ROYAL OAK, Michigan, March 23 (TNSJou) -- Beaumont Health issued the following news release: A clinical study of a new cardiac ablation procedure for patients with an irregular heartbeat has launched at Beaumont Health, a worldwide leader in the treatment of atrial fibrillation, or AFib. Researchers at Beaumont, Royal Oak are testing whether pulsed field ablation to treat AFib improves success rate, reduces complications and decreases treatment time when compared to traditional ablation proced  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following article from Economics Daily: Employer costs for employee compensation for private industry workers averaged $36.23 per hour worked in December 2020. Wage and salary costs averaged $25.48 and accounted for 70.3 percent of employer costs, while benefit costs were $10.74 and accounted for 29.7 percent. Among the major industry groups, compensation costs were highest for employers in utilities i  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: The City of Boston received over $1.7 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to help reimburse expenses associated with COVID-19 response efforts. The grant of $1,781,624 is specifically awarded to the city for costs incurred for the 500-bed facility at the Boston Hope site for non-acute care for the homeless during the spring of 2020. T  more

AMHERST, Massachusetts, March 24 (TNSPer) -- Hampshire College issued the following news: Assistant Professor of Modern and Contemporary Dance Deborah Goffe was named one of twelve cohort members to join the New England Foundation of the Arts Regional Dance Development Initiative, New England Now. The Regional Dance Development Initiative (RDDI) is a program of the National Dance Project (NDP). The purpose of RDDI is to increase the scope, visibility, and viability of dance activity in and acr  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies issued the following testimony by Stacey Stewart, president and CEO of March of Dimes, as part of a virtual hearing entitled "Addressing the Maternal Health Crisis" on March 23, 2021: * * * Thank you for the opportunity to testify at today's hearing to shine a light on key programs that improve both maternal and infant health. I am Stacey Stewart, President and CEO   more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- The House Energy and Commerce Committee issued the following testimony by Ex-Energy Secretary Ernest J. Moniz, president and CEO of Energy Futures Initiatives, as part of a virtual hearing entitled "Leading Infrastructure for Tomorrow's America Act: Revitalizing our Nation's Infrastructure and Economy" on March 22, 2021: * * * Thank you for the opportunity to testify today and to discuss the LIFT America Act. Coming on the heels of the disaster in Texas, this hearing a  more

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- The Natural Resources Defense Council issued the following statement on March 22, 2021: * * * The Supreme Court today declined to hear a case challenging the legality of establishing marine national monuments under the Antiquities Act. In a statement respecting the denial of certiorari, Chief Justice Roberts indicated that while the case potentially posed interesting legal questions, it did not do so in a way that was appropriate for high court consideration. The follo  more

WESTBOROUGH, Massachusetts, March 24 -- The New England First Amendment Coalition issued the following news release: The New England First Amendment Coalition recently argued to the Vermont Supreme Court that private entities performing essential government services are subject to the state's public records law. Courts throughout the country apply their state's respective public records statutes to certain private entities, explained NEFAC and other advocates in a March 22 amicus brief drafted  more

NEW YORK, March 24 -- The Open Space Institute issued the following news release: Land protection is among the most effective, versatile, and cost-saving tools available to address climate change and maintain clean water. OSI translates scientific research into practical guidance to help land trusts and communities conserve lands that store and absorb atmospheric carbon, buffer the impacts of storms on flood-prone communities, and safeguard water quality. In a slate of virtual presentations th  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security issues testimony by Aaron S. Kesselheim, professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, and director of the Program on Regulation, Therapeutics, and Law in the Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics of the Department of Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, at a hearing entitled "Why Does the US Pay the Highest Prices in the World for Prescription   more

LA JOLLA, California, March 24 (TNSJou) -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: In a letter to The New England Journal of Medicine, published online March 23, 2021, a group of investigators from University of California San Diego School of Medicine and the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA report COVID-19 infection rates for a cohort of health care workers previously vaccinated for the novel coronavirus. "Because of the compulsory daily symptom screeni  more