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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Massachusetts Newsletter for 2024-05-16 ( 2 items )  
Injuries and Irregular Recordkeeping in UMass Monkey Lab Prompt PETA's Plea to Federal Agency (10)
AMHERST, Massachusetts, May 15 -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following news release on May 14, 2024: In a letter sent today, PETA calls on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to increase the frequency and scope of its inspections of the violation-prone laboratory of Agnes Lacreuse at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst (UMass) after obtaining federal records that show a longstanding pattern of serious injuries to animals caged there as well as shoddy record more PR

Spaulding Rehabilitation Network: Concussion, CTE Experts Warn Term Used to Describe Head Impacts - "Subconcussion" - Is Misleading & Dangerous (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 15 -- Spaulding Rehabilitation Network, a network that says it provides clinical care, promote medical education and advance research in rehabilitation medicine, issued the following news release: A new editorial published this month in the British Journal of Sports Medicine by experts from Spaulding Rehabilitation, Boston University, Mayo Clinic, and the Concussion Legacy Foundation, the term "subconcussion" is a dangerous misnomer that should be retired. The authors more PR