NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 3 (TNSEve) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: AmplifyHERscience, a new program of Yale's Office of Cooperative Research, is inviting applications for a "shark tank" style event in which women entrepreneurs will pitch their startup ideas to business professionals. In this case, co-organizers are calling it the Women Innovators from Yale University Dolphin Tank, a "friendly-feedback" session in which participants will receive constructive advice a more PR

CUPERTINO, California, Sept. 2 -- Apple, a provider of consumer electronics, computer software and online services, issued the following news release on Sept. 1, 2021: Apple today announced that it is working with several states across the country, which will roll out the ability for their residents to seamlessly and securely add their driver's license or state ID to Wallet on their iPhone and Apple Watch. Arizona and Georgia will be the first states to introduce this new innovation to their re more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 4 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: Attorney General William Tong is seeking state custody of eight pit bulls seized in a raid of a Meriden property suspected of operating as part of a multistate illegal dog fighting ring. Connecticut State Police raided a property at 109 Britannia Street in Meriden on July 31, seizing eight pit bulls found in cages in a backyard. Police discovered a large makeshift and portable dog-fig more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 2 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement: * * * Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement regarding Judge Robert Drain's decision today that he will approve a bankruptcy plan for Purdue Pharma that grants a lifetime legal shield to the Sackler family. The plan purports to extinguish Connecticut's claims against Purdue and, most strikingly, the non-bankrupt Sacklers using a controversial and unprecedented legal more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 31 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2021: In joint comments submitted today to the Connecticut Insurance Department, Attorney General William Tong and Healthcare Advocate Ted Doolittle sought the "highest level of scrutiny" for rate hike requests sought by health insurers. Eleven insurers are seeking significant rate increases for a range of individual and small group plans, including those for small business more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 31 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Governor Ned Lamont and Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz are inviting members of the public to attend the State of Connecticut's annual 9/11 Memorial Ceremony, honoring and celebrating the lives of those killed in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. This year's ceremony will be held at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, September 9, 2021, at Sherwood Island State Park in Westport. Family members of thos more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 1 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Aug. 31, 2021: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has received notice from U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack that his request has been approved for Connecticut to receive an agriculture disaster declaration as a result of damages caused by Tropical Storm Elsa in early July. The declaration means that farmers in the state are eligible to be considered for certain di more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 31 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2021: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the first round of the $1,000 bonus payments authorized through the Back to Work CT program are being mailed this week to more than 1,500 eligible applicants who are among the initial group of workers participating in the program. Established by Governor Lamont in May, the Back to Work CT program is designed to provide an additional bonu more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 2 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Governor Ned Lamont, the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development, and the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology (CCAT) today announced that six manufacturers in Connecticut will be receiving a total of $600,000 in grants to facilitate the adoption of additive manufacturing in their operations. Under the Additive Manufacturing Adoption Program (AMAP), each company will  more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 1 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Aug. 31, 2021: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has signed a proclamation declaring Tuesday, August 31, 2021, as Overdose Awareness Day in the State of Connecticut to raise awareness and reduce the stigma of the nationwide problem surrounding opioid overdoses. At the request of the governor, a flag commemorating the day of awareness will be flown on the dome of the State Capitol bui more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 2 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Governor Ned Lamont and Connecticut Department of Public Health Acting Commissioner Dr. Deidre Gifford today announced the launch of a new television ad campaign to further impress upon Connecticut residents the importance of COVID-19 vaccinations as the Delta variant continues to spread across the state and the country. The public service announcements launched on statewide television this wee more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Sept. 2 -- The Connecticut Department of Education issued the following news release: The Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) is releasing results of the 2020-21 statewide assessments. This report provides the first statewide picture of student achievement since the 2018-19 school year. Analyses of data from assessments administered in-person revealed: * In all grades and across most student groups, those who learned in-person (more than 75% of days in-pers more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: A new analysis from Fortune compares how Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont's strong leadership in response to the pandemic is saving lives, while "ideological extremism" from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis "has caused needless deaths in our country." In his response to COVID-19, Fortune notes that Gov. Lamont is doing "his job to save the lives of his constituents," implementing a "science-based approach from the outse more PR

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Sept. 1 -- New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella issued the following news release: Attorney General John M. Formella announces that the Director of Charitable Trusts will host a public hearing regarding a proposed plan of merger between Indian Stream Health Center (ISHC) and Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital (UCVH) on Tuesday, September 14, 2021, from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm. Doors will open at 3:45 pm. The hearing will be held in-person in the gymnasium at Colebrook  more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 1 (TNSRes) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Philip Corlett, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine, and his research team working on a study that evaluates the impact of group song-making on hallucinations, recently reached one of the first milestones associated with the project: The first group of participants has released an EP of music created during its sessions. Corlett received a $2.1 million grant in 2019 from more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 4 (TNSJou) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: A global team of researchers has found that future COVID-19 outbreaks, variants, hospitalizations and ICU admissions can be reliably predicted by detecting and quantifying the amount of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in raw wastewater. The scientists analyzed daily wastewater samples from one of the largest wastewater treatment plants in the world which services the population of the Athens, Greece, metropolitan are more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug. 31 (TNSRes) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Philip Corlett, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine, and his research team working on a study that evaluates the impact of group song-making on hallucinations, recently reached one of the first milestones associated with the project: The first group of participants has released an EP of music created during its sessions. Corlett received a $2.1 million grant in 2019 from more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 2 (TNSJou) -- Yale University issued the following news release: A hair-like protein hidden inside bacteria serves as a sort of on-off switch for nature's "electric grid," a global web of bacteria-generated nanowires that permeates all oxygen-less soil and deep ocean beds, Yale researchers report in the journal Nature. "The ground beneath our feet, the entire globe, is electrically wired," said Nikhil Malvankar, assistant professor of molecular biophysics and bio more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 3 (TNSJou) -- Yale University issued the following news release: When it comes to long-lasting protection against COVID-19, antibodies are our biggest allies, a new Yale University study shows. Since the emergence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the relative contributions of the different parts of our immune system arsenal -- particularly those of T cells, which destroy infected cells from the inside, and B cells, which produce antibodies that clean up free-floating viru more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug. 31 (TNSJou) -- Yale University issued the following news release: As scientists prepare for crewed research missions to nearby planets and moons, they've identified a need for something beyond rovers and rockets. They need accurate weather forecasts. Without them, any trip to the surface may be one dust storm away from disaster. A new Yale study helps lay the foundation for more accurate, otherworldly forecasts by taking a phenomenon related to Earth's jet stream  more PR