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Sea turtle nesting season underway with sighting in Venice A loggerhead sea turtle hatchling (Source: N.C. Aquarium at Fort Fisher) By ABC7 Staff | April 22, 2021 at 12:38 PM EDT - Updated April 22 at 12:38 PM SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - The Suncoast’s first loggerhead sea turtle nest of the season has been documented in Venice, researchers say. Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium’s Sea Turtle Conservation & Research Program says the nest was spotted Thursday, just north of the public Veni...

April 22, 2021 at 7:33 am Published by NCV Newswire Verano to Add Cultivation and Fortify Retail Capacity in Pennsylvania Adds cultivation and production in Pennsylvania, with an active and completely built-out, state-of-the-art 62,000 sq. ft. indoor facility in the country’s fifth most populous state. Gives the Company the ability to further develop its retail footprint with equity in a permit to open six dispensaries, and a second cultivation and production facility. CHICAGO, Apri...

Black people account for 27% of Alabama’s population and 70% of new HIV cases Updated 7:21 AM; Today 7:21 AM Gregory (no last name given) in 2002 takes a daily dose of medication to combat the AIDS virus. He was part of a group which is lobbying the legislature for more funding for the Alabama Drug Assistance Program. The program provides medications for people with HIV/AIDS who have no drug coverage insurance and who meet certain income guidelines.ph Facebook Share Facing a yearlong sieg...

Brooke Parker, an organizer with the group Solutions Oriented Addiction Response, displays an HIV testing kit in Charleston, W.Va., in March. Outbreaks of HIV/AIDS are expected to rise as resources have been redirected to the fight against COVID-19 — delaying and sometimes cutting off HIV testing and treatment. John Raby/AP toggle caption John Raby/AP Brooke Parker, an organizer with the group Solutions Oriented Addiction Response, displays an HIV t...

Brooke Parker, an organizer with the group Solutions Oriented Addiction Response, displays an HIV testing kit in Charleston, W.Va., in March. Outbreaks of HIV/AIDS are expected to rise as resources have been redirected to the fight against COVID-19 — delaying and sometimes cutting off HIV testing and treatment. (John Raby/AP) Facing a yearlong siege from the coronavirus, the defenses in another, older war are faltering. For the last two decades, HIV/AIDS has been held at bay by potent antivir...

Strides against HIV/AIDS falter, especially in the South, as nation battles COVID Facing a yearlong siege from the coronavirus, the defenses in another, older war are faltering. For the last two decades, HIV/AIDS has been held at bay by potent antiviral drugs, aggressive testing and inventive public education campaigns. But the COVID-19 pandemic has caused profound disruptions in almost every aspect of that battle, grounding outreach teams, sharply curtailing testing and diverting critical staf...

The final Academic Enrichment Day highlights work within the Undergraduate Research Program, the Honors Program, and more.

. (Tribune News Service) — A quarter of eligible South Carolinians have now been completely vaccinated against COVID-19, yet state health officials have recently discovered a small number of coronavirus infections among fully inoculated people. These cases, which are called "breakthrough" infections, are extremely rare and typically mild, according to public health experts. Its important to track the breakthrough cases, researchers say, to possibly identify new and troubling coronavirus mu...

New recipients for the 2021 NCCN Foundation Young Investigator Awards announced The National Comprehensive Cancer Network ® (NCCN ®) and the NCCN Foundation ® today announced six new recipients for the 2021 NCCN Foundation Young Investigator Awards (YIA) Program. The honorees will receive up to $150,000 in funding, over two years, to advance important research on important issues in oncology. These early-career investigators from NCCN Member Institutions represent tomorrows leaders for advan...

PLYMOUTH — Deborah L. Birx, MD, former White House coronavirus response coordinator, will deliver the keynote address and be recognized by Plymouth State University at its undergraduate commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 8, at 10 a.m. Pamela Diamantis, principal and partner at Curbstone Financial Management Corporation and former trustee of the University System of New Hampshire, will be the featured speaker at PSU’s graduate commencement on Friday, May 7, at 6 p.m. Both ceremonie...