NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 16 (TNSPer) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: The Yale Medicine Board has elected Nita Ahuja, MD, MBA, chair and William H. Carmalt Professor of Surgery, as the new Board Chair. In announcing Ahuja's election, Paul Taheri, MD, MBA, deputy dean and CEO of Yale Medicine, said, "I am looking forward to working closely with Nita in her new role and am confident that her leadership will greatly enrich the practice." Of Desir, Taheri added, "Focused on  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 15 -- The Middle States Commission on Higher Education issued the following news: On October 8, 2020, the Middle States Commission on Higher Education joined the American Council on Education (ACE) and more than 50 higher education associations in a letter to the White House asking that President Donald J. Trump withdraw the executive order Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping, which has caused significant confusion for colleges and universities, among other conc  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - New England Regional Information Office issued the following report on Oct. 14 on the consumer price index in Boston-Cambridge-Newton for September 2020: The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton area inched up 0.1 percent in September, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner William J. Sibley noted that the September incre  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Oct. 16 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Oct. 15: Recognizing the critical role that New England's regional wholesale electricity market plays in addressing climate change and cost-effectively reducing economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont and the governors of four other northeast states today issued a statement calling for reforms needed to achieve their states' respective goals for clean, affordable  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct. 16 (TNSJou) -- Emory University's Woodruff Health Sciences Center issued the following news release: Final results of an international study in adults hospitalized with COVID -19 show that treatment with the experimental antiviral drug remdesivir resulted in faster recovery, fewer days on oxygen and lower progression to ventilation compared with placebo. The results of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases-sponsored ACTT-1 (Adaptive COVID-19 Treatmen  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources issued the following testimony by Robin Miller, chair of the Florida Gulf Coast Business Coalition, and president and CEO of Tampa Bay Beaches Chamber of Commerce, as part of a virtual Democratic forum entitled "The Threat of Offshore Drilling and the Need for a Permanent Federal Ban" on Oct. 14: My name is Robin Miller and I serve as President and CEO of the Tampa Bay Beaches Chamber of Commerce. I'  more

WALTHAM, Massachusetts, Oct. 16 -- National Grid, an electricity and natural gas delivery company, issued the following statement on Oct. 15: * * * National Grid today issued a statement following the New England Governors' call for the modernization of the regional electricity system in order to achieve their states' respective goals for clean, affordable, and reliable electricity: "National Grid welcomes the Governors' push for more holistic, thoughtful energy planning as we prepare the net  more

NARRAGANSETT, Rhode Island, Oct. 15 (TNSRes) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news on Oct. 13: A team of scientists from the University of Rhode Island and partner institutions depart today aboard the research vessel Endeavor for a five-day cruise to investigate the implications of a marine heat wave in the offshore waters of New England. The waters on the continental shelf - extending from the coast to about 100 miles offshore - have been 2 to 5 degrees Fahrenheit warmer  more

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Oct. 16 (TNSRes) -- The University of Virginia issued the following news release on Oct. 15: Adam Leive, a professor at the University of Virginia's Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, has waded into the turbulent debate over work requirements for public assistance. As of August, about 780,000 people received aid from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in Virginia, of whom about 10% were able-bodied adults, aged 18 to 49 and without depend  more

BROOKLINE, Massachusetts, Oct. 16 (TNSPer) -- The Environmental Business Council of New England issued the following news: Vice President Daniel Rukakoski has been appointed as Business Line Leader for Tighe & Bond's Environmental Consulting services. Rukakoski has more than 25 years of experience in environmental consulting, including environmental and energy permitting, wetland delineation, sediment evaluations, regulatory negotiations, site assessment, and environmental construction observat  more