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders issued the following Q&A by Director Debara L. Tucci: * * * The BRAIN Initiative is marking a milestone--10 years of advancing neuroscience and neurotechnology research by funding innovative projects. As part of a rotating series of blog posts, the directors of the BRAIN Initiative-partnering Institutes and Centers share their voice and perspectives on the impact   more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Aug. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued the following news release: Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) provides an at-a-glance summary of news from around the agency. CMS Releases Updated Poster for Hospital Posting of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) Rights for all Patients August 13: CMS released a new poster for hospitals to display for patients to know t  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: BALTIMORE Enforcement and Removal Operations Baltimore apprehended an unlawfully present 28-year-old Guatemalan national convicted of assaulting a Maryland resident. Officers from ERO Baltimore's Fugitive Operations Team arrested Walter Romeo Saloj-Pecher Aug. 14 in Hyattsville. Saloj has also been charged with another assault and robbery. "Walter Romeo Saloj  more

ROCKVILLE, Maryland, Aug. 24 (TNSres) -- The National Institutes of Health's Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child's Health and Human Development issued the following news: Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C)--a rare, life-threatening condition linked to the virus that causes COVID-19--may result from an immune system attack on one of the body's own proteins, suggests a study funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Develop  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release on Aug. 23, 2024: A Maryland man was convicted today of forcibly obstructing law enforcement and other charges related to his conduct during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election. Justin Lee, 2  more