MADISON, Wisconsin, Nov. 21 [Category: Religion] -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release: The Freedom From Religion Foundation is insisting that the Buckeye Valley Local School District halt LifeWise Academy's stealing of education hours from public school students. A concerned community member reported that Buckeye Valley Middle School in Delaware, Ohio, hosts study halls for LifeWise Academy's students on school property, supervised not by school staff membe  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 [Category: Environment] -- The League of Conservation Voters issued the following news release: The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) congratulates Representatives Greg Landsman (OH-01), Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), and Emilia Sykes (OH-13) on their wins in Ohio. We look forward to working together in the 119th Congress and beyond to continue making progress on addressing the climate crisis and protecting our democracy. "Ohioans deserve leaders who will protect the Great Lakes a  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Nov. 22 (TNSres) -- Case Western Reserve University's School of Medicine issued the following news release: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a debilitating disease of the brain and spinal cord that impacts millions worldwide. With MS, the immune system mistakenly attacks the myelin sheath--a protective layer surrounding nerve cells in the nervous system. The loss of myelin, combined with ongoing inflammation, causes dysfunction and death of nerve cells, making the disability worse,   more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 22 (TNSres) -- Ohio State University issued the following news: * * * In study, 1 in 4 users reports an increase in discarding food * * * Taking anti-obesity drugs has led some U.S. adults to throw away more food than they tossed before starting the medications, a new study has found. In a survey of people currently on GLP-1 medications such as Ozempic, 25% of respondents agreed they had wasted more food since taking the drugs, compared to 61% who disagreed. People who   more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 22 (TNSres) -- Policy Matters Ohio, a nonpartisan policy research institute, issued the following news release: Since 2021, the federal government has announced more than $16.5 billion in funding to Ohio through legislation whose future is now uncertain, according to a new report from Policy Matters Ohio. The report describes how the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) and Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) advance environmental justice and decarbonization efforts, directing fu  more

KENT, Ohio, Nov. 22 (TNSres) -- Wright State University issued the following news: By Dennis Bova Members of two Wright State University departments met outside White Hall earlier this fall for a group photo and as a show of force. Their combined efforts aim to find ways to identify and treat a life-threatening condition that can kill pregnant mothers and their babies. The Department of Neuroscience, Cell Biology and Physiology in the College of Science and Mathematics and the Boonshoft Schoo  more