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FTC, BBB, and Law Enforcement Partners Announce Results of Operation Main Street
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Washington, DC - Today, the Federal Trade Commission, jointly with the offices of eight state Attorneys General, the New York Division of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, two U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the Better Business Bureau (BBB), announced the results of Operation Main Street: Stopping Small Business Scams, a law enforcement initiative targeting operations seeking to defraud small businesses, and an education outreach effort to help small businesses protect themselves from fraud.
Purdue phoneme project creates new haptic communications future
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West Lafayette, Indiana - Communication could step beyond reading a cellular phone screen with a new technique by Purdue College of Engineering researchers to learn and read messages through a person’s sense of touch.
Political and Religious Prisoners Held by the Russian Government
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Washington, DC - The United States is deeply concerned by the growing number of individuals—now more than 150—identified by credible human rights organizations as political and religious prisoners held by the Government of the Russian Federation.
Leading health organizations collaborate with industry on new initiative to combat growing diabetes and cardiovascular disease threat
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Arlington, Virginia - The American Heart Association (AHA) and the American Diabetes Association (ADA) today announced the start of a new multi-year collaborative initiative supported by founding sponsors Boehringer Ingelheim, Eli Lilly and Company (Lilly), and Novo Nordisk. The initiative’s goal is to help people with type 2 diabetes reduce their risk of disability and death due to cardiovascular events such as heart attack and stroke. Additional support for the initiative is provided by national sponsor, Sanofi.
Alessandro Doria, MD, PhD, MPH, Receives the American Diabetes Association’s 2018 Edwin Bierman Award
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Arlington, Virginia - Alessandro Doria, MD, PhD, MPH, has been selected to receive the American Diabetes Association’s® (ADA’s) 2018 Edwin Bierman Award. This award recognizes a leading scientist who has made outstanding contributions in the field of diabetes-related macrovascular complications and related risk factors. Dr. Doria will be recognized with this honor during the ADA’s 78th Scientific Sessions, June 22-26, 2018, at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando. Dr. Doria will deliver the Edwin Bierman Award Lecture, titled “Leveraging Genetics to Improve Cardiovascular Health in Diabetes,” on Monday, June 25.
Seventeen Nominations and One Withdrawal Sent to the Senate Today
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Washington, DC - Seventeen Nominations and One Withdrawal Sent to the Senate Today:
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