BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 31 -- Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued the following news: Mayor Michelle Wu announced the City of Boston has received more than $38 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to be distributed among 15 nonprofit organizations that provide critical services and support to Boston's unsheltered residents. The funds will support the work of the nonprofits and advance Mayor Wu's goals to end homelessness in the city. This funding comes at a c  more

WATERVILLE, Maine, March 31 (TNSconf) -- Colby College issued the following news release: At its 201st Commencement on May 22, 2022, Colby College will confer honorary doctoral degrees to seven individuals who have made important and meaningful contributions through their professional pursuits, commitment to community, and generosity of spirit. The honorands will join the Class of 2022, faculty members, and guests to celebrate the academic achievements of Colby's graduating seniors. This year's  more

ITHACA, New York, March 31 (TNSJou) -- Cornell University issued the following news: By Bridget Kuehn Booster doses of mRNA vaccines provided strong protection against hospitalization and death from COVID-19 in Qatar, though breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 infections were greater for the omicron variant compared with the delta variant, according to a study by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine - Qatar. Laith Abu-Raddad, director of the WHO Collaborating Center for Disease Epidemiology Analytics   more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, March 31 (TNSJou) -- Johns Hopkins Medicine issued the following news release on March 30, 2022: * * * Peer-reviewed publication in New England Journal of Medicine validates findings first announced in December * * * The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) today published final results of a nationwide multicenter study led by researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health that show plasma from patients who have recovered   more

WALTHAM, Massachusetts, March 31 -- National Grid, an electricity and natural gas delivery company, issued the following news release: National Grid and the Harvard Conservation Trust have concluded a multi-year dialogue, resulting in National Grid selling 199 acres of land in the town of Harvard, Massachusetts to the Trust, forever preserving 19 parcels of undeveloped land. "National Grid is committed to improving the environment, as well as giving back to those in the communities we serve,"   more

YORK, Pennsylvania, March 31 -- The Pennsylvania House Republicans issued the following news release on March 30, 2022: * * * Rep. Stan Saylor (R-York) today announced that his resolution urging New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and New Jersey Gov. Philip Murphy to end their states' policies banning the construction of any new natural gas pipelines passed in the state House by a vote of 134-64. Policies in New York and New Jersey banning the construction of new natural gas pipelines has walled off P  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 31 -- The International Brotherhood of Teamsters issued the following news release: Dispatchers represented by Teamsters Local 25 in Boston voted unanimously to ratify a new four-year contract at Republic Services. The agreement was fully recommended by the bargaining committee and includes countless improvements. Most notably, the seven-worker unit will be covered under the New England Teamsters Pension Fund and guaranteed 100-percent health care coverage with zero  more