NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 27 -- The Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Leonard C. Boyle, issued the following news release on Jan. 26, 2022: Moustapha Diakhate, 46, of Stamford, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today via video conference before U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea to offenses related to his receipt of more than $4 million in COVID-19 relief funds guaranteed by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief,   more

NEW YORK, Jan. 27 (TNSOps) -- The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation issued the following news release: The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation - the nation's largest funder of the arts, culture and humanities - today announced that grants totaling more than $16.1 million have been awarded to 12 liberal arts colleges as part of its Humanities for All Times Initiative. Humanities for All Times was created to support newly developed curricula that both instruct students in methods of humanities practice and cle  more

ITHACA, New York, Jan. 27 (TNSJou) -- Cornell University issued the following news: By Jim Hanchett The National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI) has approved the election of Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy Dean Colleen Barry in recognition of her national prominence as a health and policy scholar. Barry is one of 48 experts elected by NASI and the only Cornell University and Ivy League scholar in this year's group of honorees. The national nonprofit organization advances solutions to  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 (TNSJou) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases issued the following news release: In adults who had previously received a full regimen of any of three COVID-19 vaccines granted Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) or approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), an additional booster dose of any of these vaccines was safe and prompted an immune response, according to preliminary clinical trial results re  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) have joined 14 colleagues to pressure Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra to reverse the Biden administration's flawed national liver distribution policy. Wicker and Hyde-Smith signed a letter that stresses the disproportionate harm the liver distribution policy causes patients in the South and Midwest. The Univ  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss.. have joined 14 colleagues to pressure Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra to reverse the Biden administration's flawed national liver distribution policy. Wicker and Hyde-Smith signed a letter that stresses the disproportionate harm the liver distribution policy causes patients in the South and Midwest. The Universi  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Jan. 27 (TNSJou) -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: By Eric Hamilton The drugs behind the new pills to treat COVID-19 remain very effective against the omicron variant of the virus in lab tests, according to a new study. However, lab tests also showed that the available antibody therapies -- typically given intravenously in hospitals -- are substantially less effective against omicron than against earlier variants of the virus. The ant  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- The White House issued the following transcript of a news briefing on Jan. 26, 2022, by the White House COVID-19 response team and public health officials: * * * MR. ZIENTS: Good morning, and thanks for joining us. Today, Dr. Walensky will provide an update on Omicron and the state of the pandemic, and Dr. Fauci will discuss the latest research on development of pan-coronavirus vaccines. First, I'll provide a brief operational update. We have more tools widely available  more