ROCKVILLE, Maryland, Dec. 11 (TNSJou) -- The American Kidney Fund issued the following statement: * * * The following statement may be attributed to LaVarne A. Burton, president and CEO of the American Kidney Fund: "The American Kidney Fund (AKF) applauds Reps. Ron Kind (D-WI), Jason Smith (R-MO) and Michael Burgess (R-TX), and all Ambassadors in the AKF Advocacy Network for their work in securing U.S. House of Representatives passage of legislation giving kidney transplant recipients compreh  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Dec. 11 (TNSRep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on Dec. 10 on Consumer Price Index, Northeast Region for November 2020: The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the Northeast inched up 0.1 percent in November, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Acting Regional Commissioner Maureen McDevitt Greene noted that the recent increase refle  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Dec. 11 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news release on Dec. 10: Today Governor Janet Mills of Maine and the United Kingdom's Minister of State at the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), the RT Hon Kwasi Kwarteng MP, announced the signing a Memorandum of Understanding ("MoU") to enhance cooperation between the State of Maine and the UK to pursue ambitious advancement in clean energy technologies and mutually achieve carbon neutrality  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Dec. 11 -- The New Hampshire Democratic Party issued the following news release: Former Speaker of the New Hampshire State House, Steve Shurtleff, is calling for Governor Sununu to provide answers about the failure to prevent and contain a COVID-19 outbreak at the New Hampshire Veterans Home. In less than one month, 28 veterans have died from COVID-19 with 46 more veterans and 45 staff members testing positive. This has led to calls of concern from New Hampshire Senate   more

WATERBURY, Connecticut, Dec. 11 -- Post University issued the following news release: The Malcolm Baldrige School of Business at Post University has introduced two formal degree programs focused on the fast-growing gaming and esports industry. Beginning in spring 2021, students can pursue an online or in-person Bachelor of Science in Gaming and Esports Management or an online Master of Science in Gaming and Esports Management. The programs are designed to encompass the entire gaming ecosystem a  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on Dec. 10: Today, the House of Representatives passed Congressman Seth Moulton's Young Fishermen's Development Act, a bill Moulton (D-MA) introduced with Rep. Don Young (R-AK) in 2017 and reintroduced with Rep. Young and Rep Jared Golden (D-ME) last year. The bill creates a national grant program to support the training and education of the nation's next generation of commercial fishermen. "Commercial  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, issued the following news release on Dec. 10: Today, the Young Fishermen's Development Act (H.R. 1240), legislation authored by Alaska Congressman Don Young, was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives. H.R. 1240 addresses the longtime decline in younger Americans entering the commercial fishing industry. This legislation would create the first ever national grant program through the Department of Commerce to support training, education, and   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Dec. 10: U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN) reintroduced the Reducing Obesity in Youth Act, which would work to prevent childhood obesity by establishing a grant program to improve healthy eating and physical activity among young children. Data demonstrates the depth of the challenge of childhood obesity and the importance of addressing obesity at an early age: according   more

SYRACUSE, New York, Dec. 11 (TNSJou) -- The State University of New York Upstate Medical University campus issued the following news: Upstate Medical University's Chief of Infectious Disease Stephen J. Thomas, MD, is co-author of a paper published today in the New England Journal of Medicine about the effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer/BioNTech. Thomas is the coordinating principal investigator for the world-wide Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine trial. The paper, "Safety and Eff  more

FINDLAY, Ohio, Dec. 11 -- The University of Findlay issued the following news release: University of Findlay has obtained a significant grant from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to build a raingarden which would help to prevent stormwater runoff. An ongoing partnership between UF and Blanchard River Watershed Partnership (BRWP) has led to this collaborative project. Students, faculty, and staff of Findlay's Department of Biology and the Physical Plant worked alongside Lauren Sa  more