HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 30 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement on July 29, 2022: * * * Attorney General William Tong released the following statement regarding a $2.37 billion agreement framework with Allergan and states regarding the generic drug manufacturer's role in the opioid epidemic. Specific details of the settlement are still being finalized. Precise state allocations have yet to be announced, although the agreement would follow the same ba more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 27 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement on July 26, 2022: * * * Attorney General William Tong released the following statement regarding a $4.25 billion agreement framework with Teva Pharmaceuticals and states regarding the generic drug manufacturer's role in the opioid epidemic. Specific details of the settlement are still being finalized. Precise state allocations have yet to be disclosed, although the agreement would follow more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 29 (TNSres) -- Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection issued the following news release: Connecticut's Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) asks residents to keep a tally of all sightings of hen turkeys, poults (young-of-the-year), and toms from now through August 31 as part of the Wildlife Division's Annual Wild Turkey Brood Survey. Results from this survey allow DEEP biologists to determine turkey productivity and reproduc more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 28 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on July 27, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont today announced the anticipated release of $34 million in state funding that will continue his administration's priority of improving and increasing access to the outdoors for Connecticut residents in a number of ways. Among the items that are expected to be approved at this Friday's meeting of the State Bond Commission include: * $15 million to support re more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 27 (TNSper) -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on July 26, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that Max Reiss, communications director for the Office of the Governor, intends to step down from his position in state government to pursue a new professional opportunity in the private sector. Reiss joined the Office of the Governor in July 2019. He previously served as NBC Connecticut's chief political correspondent. His final day more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 28 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on July 27, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont today announced the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has approved the State of Connecticut's request to extend Medicaid (known in Connecticut as HUSKY) and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) coverage for twelve months after pregnancy. According to CMS, this extension will affect approximately 4,000 Connecticut residents who would more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 26 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on July 25, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont today announced the launch of the Connecticut Small Business Boost Fund, a public-private partnership that provides low-interest loans to small businesses and nonprofits in Connecticut. Applications are now being accepted for loans ranging from $5,000 to $500,000. The program is aimed at helping small businesses and nonprofits, particularly those in low-inco more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 29 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on July 28, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is directing $3.5 million in funds from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) to be allocated to Connecticut's utility-administered energy efficiency programs for low-income customers. This support will increase the delivery of energy efficiency programs that save residents money on their utility bills while reducing energy use more PR

WILLIMANTIC, Connecticut, July 27 (TNSawa) -- Eastern Connecticut State University issued the following news: The Latin American and Caribbean Studies program recognized three students in its 2022 annual Student Paper Awards. History major Max Turner '22 won the top prize, whereas Sociology major Vania Perez Gordillo '22 and English and Women's and Gender Studies double-major Aspen Ben Azulay '23 received honorable mentions. Turner's paper is titled "E Pluribus, Unum and De Muitos, Um: Economi more PR

WEST HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 26 (TNSconf) -- The University of Hartford issued the following news: A series of political debates co-produced by Connecticut Public and the League of Women Voters of Connecticut will kick off at the University of Hartford in September with candidates running for Secretary of the State. The other debates will include the statewide offices of governor, U.S. Senate, and Connecticut's five U.S. Congressional districts and be held at other colleges and universiti more PR

WEST HAVEN, Connecticut, July 20 (TNSreact) -- The University of New Haven issued the following news: As part of a recent University-wide conversation, several professors and experts in fields such as maternal health and psychology explained what the Supreme Court's decision means for people in Connecticut and across the country, as well as the possible longer-term consequences of the ruling. For Danielle Cooper, Ph.D., CPP, the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade last month was o more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, July 28 (TNSres) (TNSpar) -- Yale School of Environment issued the following news: * * * With a generous gift from the Three Cairns Group, the Yale School of the Environment will establish a transformative program aimed at supporting the next generation of environmental leaders in the Global South, where millions of people are particularly impacted by the effects of climate change caused by the world's biggest greenhouse gas emitters. This contribution is the largest gi more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, July 27 (TNSjou) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: A new human genomics study led by Yale scientists has identified genetic risk factors for opioid use disorder (OUD) and related substance use disorders according to a new large-scale genome-wide association study - increasing the number of risk genes known from 1 to 19. This work comes as opioid-related overdoses have reached an all-time high in the United States and continue to surge around the worl more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, July 28 (TNSawa) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: By Jane E. Dee His is the office other Yale physicians go to when they are seeking guidance on how to care for a patient with kidney disease. "Even the smartest of the smart will end up in his office because he has a critical-thinking mind, and he knows the medical literature better than anyone," said Ursula Brewster, MD, professor of medicine (nephrology) in the Department of Internal Medicine at Y more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, July 28 (TNSjou) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: By Elisabeth Reitman Research led by Muhammad Riaz, PhD, Jinkyu Park, PhD, and Lorenzo Sewanan, MD, PhD, from the Qyang and Campbell laboratories at Yale, provides a mechanism to identify abnormalities linked with a hereditary cardiac condition, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), in which walls of the left ventricle become abnormally thick and often stiff. The findings appear in the journal Circulati more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, July 29 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news: Genetic mutations in early development have been implicated in several psychiatric disorders such as autism and schizophrenia, symptoms of which typically manifest during childhood and early adulthood. However, mutations came in two flavors: those that are inherited and those that occur - spontaneously or induced by the environment -- after fertilization and can continue throughout life. Scientists studying  more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, July 27 (TNSres) -- Yale University School of Public Health issued the following news: A new 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline launched by the U.S. government is supposed to make it easier for people experiencing a mental health crisis to get help. But a new Yale study finds that not all Americans will have the same access to appropriate follow-up care. The 988 Lifeline, which went into effect on July 16, replaces the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and offers expand more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, July 28 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news: All baby birds have a moment prior to hatching when their hip bone is a tiny replica of a dinosaur's pelvis. That's one of the findings in a new, Yale-led study in the journal Nature that explores the evolutionary underpinnings of the avian hip bone. It is also a modern-day nod to the dramatic transformation that led from dinosaurs to birds over tens of millions of years. "Every single bird, in its early lif more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, July 30 (TNSres) -- Yale University School of Public Health issued the following news: The environmental impacts of climate change and a complex and often inefficient network of energy assistance programs are negatively affecting the health and well-being of Connecticut residents already burdened by the state's soaring utility costs, according to a new report. The report, "Energy Justice and Health in a Changing Climate," which is based on focus groups with Connecticut r more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, July 27 (TNSres) -- Yale University issued the following news: When she was a student at Yale School of Medicine more than a decade ago, Dr. Mei Elansary '12 conducted a project on the Indonesian island of Borneo. Over several weeks, she interviewed clinic patients about a program that offered more accessible health care in exchange for rainforest protection advocacy. At the time, Elansary grappled with ethical concerns about her work: Was she taking valuable time away  more PR