BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 23 -- CareQuest Institute for Oral Health issued the following news release: CareQuest Institute for Oral Health, a leading national nonprofit focused on creating a more accessible, equitable, and integrated oral health system, has awarded more than $2.3 million in grant funds to help advance equity in oral health across the nation. Grants were awarded to 14 organizations across the country from Alabama, California, Colorado, Florida, Massachusetts, Nebraska, Texas, V  more

WATERBURY, Connecticut, May 23 -- The Center for a Humane Economy issued the following news release: Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy reacted to eight arrests following police officers busting an alleged cockfighting ring in a large garage in Waterbury, where officers witnessed the staged fights and the illegal gambling that always accompanies the crime. Six of the eight arrests were citizens of Massachusetts. "We applaud Waterbury police for acting swiftly to break u  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 23 -- The ADA Forsyth Institute issued the following news on May 21, 2024: ADA Forsyth is pleased to announce the addition of Chengji Zhou, PhD, to its distinguished faculty, effective April 1, 2024. Dr. Zhou, a developmental biologist, joined AFI after nearly 19 years in the School of Medicine at the University of California, Davis, where he was a professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, and a senior investigator at the Institute for Ped  more

WESTBOROUGH, Massachusetts, May 23 -- The New England First Amendment Coalition issued the following news release: Access/RI -- a coalition of open government groups including the New England First Amendment Coalition -- recently cautioned against Rhode Island legislation that would keep the municipalities of judicial officials secret. House Bill 7758 would exempt from the Rhode Island Access to Public Records Act the city or town of residence of the justices, judges, and magistrates of the un  more

WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, May 23 (TNSres) -- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution issued the following news release: * * * What is a name for kids who grow up and never stop wondering? They're called scientists. * * * In his new book, A Kids Book About Being a Scientist, award-winning author and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) chemist Chris Reddy encourages young people to explore the world around them, ask questions, seek answers, and share them, but not be afraid of failure. I  more

WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, May 23 -- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution issued the following news release: Using a new technology called a mini trace analyzer insitu logger, or mTail, an international team of scientists, including Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's (WHOI) Maria Pachiadaki, on a Schmidt Ocean Institute expedition has found sporadic pockets of water with trace amounts of oxygen in an area of the Southeast Pacific where oxygen has historically been below the limit of detecti  more