NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, July 16 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Coast Guard issued the following news release: Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Huntington held a change-of-command ceremony Wednesday in Barboursville, West Virginia. Cmdr. Paul Mangini transferred command of MSU Huntington to Cmdr. William Albright. As the commanding officer of MSU Huntington, Albright will be responsible for a crew of 35 active duty, reserve and civilian personnel who carry out port security,   more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 16 (TNSOps) -- The Connecticut Business and Industry Association issued the following statement on July 15, 2021: * * * The state's largest business organization issued the following response to today's release of the June 2021 employment report. "While we saw overall gains in June, the net loss of private sector jobs highlights the continued fragility of the state's pandemic recovery," CBIA president and CEO Chris DiPentima said today. "Connecticut has now recove  more

BOSTON, July 16 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Field Office issued the following news release on July 15, 2021: DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today that Darius Augusto Guzman Ruiz, 30, of Manchester, was sentenced to 63 months in federal prison for participating in a fentanyl trafficking conspiracy. According to court documents and statements made in cou  more

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory issued the following news release: Plasma physicist Felix Parra Diaz, a distinguished scientist and Oxford University professor who has studied, taught and won high honors on both sides of the Atlantic, has been named head of the Theory Department at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL). He succeeds Amitava Bhattacharjee, who stepped down at the end of May 2021   more

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 15 (TNSJou) -- Emory University's Woodruff Health Sciences Center issued the following news release: Antibodies induced by currently available mRNA vaccines can still neutralize the Delta and Kappa variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, but do so at a reduced potency, according to a report published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The Delta variant, first identified in India and previously known as B.1.617.2, is now dominant in the United States. The Kappa variant, pr  more

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston issued the following Beige Book for July 14, 2021: Summary of Economic Activity First District contacts reported solid increases in demand and modest gains in employment. Retail sales remained elevated, about on par with first quarter results. Air travel through Boston improved steadily in recent months and Cape Cod tourism contacts saw further gains. Manufacturing sales improved moderately in recent weeks despite ongoing supply disrupt  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 16 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey issued the following news release on July 15, 2021: Attorney General Maura Healey today announced that her office is awarding nearly $300,000 in grant funding to 74 organizations across the state to fund summer jobs for young people that are focused on promoting health and wellness. This is the seventh year that the AG's Office is running the Healthy Summer Youth Jobs Grant Program, which enables teens to have a dire  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 14 (TNSPar) -- Massachusetts Association of Health Plans issued the following news release: The Massachusetts Association of Health Plans (MAHP) launched a multimedia campaign that highlights the value of Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) and their partnerships with Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) for MassHealth members. Through a series of videos and a white paper, MAHP explores the many ways MCOs and their ACO partners provide whole-person care and coverage.   more

NEW YORK, July 16 (TNSAwa) -- The New York Community Trust issued the following news release: Six talented American playwrights are receiving cash awards totaling $165,000 to support their work as the 2021 winners of The New York Community Trust's Helen Merrill Award for Playwriting. Eboni Booth, Ty Defoe, Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi, Daaimah Mubashshir, and Andrea Thome each received cash prizes of $25,000. William S. Yellow Robe, Jr., was awarded $40,000 in recognition of his exceptional career  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: In an effort to protect the health and safety of beachgoers and the Ocean State's tourism industry, U.S. Senator Jack Reed is urging federal researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to provide answers about the increasing jellyfish populations found in two Charlestown salt ponds. The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) and the Rhode Island Department of Environment  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 15 (TNSRes) -- The University of California San Francisco campus issued the following news release on July 14, 2021: * * * Technology Could Lead to More Natural Communication for People Who Have Suffered Speech Loss * * * Researchers at UC San Francisco have successfully developed a "speech neuroprosthesis" that has enabled a man with severe paralysis to communicate in sentences, translating signals from his brain to the vocal tract directly into words that ap  more

PRESQUE ISLE, Maine, July 16 (TNSAwa) -- The University of Maine's Presque Isle Campus issued the following news release: The University of Maine at Presque Isle is pleased to announce the recipient of the Donald and Linda G. Zillman Family Professorship for 2021-2023: Dr. Kimberly Sebold, Professor of History. The professorship--established in 2013 by former UMPI President Don Zillman and his wife Linda Zillman--is awarded every two years to an UMPI faculty member to assist in research and fa  more