Inmates in Ohio being released due to concern of coronavirus spread

CLEVELAND (WJW) — The Cuyahoga County Court in Ohio is looking to release hundreds of inmates from the Cuyahoga County Jail Saturday morning due to coronavirus concerns, according to our sister station WJW in Cleveland.

Judges concerned about the virus spreading through the jail.

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President Obama signs Schiff legislation on DNA databases

President Obama on Thursday signed into law legislation sponsored by Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) that would help fund a DNA database of people arrested on suspicion of committing violent felonies.

In a statement, Schiff said the Katie Sepich Enhanced DNA Collection Act would provide a “vital tool for law enforcement to help save lives and prevent future crimes.”

“By improving our DNA system, we will make sure that more violent and serious crimes are solved,” he said.

The legislation, which was sent to Obama’s desk on Monday after passing the Senate, bears the name of Katie Sepich, a college student who was raped and murdered in 2003 in New Mexico. Her attacker was arrested several times over the next few years but was never linked to Sepich’s murder because his DNA was not collected until 2006.

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White House Gives $55 Million to Build Genetic Database

The Obama Administration is giving out $55 million to a collection of hospitals and companies to uncover links between a person’s genome and disease. The work is the foundation of President Obama’s new Precision Medicine Initiative, which aims to collect DNA from at least 1 million Americans.

The goal is to analyze volunteers’ genomes to get a complete portrait of each person’s DNA, then combine that information with patient clinical data to determine the genetic links with specific diseases. That will then form a starting point for companies and researchers to develop precision medicines that can target these diseases and determine which patients may respond best to existing or new medicines, reported the Wall Street Journal.

Four universities will be the primary undertakers in this mission and will be in charge of enrolling patients and building research standards. They include Columbia University in New York; Northwestern University in Chicago; the University of Arizona in Tucson; and the University of Pittsburgh. Many of these institutions will also partner with local institutions to expand their reach, including the likes of Weill Cornell Medical College, University of Chicago, and Banner Health.

The National Institutes for Health also brought on six health-care groups in smaller cities to expand the study’s reach and ensure a diverse roster of patients. This includes Knoxville, Tenn.; Middletown, Conn.; Columbia, S.C.; Peekskill, N.Y.; Jackson, Miss.; and San Ysidro, Calif.

Diversity–regionally, racially, and socioeconomically–is a key concern for the project, said NIH Director Francis S. Collins in a news call. Collins called the future group of participating volunteers “unique and transformative” for precision-medicine research.

President Obama launched the Precision Medicine Initiative earlier this year. Obama had earmarked $215 million in his 2016 budget proposal to kickstart the effort, including $130 million for the NIH to create a national research database to collect the information. The searchable database will help researchers pinpoint the sources of diseases, create individually tailored treatment plans, and discover new targeted medicines.

The effort aims to “bring us closer to curing diseases like cancer and diabetes — and give all of us access to the personalized information we need to keep ourselves and our families healthier,” Obama said at the time of the announcement in late January.

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Precision Medicine Initiative pdf files

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CALLING IMMIGRANTS & CHILDREN OF IMMIGRANTS

The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans is proud to honor the contributions of continuing generations of immigrants and refugees to the United States. 

The following are eligibility requirements for the 2020 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship. The application for the 2020 Fellowship is now closed. Updated requirements for the 2021 Fellowship will be available in the spring of 2020.

The application for the 2020 Fellowships is available April 11, 2019 through the deadline on November 1, 2019 at 2:00 pm ET. Applications are not reviewed on a rolling basis. All eligibility requirements apply to the status of the applicant ("you") as of November 1, 2019. If named a finalist, you will be required to provide documentation of your eligibility.

To be eligible for the Class of 2020, you must be a New American who is 30 or younger as of the application deadline, and who is planning on starting or continuing an eligible graduate degree program full-time in the United States in the 2020-2021 academic year. You may apply to the Fellowship while you are applying to graduate school, or after you are already enrolled in graduate school. However, you must not have started or passed the third year of the graduate program that you are seeking funding for in the 2020-21 academic year as of the November 1, 2019 application deadline. 

To be eligible for the 2020 Fellowship, you must meet the following requirements as of the November 1, 2019 application deadline:

1. NEW AMERICAN STATUS​​

The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans program is intended for immigrants and children of immigrants in the United States. 

To be eligible, your birth parents must have both been born outside of the US as non-US citizens, and both parents must not have been eligible for US citizenship at the time of their births.* In addition, one of the following must be true of you as of the November 1 application deadline:

Born in the US: You are a US citizen by birth and both of your parents were born abroad as non-US citizens.Born abroad:Naturalized Citizen: You have been naturalized as a US citizen either on your own or as a minor child under the application of one of your parents.Adopted: You were born outside of the US or one of its territories and were subsequently adopted by American parents and were awarded US citizenship because of your adoption.Green Card: You are in possession of a valid green card.Refugee & Asylees: You have been granted asylum or refugee status in the US.If None of the Other Categories Above Apply: Graduated from High School and College in the US: If none of the other categories apply to you and you were born abroad but graduated from both high school and college in the US (this includes current and past DACA recipients).

• If you were raised by only one of your birth parents, the following must be true:

The parent who raised you must have been born abroad as a non-US citizen.

Your second birth parent was not part of your life growing up and you have no contact with them.

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