WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 -- The Alliance of Community Health Plans issued the following news release: The Alliance of Community Health Plans (ACHP) member companies continue to lead the nation in key health measures, setting nonprofit, community-based health plans apart from other payers. The National Committee on Quality Assurance's (NCQA) Health Plan Ratings for 2023-2024 show that across commercial, Medicare and Medicaid products, ACHP member companies continue to outperform the non-ACHP members,  more

DUARTE, California, Oct. 17 (TNSres) -- City of Hope issued the following news release: * * * City of Hope(R) doctor-led research published in the New England Journal of Medicine Adolescent and adult patients with advanced classic Hodgkin lymphoma who received initial treatment with nivolumab plus AVD chemotherapy had roughly one-half the risk of progression or death of those patients treated with a standard combination of brentuximab vedotin plus AVD Trial data expected to change standard o  more

BRISTOL, Connecticut, Oct. 17 -- ESPN, a sports media company, issued the following news release on Oct. 16, 2024: * * * Continues on NFL Live, Get Up, First Take, SportsCenter & ESPN Digital Shows * * * ESPN has re-signed former NFL wide receiver Andrew "Hawk" Hawkins. The six-year NFL veteran will continue to bring his insightful and entertaining NFL analysis to ESPN's daytime lineup throughout the year including on NFL Live, Get Up, First Take, SportsCenter and various ESPN digital shows.  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Oct. 17 (TNSres) -- Johns Hopkins Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Authors say results support expanding the procedure from research only to routine clinical practice to save lives, increase number of available organs * * * According to findings from a multicenter study led by Johns Hopkins Medicine and released today in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), transplanting kidneys from deceased donors who had the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health issued the following news release: Transmission electron micrograph of HIV-1 virus particles. Kidney transplantation from deceased donors with HIV (HIV D+) to recipients with HIV (HIV R+) was safe and comparable to kidney transplantation from donors without HIV (HIV D-) in a multicenter observational study in the United States. The clinical outcomes observed were consistent with smaller pilot  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Oct. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri issued the following news release on Oct. 16, 2024: A Kansas City, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to distributing fentanyl, which resulted in three overdose deaths in Belton and Raymore, Mo., as part of a drug-trafficking conspiracy. Tiger Dean Draggoo, 24, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Roseann A. Ketchmark to one count of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and thre  more

DALLAS, Texas, Oct. 16 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Heart Association issued the following news release: DALLAS, October 16, 2024 More than half of all people who experiencing sudden cardiac arrest outside of hospital don't receive immediate cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). As a result, 9 out of 10 times they die[1]. Yet it takes just 90 seconds to learn the fundamentals of Hands-Only CPR to save a life. CPR, especially if performed immediately, can double or triple a person's ch  more

BUFFALO, New York, Oct. 17 (TNSres) -- The Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center issued the following news release on Oct. 16, 2024: * * * Roswell Park's Dr. Kara Kelly co-developed study that could speed younger patients' access to this therapy Highlights * Nivolumab (Opdivo) superior to brentuximab vedotin (Adcetris) in combination * Clinical trial results expected to change the standard of care * Study published today in The New England Journal of Medicine * * * BUFFALO, N.Y., and   more

NORFOLK, Virginia, Oct. 17 (TNSres) -- Sentara Healthcare issued the following news: * * * Surgeons at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital have used HIPEC for years to treat colorectal and stomach cancers. HIPEC is now offered at Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital to treat ovarian cancer * * * When piercing stomach pains sent Becky Kirby to the emergency department in October 2023, a CT scan revealed shadowing on the lining of her abdomen. Upon further examination, her organs were covered   more

ORONO, Maine, Oct. 17 -- The University of Maine System issued the following news release on Oct. 16, 2024: The White House today announced that President Biden intends to appoint University of Maine (UMaine) President and University of Maine System (UMS) Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation Joan Ferrini-Mundy to serve on the prestigious National Science Board (NSB), the governing body of the National Science Foundation (NSF). As one of 24 board members, Ferrini-Mundy will serve as an   more