GERMANTOWN, Maryland, Jan. 22 -- Amentum, a provider of technical and engineering services, issued the following news release: * * * Gravity Offload System will be used to simulate satellites and space craft in orbit * * * CHANTILLY, VA., January 21, 2025 -- Amentum (NYSE: AMTM) has been selected to provide the UK with specialist equipment to simulate conditions in space which improve zero-gravity operations and enhance mission safety. The company's robotics specialists will design an in-sp  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Jan. 23 (TNSres) -- Johns Hopkins Medicine issued the following news release: By studying biomarkers known to be involved in gastrointestinal cancers, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have developed a biomarker algorithm that, when combined with a noninvasive method to collect esophageal cells for study, could give clinicians insight into which patients [SJMM1] have esophageal cancer or precancerous co  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Jan. 23 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Jan. 22, 2025: Attorney General Anthony G. Brown joined a coalition of 17 states filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit defending a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule establishing the first nationwide drinking water standards for certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) chemicals, also known as "forever chemicals," under the Safe Drinking   more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Jan. 23 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Jan. 22, 2025: Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today announced that his Office's Securities Division joined a taskforce of state securities regulators and the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to secure a $106 million settlement with Vanguard Marketing Corporation (VMC) and The Vanguard Group, Inc. (Vanguard). The settlement resolves allegations that Vanguard f  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Jan. 22 -- The Maryland Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: The Maryland Department of Agriculture announced the first presumptive positive case of H5 avian influenza in a commercial broiler farm in Dorchester County. This is the fourth case of highly pathogenic H5 avian influenza (HPAI) on a commercial poultry farm on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Confirmation by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Veterinary Services Laboratory (NVSL) is pen  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Jan. 22 -- The Maryland Department of Labor issued the following news release on Jan. 21, 2025: * * * Grants available to increase retention and career pathways for frontline healthcare workers * * * The Maryland Department of Labor today announced the availability of $1 million in grant funding to support the recruitment, retention, and career pathway development of frontline healthcare professionals. Applications are now being accepted for the Direct Care Workforce Inn  more

COCKEYSVILLE, Maryland, Jan. 22 -- Sinclair, a media company and a provider of local news and sports, issued the following news release: RENO, Nev. - PBS Reno and Sinclair Broadcast Group, LLC, a subsidiary of Sinclair, Inc. (NASDAQ: SBGI), proudly announce the launch of KNPB-VC, a new virtual ATSC 3.0 channel, broadcasting on virtual channel 5-11. This innovative launch brings PBS Reno's high-quality programming into the NEXTGEN television space, offering viewers a state-of-the-art experience,  more

COCKEYSVILLE, Maryland, Jan. 23 (TNSres) -- Sinclair, a media company and a provider of local news and sports, issued the following news release: BALTIMORE - Sinclair, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI) will report its fourth quarter 2024 earnings results at 4:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday, February 26, 2025, followed by a conference call to discuss the results at 4:30 p.m. ET. The call will be webcast live and can be accessed at www.sbgi.net under the subtitle "Investor Relations/Events and Presentations." The di  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Jan. 22 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: * * * Snow, community spirit mark veterinary college's return to in-person applicant interviews More stories from the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine As snow blanketed Virginia Tech's campus, Kimberly Key arrived at the veterinary college feeling an unexpected flutter of nerves. "This morning, I was more nervous, I feel like, than the interviewees," said Key DVM '03 and former owner of two Virginia   more