Press Releases

AUSTIN, Texas, March 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Association of Nurse Practitioners® (AANP), the largest association of nurse practitioners (NPs) of all specialties, applauds the Administration's actions to expand access to nurse practitioner (NP) care and other health care providers during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a letter sent to all 50 g

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Roche announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of the cobas® EZH2 Mutation Test as a companion diagnostic for TAZVERIK™(tazemetostat), developed by Epizyme, Inc. This molecular test detects abnormalities in the EZH2, or Enhancer of Zeste Homolog 2, gene in patients with follicular lymphoma (FL), a type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma patients who may be eligible for treatment with TAZVERIK, a cancer drug that acts as a selective EZH2 gene inhibitor. In a clinical

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The Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) and IntraOp Medical Corporation have announced a research and development collaboration to accelerate the development of FLASH radiotherapy toward first human trials. Today, two out of ten people can expect to receive radiotherapy for the treatment of cancer in their lifetime. Amidst this population, up to 40% of cancers treated will nevertheless prove resistant to current standard care. FLASH radiotherapy is a new form of treatment, exception

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PHOENIX, March 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S.-based Brooklyn Bedding has announced it will repurpose its proprietary technology, developed 16 years ago to meet a desperate need i

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LONDON, March 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- SUSE®, the world's largest independent open source software company, has made a commitment to help all organizations that are producing medical devices to fight COVID-19. To that end, SUSE is offering free services such as support and maintenance for its operating system and container technologies to be embedded in and run those

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EMERYVILLE, Calif., March 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Berkeley Lights, Inc., announced the Global Emerging Pathogen Antibody Discovery Consortium (GEPAD) with founding members Dr. James Crowe and Dr. Robert Carnahan at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Dr.

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HONESDALE, Pa., March 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Yoga International, a membership platform specializing in online yoga classes, has quickly pivoted in order to help keep independent yoga studios across the country afloat during the Coronavirus pandemic. As of March 12th, many yoga studios were closing their doors to students. Yoga Inter

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LOS ANGELES, March 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- In the United States, research suggests one in three college students experience the death of a family member or close friend in any 12-month period. Considering the same stat would apply to all college-aged young adults, at any given moment, more than 10 million young adults are grieving a death loss. A

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LOS ALTOS, Calif., March 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Conversational AI leader Avaamo announces today that it has released Project COVID, an Intelligent Virtual Assistant that leverages Avaamo's Conversational AI and deep learning technologies to answer the public's pressing questions on COVID-19. It can be accessed at

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BOSTON, March 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- A tracking poll finds Massachusetts residents are rapidly changing social and shopping habits, amid increasing concern about the danger posed by the coronavirus pandemic. The key new findings are:

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