PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Jan. 13 (TNSRep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on Jan. 12, 2022, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Northeast Region - December 2021": The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the Northeast rose 0.2 percent in December, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Alexandra Hall Bovee noted that this was below the identica  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) issued the following statement after New Hampshire Republicans on the Executive Council voted for the third time to defund family planning providers throughout the state. Three of the providers defunded by the Executive Council provide approximately 80 percent of family planning services in New Hampshire. "New Hampshire Republicans' assault on women and their healt  more

DARTMOUTH, Massachusetts, Jan. 13 (TNSOps) -- The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth campus issued the following news release: Associate Professor and Department Chairperson of Bioengineering Dr. Tracie Ferriera is the recipient of a 1,498,020 National Science Foundation (NSF) award for her project titled "Scholarships to Accelerate Engineering Leadership and Identity in Graduate Students." The project addresses an urgent need to develop initiatives that support the graduation of diverse po  more

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, Jan. 13 (TNSJou) -- The University of North Carolina's Gillings School of Global Public Health issued the following news: Vaccination offers long-lasting protections from the worst outcomes of COVID-19, according to a new study led by the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. The emergence of new variants like delta and omicron has raised questions about whether breakthrough infections are caused by waning immunity from primary COVID-19 vaccination or by the  more