BETHESDA, Maryland, Sept. 5 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences issued the following news on Sept. 4, 2024: The antiviral drug tilorone may do more than just fight respiratory infections -- it might also help halt neural degeneration in Parkinson's disease (PD). In a new study, NCATS scientists and their NIH colleagues tested tilorone's effects in models of the brain cells involved in PD. The 3-D models, called orga  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, Sept. 4 -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued the following joint statement on Sept. 3, 2024, by Commissioners Peter A. Feldman and Douglas Dziak: * * * Today, we are calling on U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission staff to evaluate e-commerce platforms Shein, Temu, and others to determine how these foreign-owned firms that rely on overseas suppliers meet their obligations under the Consumer Product Safety Act. Manufacturers, retailers, importers, and distribu  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: NOAA scientists are collaborating with some unique partners to learn more about how several Chesapeake Bay species use natural and restored areas near Poplar Island, on Maryland's Eastern Shore. The partners? Nearly 400 fish! We have caught, tagged, and released fish to help us learn how they use restored marshes at Poplar Island(link is external) compared with how they use natural habitat n  more

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland, Sept. 5 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. - After two years of establishing the core capabilities of the Ship Motion Platform (SMP) at Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Lakehurst, test engineer Rob Pellegrino said he and his team have expanded and integrated the site capabilities with the surrounding test sites to provide a multifaceted development tool for military and comm  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, Sept. 5 (TNSres) -- The National Institutes of Health's National Human Genome Research Institute issued the following news release on Sept. 4, 2024: * * * Researchers from the NHGRI-funded Impact of Genomic Variation on Function Consortium are exploring how genomic variation affects genome function. * * * While most DNA letters are the same amongst everyone, just under 0.5% are different between any two people. Over the past two decades, researchers have identified hundre  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following news release: More Than 700,000 Marylanders Eligible to Use Free Tax Filing Tool Next Year Made Possible by President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced that Maryland will be the latest state to join IRS Direct File for Filing Season 2025. IRS Direct File was made possible by President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act, which provide  more