PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 21 (TNSfund) -- Brown University issued the following news release: A $5 million gift from Brown University will support plans by Care New England -- one of Rhode Island's major health care systems and an affiliate of Brown's Warren Alpert Medical School -- to build a new, technologically advanced labor and delivery center at Women & Infants Hospital. In recognition of the gift, CNE will name its state-of-the-art facility the Brown University Labor and Delivery C  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 (TNSrep) -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following report on Sept. 15, 2022, entitled "Montana's Fiscal Gains From Medicaid Expansion Are a Model for Wyoming." The report was written by Gideon Lukens, director of research and data analysis for the Health Policy Division. Here are excerpts: * * * Most states that have not expanded Medicaid are in the South, but one state in the West - Wyoming - is among the exceptions. The experience of other state  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 21 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Vanessa Roberts Avery, issued the following news release: A superseding indictment charging individuals and companies in Europe with violating United States export laws and regulations by attempting to smuggle a dual-use export-controlled item to Russia was unsealed yesterday in the District of Connecticut. U.S. Attorney Vanessa Roberts Avery; Assistant Attorney General Matthew G. Olsen of the Justice Departm  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 21 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reached a settlement with Goguen Transportation, Inc. of Gardner, Mass., resolving alleged violations of the Clean Water Act associated with two tanker truck accidents in Revere and Athol, Mass. that resulted in oil discharges to local waters. "EPA takes our role of protecting public health and our environmental resources very seriously, wi  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the following opening remarks on Oct. 20, 2022, by Commissioner Allison Clements at the October 2022 commission meeting: * * * Takeaways From the Commission's October 6 Technical Conference on Transmission Planning and Cost Management (AD22-8) The record before us suggests we face a once-in-a-generation need for coordinated regional and interregional transmission investment--to upgrade aging inf  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 (TNStalk)(TNSres) -- Grow America's Infrastructure Now Coalition issued the following statement on Oct. 20, 2022: * * * The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission released a new report today warning that U.S. consumers should prepare for higher prices this winter as rising demand for natural gas and lower-than-average inventories will drive up the costs. Energy bills in New England are expected to be particularly high due to the region's heavy reliance on natural gas to heat   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 (TNSper) -- The Electric Power Supply Association issued the following news release: The Electric Power Supply Association (EPSA) announced it has welcomed Jeffrey D. Turcotte as its assistant vice president of government affairs. EPSA is the national trade association representing competitive power suppliers. It advocates at the federal, state, and local level for competitive policy approaches to secure reliable power and reduce carbon emissions at the least cost. Turcott  more

WALTHAM, Massachusetts, Oct. 21 -- NEJM Evidence, a peer-reviewed journal from New England Journal of Medicine Group that says it presents clinical trial design and decision-making, published research articles on the following topics in its October 2022 edition: ORIGINAL ARTICLES: * Low-Dose Decitabine versus Low-Dose Azacitidine in Lower-Risk MDS * Endotrophin, a Collagen VI Formation-Derived Peptide, in Heart Failure * A Randomized Trial of PHOTOdynamic Surgery in Non-Muscle-Invasive Blad  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Oct. 21 (TNSres) -- NHTI - Concord's Community College issued the following news: The Biology and Natural Sciences departments at NHTI-Concord's Community College have been busy recently with two large projects aimed to help students gain experience critical to their success at NHTI and beyond: SEAPHAGES Program This two-semester laboratory program, known also as Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science, is a discovery-based   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Oct. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Marc-Antoni Racing has licensed a collection of patented energy storage technologies developed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The technologies focus on components that enable fast-charging, energy-dense batteries for electric and hybrid vehicles and grid storage. The New England-based company is exploring ways to move the racing industr  more

GREENLAND, New Hampshire, Oct. 21 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee that funds the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), visited the Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (GBNRR) to highlight funds from NOAA provided by the Inflation Reduction Act that support coastal communities and habitats. Senator Shaheen toured the boardwalk to Great Bay an  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 21 (TNSfund) -- The New York Community Trust issued the following news release: The New York Community Trust has announced $11.5 million in grants to 66 nonprofits to improve the quality of life for all New Yorkers across a range of areas--from preventing homelessness to helping young women become leaders. "The Trust is addressing some of the toughest challenges facing New York right now, such as helping the busloads of immigrants arriving from Texas," said Shawn Morehead, the N  more