BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 18 -- The Boston Foundation issued the following news release on June 17, 2026: * * * The Asian Community Fund announces 59 new grants to support and strengthen AAPI communities $635,000 grant round, largest in ACF history, brings total grantmaking to $2.4 million since 2022 - The Asian Community Fund at the Boston Foundation (ACF), the first and only fund exclusively dedicated to supporting Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities in Massachusetts,  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 17 -- Brown University posted the following Q&A involving Hwamee Oh, associate professor of psychiatry and human behavior and of cognitive and psychological sciences: * * * Follow the tau: This brain protein presents a possible path to earlier Alzheimer's diagnosis * Alzheimer's disease is commonly known for its symptoms -memory loss, cognitive impairment, difficulty with daily tasks -but can only be definitively diagnosed by a look at the brain. A scan must sh  more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA New England Celebrates Major Cleanup Milestone at Raymark Superfund Site STRATFORD, CONN. - Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency celebrated a major cleanup milestone at the Raymark Superfund Site in Stratford, Connecticut. EPA Regional Administrator Mark Sanborn was joined by Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, Stratford Mayor David Chess, Emma Cimino Deputy Commissioner of the Connecticut D  more

EDMONTON, Alberta, June 17 [Category: BizConsulting] -- Stantec, a design and consulting company, posted the following news: * * * Stantec announces winners of inaugural Stanley Awards * Stantec, a global leader in sustainable design and engineering, announced the winners of its inaugural Stanley Awards, recognizing outstanding achievement and innovation among its teams. The external, international jury was chaired by Bruce Kuwabara, founding partner of KPMB Architects, and included Stephen   more

ROCKVILLE, Maryland, June 16 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Society of Addiction Medicine posted the following news release: * * * The ASAM Weekly for June 16, 2026 * This Week in the ASAM Weekly  The Joint Clinical Practice Guideline on Benzodiazepine Tapering relied on many studies that excluded individuals with serious medical illness, serious mental illness, substance use or polysubstance use disorders, cognitive disorders; those who are elderly, breastfeeding, pregnant, etc.   more

LONDON, England, June 18 -- GSK (formerly GlaxoSmithKline), a biopharmaceutical company, issued the following news release on June 17, 2026: * * * Utebzi (tebipenem pivoxil) approved in the US for adults with complicated urinary tract infections (cUTIs) * First and only oral carbapenem antibiotic approved in the US * Approval based on PIVOT-PO trial demonstrating non-inferiority compared to intravenous treatment/1 * More than 3 million cases of cUTIs are treated annually in the US/2 with   more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- The House Agriculture Committee released the following written testimony by Kristen Sawin, vice president of government and corporate affairs at Weyerhaeuser, Seattle, on behalf of the National Alliance of Forest Owners, from a June 10, 2026, hearing entitled "Agricultural Perspectives on the Future of the USMCA." USMCA is the U.S-Mexico-Canada Agreement. * * * Chairman Thompson, Ranking Member Craig, and distinguished Members of the Committee: I am Kristen Sawin, Vice P  more