WASHINGTON, July 2 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report on the employment and unemployment in the metropolitan area for May 2020: Unemployment rates were higher in May than a year earlier in all 389 metropolitan areas, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. A total of 109 areas had jobless rates of less than 10.0 percent and 16 areas had rates of at least 20.0 percent. Nonfarm payroll employment decreased over the year in 357 metropolit  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, July 2 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, John H. Durham, issued the following news release on June 30: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, today announced that SUBURBAN PHARMACY LTC INC., ("Suburban Pharmacy"), a pharmacy located in West Hartford, Connecticut, has entered into a civil settlement with the federal gover  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, July 2 -- The Freedom Foundation issued the following news release: Washington's "invasive," "coercive" and "unprecedented" directive requiring residents to wear a mask or equivalent face covering in public places has been challenged by a lawsuit arguing the state cannot compel citizens to meekly support whatever newest guess the government is making when responding to the COVID-19 virus. Filed in Lewis County Superior Court on Wednesday by the Freedom Foundation on behal  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 2 -- The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review issued the following announcement: The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) announced that it will not hold the August 2020 Midwest CEPAC public meeting to discuss the comparative clinical effectiveness and value assessment of obeticholic acid for the treatment of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). This decision is the result of the Food and Drug Administration recently issuing a Complete Response   more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health issued the following news release: In a Perspective for the New England Journal of Medicine(link is external), members of the National Institutes of Health's Accelerating COVID-19 Therapeutic Interventions and Vaccines (ACTIV) Vaccines Working Group assess practical considerations and prerequisites for using controlled human infection models (CHIMs), which can be used for human challenge studie  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee issued the following joint testimony by Assistant Secretary for Health Brett P. Giroir, FDA Commissioner Stephen M. Hahn, CDC Director Robert R. Redfield, and Anthony S. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the Health and Human Services Department, at a hearing entitled "COVID-19: Update on Progress Toward Safely Getting Back to Work and Back to School" on June 30: We are   more

BIDDEFORD, Maine, July 2 -- The University of New England issued the following news release: The University of New England is pleased to announce that G. Christopher Hunt, Ed.D., will join the university's leadership team as the Associate Provost for Community, Equity, and Diversity. He will start August 1. This is a newly created position at UNE, providing institutional leadership around race and diversity and affecting virtually every area of the institution, including training, hiring, emp  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 2 -- WGBH Boston issued the following news release: With offerings for live classical music limited due to the COVID-19 pandemic, WCRB Classical Radio Boston will offer listeners seven mini-festivals, drawing from the best Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) performances recorded by the station at the BSO's summer home at Tanglewood over the past 30 years. Tied together through themes such as "BSO Signature Works," "Musicians' Choices," and "A Celebration of the Tanglew  more