YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio, Sept. 19 -- Antioch University issued the following news: Andrea Lynn, a 2024 graduate of New England's PhD in Environmental Studies, has written and published her dissertation titled Navigating the Noise: Implications of Increasing Ship Noise for an Arctic Ocean Soundscape. Noise pollution caused by ships is increasing in the Arctic Ocean. The habitats of Arctic marine mammals (AMMs) are contracting as their environment fills with unfamiliar anthropogenic noise. Lynn's d  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health issued the following news release: NIH-supported clinical trial is the first positive trial for treatment of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia. A clinical trial supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) was stopped early after researchers found sufficient evidence that a drug used to treat bone marrow cancer and Kaposi sarcoma is safe and effective in treating hereditary hemor  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Sept. 19 (TNSres) -- The Cleveland Clinic issued the following news release: * * * Trial of pomalidomide in treating hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia stopped early due to successful findings * * * A clinical trial has demonstrated that the cancer drug pomalidomide is safe and effective in treating hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT), a rare bleeding disorder that impacts more than 1 in 5,000 people worldwide. The trial, led by Keith McCrae, M.D., of Cleveland Cl  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 19 (TNSres) -- Mass General Brigham issued the following news release: * * * A clinical trial, involving researchers and patients at Mass General Hospital, found that an oral drug approved for treating a blood cancer was effective at reducing the severity of nosebleeds associated with HHT Key Takeaways Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia is a bleeding disorder for which there are currently no approved treatments. Patients at Mass General Hospital comprised nea  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release on Sept. 18, 2024: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that SEAN PEPE, 39, of East Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Omar A. Williams in Hartford to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for narcotics distribution and firearm possession offenses. According to   more

BROOKLINE, Massachusetts, Sept. 19 -- The Environmental Business Council of New England issued the following news: By Stephanie Succar EBC is pleased to announce that Susan Welt at Integral Consulting has joined the Leadership Team of the EBC Site Remediation and Redevelopment Committee. The members of the EBC Site Remediation and Redevelopment meet routinely with the chairs and vice chairs to identify topics for future EBC programs. As part of their responsibility, members of the leadership   more

BROOKLINE, Massachusetts, Sept. 19 -- The Environmental Business Council of New England issued the following news: By Stephanie Succar Please join the Environmental Business Council of New England (EBC) in welcoming Green Seal Environmental, LLC as a new member of the organization beginning June of 2024. "Green Seal Environmental, LLC (GSE) is a multi-disciplined civil engineering and environmental firm comprised of highly talented individuals who are passionate about their area of expertise  more

BROOKLINE, Massachusetts, Sept. 19 -- The Environmental Business Council of New England issued the following news: By Stephanie Succar Please join the Environmental Business Council of New England (EBC) in welcoming Scottish Development International as a new member of the organization beginning June of 2024. "At Scottish Development International (SDI) we're all about discovery: helping ambitious businesses like yours discover an exciting new chapter in Scotland. We're here to help you disc  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket No. 24-299) on Sept. 18, 2024: * * * Re: Short Term Network Change Certification Received Verizon New England Inc. (Verizon), an incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC), has filed certification that short term public notice of network change(s) has been provided through its publicly accessible Internet site, as required by section 51.329(a)(2) of the rules o  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: BOSTON Four Boston-area men have been arrested and charged in federal court in connection with a large-scale fentanyl trafficking conspiracy. Anderson Ernesto Andujar Echavarria, 31, of Dorchester; Waner Bernabel Presinal, 37, of Dorchester; Carlos Fabal, 52, of Roxbury; and Freddy Artemio Guerrero Soto, 29, of Boston, were charged with co  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Sept. 19 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news on Sept. 18, 2024: * * * $36 million Federal grant will support heat pump rebates for income-eligible Maine residents in multifamily and manufactured homes, keeping homes comfortable year-round while reducing energy costs * * * South Portland, MAINE -- Governor Janet Mills and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer M. Granholm today announced the launch of Maine's new Home Energy Rebate Program. The   more

LONDON, England, Sept. 19 -- GSK (formerly GlaxoSmithKline), a biopharmaceutical company, issued the following news release on Sept. 17, 2024: * * * * Regulatory submission supported by phase III head-to-head DREAMM-7 and DREAMM-8 trials * If approved, Blenrep plus BorDex or PomDex could redefine relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma treatment landscape * More than 7,200 new cases of multiple myeloma are diagnosed in Japan each year/1 * * * GSK plc (LSE/NYSE: GSK) today announced that Japan  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 19 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on Sept. 18, 2024: * * * Biden-Harris Administration Announces Awards; Massachusetts-Led NEMC Hub Receives Most Funding through Microelectronics Commons Project Awards from CHIPS-Funded Program * * * Today, the Healey-Driscoll Administration celebrated a $37,782,565 federal award for the Northeast Microelectronics Coalition (NEMC) Hub to advance the development of microelectronics technol  more

WALTHAM, Massachusetts, Sept. 19 -- The New England Journal of Medicine, a peer-reviewed medical journal from the Massachusetts Medical Society that says it delivers research and interactive clinical content to physicians, educators and the global medical community, published research articles on the following topics in its Sept. 19, 2024, edition (Vol. 391, No. 11): Original Articles * Long-Term Oxygen Therapy for 24 or 15 Hours per Day in Severe Hypoxemia * Community-Based Cluster-Randomize  more