HARTFORD, Connecticut, Oct. 12 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on Oct. 11, 2022: Joined by medical professionals, lawyers, advocates and legislators, Attorney General William Tong today announced Connecticut's participation in a pro bono Legal Assistance Abortion Hotline, tapping into a volunteer network of trained private attorneys to provide free legal guidance and representation to patients and providers regarding their rights to access and prov  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) urged the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to investigate the National Institutes of Health Office of Director's oversight and approval of the base operational funding grant, called the P51, to the Washington National Primate Research Center (WaNPRC) at the University of Washington. The renewal of the P51 base grant comes after The Arizona Rep  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct. 12 (TNSjou) -- Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health issued the following news release on Oct. 11, 2022: Early findings from the Household Air Prevention Network Trial-- an international multi-center study aimed at assessing the impact of a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cooking stove and fuel intervention on health--were published today in The New England Journal of Medicine. The aim of the multi-year HAPIN trial was to determine the impacts of a randomized   more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Oct. 12 -- The Maine Democratic Party issued the following news release on Oct. 11, 2022: U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack joined Governor Mills at Gorham Middle School to highlight a program signed into law by Governor Mills that provides free school meals to all students. Maine is one of the first states in the country to provide all its students with free meals at school as a result of the program, which was funded through the bipartisan 2022 supplemental budget afte  more