SCOTTSDALE, March 26 -- The Alliance Defending Freedom issued the following statement: The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel Christiana Holcomb regarding the U.S. Department of Justice's statement of interest filed Tuesday in federal district court in support of Connecticut high school athletes and their mothers seeking to protect fair play in girls' sports in the ADF case Soule v. Connecticut Association of Schools: "Girls shouldn't be reduced to sp  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 27 -- The Connecticut Business and Industry Association issued the following news release: Connecticut's largest business organization welcomed the launch of a state-backed no-interest loan program designed to help small businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. CBIA president and CEO Joe Brennan called the new Connecticut Recovery Bridge Loan Program critical for providing small businesses with immediate, much-needed liquidity. "Small businesses and their emp  more

WILLIMANTIC, Connecticut, March 25 -- The Center for Medicare Advocacy issued the following news release: In a decision issued, Judge Michael P. Shea of the U.S. District Court in Hartford, Connecticut found that certain Medicare beneficiaries who are placed on "observation status" at hospitals, rather than being admitted as "inpatients," have the right to appeal to Medicare. The case, Alexander v. Azar, is a nationwide class action case filed by the Center for Medicare Advocacy that went to t  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 27 -- GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders issued the following statement by Transgender Rights Project Director Jennifer Levi: The Department of Justice has filed a statement of interest in Soule v. Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference, a case challenging the state's longstanding policy ensuring equal inclusion of transgender girls in K-12 sports. The statement from Attorney General William Barr sides with anti-transgender activist groups, including the A  more

WEST HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 25 -- The International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators issued the following news: IACLEA convened the 2020 First-Line Supervisor Institute (FLSI) in January at the University of Houston--and participants rated the course very highly. At the University of Houston class, approximately 50 attendees took part in a variety of educational and networking programming. Highly qualified instructors led discussions on leadership, managing subordinat  more

NEW MILFORD, Connecticut, March 24 -- The Journal of Physical Activity and Health, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features chronic disease, such as cancer, heart disease, mental health, weight control, neurologic deficits, in which physical activity may play a role in prevention, treatment or rehabilitation, published research articles on the following topics in its March 2020 edition: * Physical Activity in the Summer Heat: How Hot Weather Moderates the Relationship Between Built Environ  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The National Center for Transgender Equality issued the following news release: While the nation's attention is focused on responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Trump administration on Wednesday intervened in a federal civil right lawsuit in Connecticut that would ban transgender student athletes from participating in sports. In a US Department of Justice filing, US Attorney General William Barr put the federal government on the record in opposition to a Connecticut   more

BLOOMFIELD, Connecticut, March 24 -- Psychodynamic Psychiatry, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features psychodynamically informed assessment and treatment, including psychoanalysis from the American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry, published research articles on the following topics in its March 2020 edition: * Guilt, Shame, Empathy, Self-Esteem, and Traumas: New Data for the Validation of the Interpersonal Guilt Rating Scale-15 Self-Report (IGRS-15s) * Incest from a You  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 25 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut issued the following statement on March 24: The Connecticut Department of Correction last night announced that an employee of Garner Correctional Institution tested positive for COVID-19. The following is a reaction from Melvin Medina, ACLU of Connecticut public policy and advocacy director: "Incarcerated people are sitting ducks in the COVID-19 pandemic. They cannot protect themselves in prisons and jails. "  more

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, March 24 -- Save the Children issued the following statement by President and CEO Janti Soeripto on the plea by the UN Secretary General for a global ceasefire amid the coronavirus crisis: "There are 415 million children living in conflict--they are dying from violence, recruited and abducted, detained and abused. Now they face the added risk of losing loved ones to the virus or being infected themselves. "It is impossible to properly fight such a pandemic when bombs ar  more

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, March 25 -- Save the Children issued the following news release: * * * - Save the Children presents survey findings amidst COVID-19 fears: conflict takes heavy toll on children's mental health * * * Five years of raging conflict in Yemen have had a devastating impact on the mental health of an entire generation of children, pushing some to the brink of depression, according to a new survey by Save the Children. More than half of the children surveyed said they feel sa  more

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, March 26 -- Save the Children issued the following news release: As the number of COVID-19 cases across the African continent rose dramatically this week, health systems that serve some of the most vulnerable and marginalized children and families in the world will come under ever-increasing strain, warns Save the Children. There are now at least 2,412 confirmed cases/i across 43 countries in Africa--an increase of more than 500 percent since March 17/ii--with only nine  more