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DENVER, Colo. and EMERYVILLE, Calif., Feb. 04, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A group of national leaders in health information exchange (HIE) announced today their formation of the Consortium for State and Regional Interoperability (CSRI). The vision of this organization is to see individual and population health improve nationwide through robust electronic health data interoperability.

The founding members of the Consortium for State and Regional Interoperability include:

• CRISP – Maryland, District of Columbia, West Virginia
• Colorado Regional Health Information Organization (CORHIO) – Colorado
• CyncHealth – Nebraska and Iowa
• Health Current – Arizona
• Indiana Health Information Exchange (IHIE) – Indiana
• Manifest MedEx – California

These organizations are all successful nonprofit HIEs with robust technology infrastructure, data stewardship expertise, and far-reaching data networks. They serve as health data utilities for their respective state’s health care providers, health plans, Medicaid agencies, and public health departments. A health data utility is a public-private resource that provides a source of truth for robust clinical and non-clinical data, which can be leveraged by the state and other healthcare system stakeholders to achieve healthier communities.

CSRI is intent on building solutions that deliver vital data to the agencies and organizations that need it most.

“CSRI is well-positioned to leverage economies of scale on projects that have the potential to move the interoperability needle in a big way,” says Morgan Honea, CORHIO CEO. “I am incredibly excited to be a part of this innovative group and look forward to developing and delivering HIT that can help solve significant data problems.”

The mission of CSRI is to strengthen our nation’s data exchange capabilities by:

1. Developing solutions that providers, health plans, Medicaid programs, and public health departments can use across state lines and federal initiatives;
2. Advancing initiatives that promote robust and scalable health data exchange nationwide; and
3. Delivering insights for federal agencies to inform critical decisions, relieve administrative burden, and accelerate innovation.

 CSRI’s nonprofit organizations have stepped up to deliver critical and timely services and data to support the public health departments in COVID-19 response over the last several months, including:

• Supporting test ordering and scheduling with state and county clinics
• Identifying high-risk patients for outreach leveraging predictive analytics
• Tracking and forecasting hospital bed capacity
• Developing dashboards that bring together test result, mortality, and hospitalization data
• Supporting contact tracing by matching test results with patient contact information
• Developing alerts and reports for providers when their patients test positive for COVID-19

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About The Consortium for State and Regional Interoperability

The Consortium for State and Regional Interoperability (CSRI) is a collection of the nation’s largest and most robust nonprofit healthcare data organizations. Collectively, our nonprofit organizations connect over 80 million records for patients across several states and provide a wide range of services to healthcare organizations. The vision of CSRI is to improve individual and population health across the nation through robust health data innovation and interoperability. Learn more at www.theCSRI.org.

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Feb. 04, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Dairy Council of California, a nutrition education organization, proudly announces the release of Let’s Eat Healthy K-2 Nutrition Curriculum, its newly refreshed, grade-specific resources designed to teach students about nutrition and build skills to establish healthy eating habits.

Let’s Eat Healthy K-2 Nutrition Curriculum is part of a K-12 nutrition program that provides educators with instructional resources developed using the latest in nutrition science, Common Core State Standards and behavior change theory. Engaging and flexible, the grade-specific curriculum is designed as standalone educational lessons that can be taught sequentially, helping to build and enhance student knowledge and skills in each subsequent year. The lessons cover a variety of topics, such as teaching students how to make healthier food and beverage choices, the connection between food and health, and where food comes from. Available online and in print, the age-appropriate nutrition curriculum teaches students how to make informed, nutritious food choices and build agricultural literacy.

“Nutrition education provides students with the knowledge and skills they need to build healthy eating habits for lifelong health,” said Tracy Mendez, registered dietitian nutritionist and nutrition education program director at Dairy Council of California. “When students make the connection between food and health starting at an early age, they are better supported to achieve optimal health outcomes.”

The kindergarten through second grade resources feature fun, memorable food-group characters that guide children through nutrition concepts as they learn, play and grow. Social and emotional learning skills are also highlighted and embedded throughout the updated curriculum, helping students identify, learn and practice social awareness, relationship skills and responsible decision-making. Intentionally weaving in SEL competencies supports students for academic success as well as mental and physical health. Teaching SEL skills early and building on them each year, students learn to practice and master these competencies to build their social and emotional intelligence.

Each class set includes a food group poster, food picture cards with relevant food facts, educator guide, student workbooks, Brain Break videos to encourage physical activity, pre- and post-assessments, and access to online resources that integrate with existing platforms like SeeSaw, Google Classroom and Zoom. The curriculum also features a Going Deeper section, allowing educators to extend learning with reading suggestions, cafeteria connections and project-based learning.

“The educational landscape is changing,” continued Mendez. “Updating the K-2 nutrition curriculum is just one of the ways we are innovating and creating new resources that will enable our partners to continue to teach nutrition education with confidence, improving the health of students and families.”

Let’s Eat Healthy Nutrition Curriculum and resources are always free for California-based educators and health professionals. Explore the available resources today at HealthyEating.org/K-2.  

Advocates for healthier children, families and communities through nutrition education are invited to join the movement to improve community health at HealthyEating.org/Join.

About Dairy Council of California


For over a century, Dairy Council of California has empowered stakeholders, including educators, health professionals and community leaders, to elevate the health of children and families through the pursuit of lifelong healthy eating habits. Funded by California’s dairy farm families and local milk processors and under the guidance of California Department of Food and Agriculture, Dairy Council of California’s free science-based nutrition education resources, Mobile Dairy Classroom assemblies, training programs and online resources educate millions of students and families in California and throughout the United States. Learn more at HealthyEating.org.

Media Contact:

Rachel Bonachea
Communications Manager
Dairy Council of California
916.633.3935
[email protected]

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Feb. 04, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Command Alkon, the provider of the leading supplier collaboration platform for construction’s heavy work, and Libra Systems, a subsidiary of Command Alkon that specializes in Asphalt and Aggregate automation and technology solutions, are pleased to offer the Silo Safety System to ensure the safety of the driver and vehicle and eliminate loss of material in overhead silo loadout situations. The standalone system can support operations that have any type of overhead loadout scenario- whether it be for asphalt, aggregates, ready mix concrete or others – and using any type of loadout automation system.

“Once the gates on the silo open, a literal ton of material, sometimes at 320 degrees Fahrenheit for asphalt loadout, is being dropped from the silo in the matter of one second. If the vehicle is not in the correct location, this puts the driver at risk for serious injury and can cause extremely expensive damage to the cab of the truck as well as lost time and materials in the production process,” said Greg Fleisch, Libra Sales Manager. “The Silo Safety System could more than pay for itself with the price of one accident.”  

“Depending on the operation, opening the incorrect silo can happen daily,” said Lori Allen, Director of Corporate Marketing at Command Alkon. “An incident of this nature can bring the production process to a screeching halt and threaten the lives of employees. Now that Libra Systems is under the umbrella of Command Alkon, we can offer this solution across our base of customers using Libra and Apex for asphalt and aggregate operations, as well as COMMANDbatch customers in ready mix operations to ensure safety and mitigate the risk of lost materials.”

The Silo Safety System features infrared sensors to enable each silo, if and only if, the truck is in the proper position. As the truck pulls through to the loadout station, it will break the infrared sensor beam to enable the silo to be opened. The Silo Safety System includes these important features and benefits:

• Completely stand-alone system compatible for use with any overhead loadout scenario and automation system.
• Two Infrared sensor sets indicate when vehicle is appropriately placed for loading and silo gate activation.
• Three sensor set configuration allows for detection of space between cab and trailer.
• Fully graphic touch screen display indicates sensor and silo gate activation to operator. Available with pedestal stand for desktop placement or can be panel mounted.
• Manual override mode with redundant loadout system interlock for scenarios not meeting standard vehicle and loadout situations.
• Real-time alerts indicate potential defective sensor situations.
• Stand-alone Junction Box and PLC controls ensure ease in wiring, installation, and sensor location tuning.

“This solution saved us the first day that we had it,” said Dewey East, Owner and Founder of Southeast Plant Services. “One of our operators tried to open the incorrect silo immediately after the installation, and the Silo Safety System prevented the gate from opening.”  

The system is priced to ensure that a single incident prevention immediately provides full return on investment.

For more information, visit www.commandalkon.com/getsilosafety.

ABOUT COMMAND ALKON

As the provider of the leading Supplier Collaboration Platform for heavy work, Command Alkon solutions deliver supply chain digital collaboration across the heavy construction community. CONNEX, a technology platform built for the industry, enables business partners to automate and integrate business process, capture real-time visibility into heavy material orders and deliveries, and share knowledge to promote certainty of outcomes. Command Alkon is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama and has offices in locations around the globe. For more information, visit commandalkon.com.

For More Information, Contact:

Karli Langner
Command Alkon
(205) 879-3282 x 3968
[email protected]

MCLEAN, Va., Feb. 04, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) has priced a new offering of Structured Pass-Through Certificates (K Certificates), which includes a class of floating rate bonds indexed to the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR). The approximately $1 billion in K Certificates (K-F98 Certificates) are expected to settle on or about February 11, 2021. The K-F98 Certificates are backed by floating-rate multifamily mortgages with 10-year terms.

K-F98 includes one class (Class AS) of senior bonds indexed to SOFR and backed only by SOFR-based mortgages, and another class (Class AL) of senior bonds indexed to LIBOR and backed only by mortgages which are currently LIBOR-based.

K-F98 Pricing

Details

• Co-Lead Managers and Joint Bookrunners: Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
• Co-Managers: BofA Securities, Inc., Brean Capital, LLC, Drexel Hamilton, LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

Related Links

• The K-F98 preliminary offering circular supplement: http://www.freddiemac.com/mbs/data/kf98oc.pdf
• Freddie Mac Multifamily Securitization Overview
• Multifamily Securities Investor Access database of post-securitization data from Investor Reporting Packages

The K-F98 Certificates will not be rated, and will include two senior principal and interest classes and two interest-only classes that are also entitled to static prepayment premiums. The K-F98 Certificates are backed by corresponding classes issued by the FREMF 2021-KF98 Mortgage Trust (KF98 Trust) and guaranteed by Freddie Mac. The KF98 Trust will also issue certificates consisting of the Class CL, CS and R Certificates, which will be subordinate to the classes backing the K-F98 Certificates and will not be guaranteed by Freddie Mac.

Freddie Mac Multifamily is a leading issuer of agency-guaranteed structured multifamily securities. K-Deals are part of the company’s business strategy to transfer a portion of the risk of losses away from taxpayers and to private investors who purchase the unguaranteed subordinate bonds. K Certificates typically feature a wide range of investor options with stable cash flows and structured credit enhancement.

This announcement is not an offer to sell any Freddie Mac securities. Offers for any given security are made only through applicable offering circulars and related supplements, which incorporate Freddie Mac’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on February 13, 2020; all other reports Freddie Mac filed with the SEC pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act) since December 31, 2019, excluding any information “furnished” to the SEC on Form 8-K; and all documents that Freddie Mac files with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c) or 14 of the Exchange Act, excluding any information “furnished” to the SEC on Form 8-K.

Freddie Mac’s press releases sometimes contain forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, some of which are beyond the company’s control. Management’s expectations for the company’s future necessarily involve a number of assumptions, judgments and estimates, and various factors could cause actual results to differ materially from the expectations expressed in these and other forward-looking statements. These assumptions, judgments, estimates and factors are discussed in the company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, and its reports on Form 10-Q and Form 8-K, which are available on the Investor Relations page of the company’s Web site at www.FreddieMac.com/investors and the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. The company undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements it makes to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date of this press release. The multifamily investors section of the company’s Web site at https://mf.freddiemac.com/investors/ will also be updated, from time to time, with any information on material developments or other events that may be important to investors, and we encourage investors to access this website on a regular basis for such updated information.

The financial and other information contained in the documents that may be accessed on this page speaks only as of the date of those documents. The information could be out of date and no longer accurate. Freddie Mac undertakes no obligation, and disclaims any duty, to update any of the information in those documents.

Freddie Mac makes home possible for millions of families and individuals by providing mortgage capital to lenders. Since our creation by Congress in 1970, we’ve made housing more accessible and affordable for homebuyers and renters in communities nationwide. We are building a better housing finance system for homebuyers, renters, lenders, and taxpayers. Learn more at FreddieMac.com, Twitter @FreddieMac and Freddie Mac’s blog FreddieMac.com/blog.

MEDIA CONTACT: Michael Morosi

(703) 918-5851

[email protected]

INVESTOR CONTACTS: Robert Koontz

571-382-4082

Amanda Nunnink

312-407-7510

SPRINGDALE, Ark., Feb. 04, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Tyson Foods, Inc. is launching Upward Pathways, an in-plant career development program that provides frontline team members with job skills training and workforce certifications at no cost.

The program will be piloted at ten of the company’s plant locations and is a partnership between Tyson, adult education providers and community colleges to establish a standardized promotional pathway for team members.

Classes are currently available to workers at the company’s Council Bluffs, Iowa, case-ready beef and pork facility and will be implemented at the remaining nine locations throughout 2021.

Completion of Upward Pathways curriculum will culminate in a Tyson-branded credential that recognizes the skills gained by team members and signals readiness for advancement within the company. Industry recognized workforce certifications focusing on safety training and other core curriculum will also be offered.

Additional areas of focus include digital fluency and soft skills training, such as time management and leadership skills.

“Our team members are the most important part of our business, and we view it as our responsibility to provide opportunities to grow and thrive in their careers,” said John R. Tyson, Chief Sustainability Officer of Tyson Foods. “We’re excited to launch Upward Pathways as the next step from Upward Academy, which has seen tremendous success in providing resources to team members to help them take control of their own development and professional growth.”

Upward Pathways will be led by Anson Green, who joined Tyson Foods in 2020 after seven years serving as the State Director for Adult Education and Literacy for the state of Texas.

“The goal of Upward Pathways is to identify and grow the untapped talent in our frontline workforce,” said Green. “The program represents a strategic effort to bolster career advancement efforts by maximizing the expertise, loyalty, and powerful diversity of our frontline workers. The approach leverages our community-based partnerships to deliver education, training and supportive services aimed at increasing the competitiveness of our team members for advancement opportunities.”

Upward Pathways complements the company’s Upward Academy program, which focuses on supporting and helping stabilize the lives of team members through the development of general life-skills such as English as a Second Language, citizenship, high school completion, digital and financial literacy. Upward Academy is currently in use located across 59 Tyson plant sites and continues to grow.

The addition of Upward Pathways gives all team members access to a robust and equitable career pathway, strengthening an internal pipeline of skilled team members in an increasingly complex production environment.

“Upward Pathways is one of the most important projects Metropolitan Community College (MCC) is working on,” said Tammy Green, Director of Workforce & IT Innovation, Metropolitan Community College. “It is an opportunity for people to find the support they need to participate in advanced educational opportunities.  MCC reached out to 1100 of our program participants, and 86% want to advance in their careers.  The partnership with Tyson and the Upward Pathways program will help develop a model to help people advance in their careers using education and career coaching as a tool for success.”

Tyson facilities and training providers where the program will be piloted include:

• Albertville, Al. (Northeast Alabama Community College)
• Berryville, Ark. (North Arkansas College)
• Green Forest, Ark. (North Arkansas College)
• Portland, Ind. (Muncie Community Schools)
• Council Bluffs, Iowa (Metropolitan Community College)
• Finney, Kan. (Garden City Community College)
• Dakota City, Neb. (Northeast Community College)
• Omaha, Neb. (Metropolitan Community College)
• Goodlettsville, Tenn. (Workforce Essentials Inc.)
• Seguin, Texas (Alamo Colleges District)

About Tyson Foods

Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE: TSN) is one of the world’s largest food companies and a recognized leader in protein. Founded in 1935 by John W. Tyson and grown under three generations of family leadership, the company has a broad portfolio of products and brands like Tyson^®, Jimmy Dean^®, Hillshire Farm^®, Ball Park^®, Wright^®, Aidells^®, ibp^®, and State Fair^®. Tyson Foods innovates continually to make protein more sustainable, tailor food for everywhere it’s available and raise the world’s expectations for how much good food can do. Headquartered in Springdale, Arkansas, the company has 139,000 team members. Through its Core Values, Tyson Foods strives to operate with integrity, create value for its shareholders, customers, communities and team members and serve as a steward of the animals, land and environment entrusted to it. Visit TYSONFOODS.COM to learn more.

Contact: Derek Burleson, [email protected], 479-290-6466

Category: IR

WATERTOWN, Mass., Feb. 04, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — EyePoint Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: EYPT), a pharmaceutical company committed to developing and commercializing therapeutics to help improve the lives of patients with serious eye disorders, today announced the closing of an underwritten public offering of 10,465,000 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $11.00 per share, including the exercise in full by the underwriters of their option to purchase up to 1,365,000 additional shares of common stock. The gross proceeds of the offering to the Company are approximately $115.1 million, before deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and other estimated offering expenses.

Cowen and Guggenheim Securities acted as joint book-running managers for the offering.

EyePoint intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for the advancement of EYP-1901 for wet AMD, for pipeline and commercial programs, and for general corporate purposes.

The securities described above were offered by the Company pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-252170) previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on January 15, 2021 and declared effective by the SEC on January 25, 2021.

A preliminary prospectus supplement relating to the offering was filed with the SEC on February 1, 2021. A final prospectus supplement relating to and describing the terms of the offering was filed with the SEC and is available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. Copies of the final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained from Cowen and Company, LLC, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, Attn: Prospectus Department, by telephone at (833) 297-2926, or by email at [email protected] or Guggenheim Securities, LLC Attention: Equity Syndicate Department, 330 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10017 or by telephone at (212) 518-5548, or by email at [email protected].

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any of the securities described herein, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

About EyePoint Pharmaceuticals, Inc.  

EyePoint Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:EYPT) is a pharmaceutical company committed to developing and commercializing innovative therapeutics to help improve the lives of patients with serious eye disorders. The Company’s pipeline leverages its proprietary bioerodible Durasert® technology for extended intraocular drug delivery including EYP-1901, a potential twice-yearly sustained delivery intravitreal anti-VEGF treatment initially targeting wet age-related macular degeneration. The Company has two commercial products: YUTIQ®, for the treatment of chronic non-infectious uveitis affecting the posterior segment of the eye, and DEXYCU®, for the treatment of postoperative inflammation following ocular surgery. EyePoint Pharmaceuticals is headquartered in Watertown, Massachusetts.

SAFE HARBOR STATEMENTS UNDER THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION ACT OF 1995: To the extent any statements made in this press release deal with information that is not historical, these are forward-looking statements under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the anticipated use of proceeds for the proposed offering and other statements identified by words such as “will,” “potential,” “could,” “can,” “believe,” “intends,” “continue,” “plans,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “may,” other words of similar meaning or the use of future dates. Forward-looking statements by their nature address matters that are, to different degrees, uncertain. Uncertainties and risks may cause EyePoint’s actual results to be materially different than those expressed in or implied by EyePoint’s forward-looking statements. For EyePoint, this includes the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on EyePoint’s business, the medical community and the global economy and the impact of general business and economic conditions. More detailed information on these and additional factors that could affect EyePoint’s actual results are described in EyePoint’s filings with the SEC, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, as revised or supplemented by its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and other documents filed with the SEC. All forward-looking statements in this news release speak only as of the date of this news release. EyePoint undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Investors:

Lisa Sher
SternIR
Direct: 212-698-8700
[email protected]

Media Contact

Tom Gibson
GIBSON Communications, LLC
Direct: (201) 476-0322
[email protected]