BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 24 (TNSRep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - New England Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 23, 2022, entitled "Boston Area Employment - January 2022": Total nonfarm employment for the Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH, metropolitan area increased by 126,800 over the year in January, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See chart 1 and table 1.) Regional Commissioner William J. Sibley noted tha  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news on March 23, 2022: Gov. Dan McKee is making a critical investment in additional offshore wind energy to help Rhode Island meet its goal of 100% renewable energy by the end of the decade. Gov. McKee today announced legislation that jumpstarts the process to create an additional 600 megawatts of offshore wind energy. When completed, the new project, in conjunction with the other wind projects already completed   more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, March 24 (TNSJou) -- Johns Hopkins Medicine issued the following news release: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a novel therapy for patients with metastatic or inoperable melanoma, an aggressive type of skin cancer. The treatment, developed based on original research conducted at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, is comprised of two immunotherapy agents, relatlimab (anti-LAG-3) and nivolumab (anti-PD-1), which delayed time to cancer progression signi  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, March 24 (TNSRep) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond issued the following economic brief (No. 22-11) in March 2022. The economic brief was written by Santiago Pinto, senior economist and policy advisor in the research department. * * * The interests of districts play a crucial role in trade policymaking. Districts with heterogenous political and economic preferences form coalitions and bargain in the legislature to reach an acceptable trade policy. Such complicated pr  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 (TNSJou) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health issued the following news release on March 23, 2022: Hydrocortisone is no more effective than placebo at preventing damage that can result from oxygen and ventilator therapy necessary to keep preterm infants alive, according to research funded by the National Institutes of Health. The study of a potential treatment for the condition, known as bronchopulmonary dysplasia, appears in th  more

WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, March 24 (TNSRes) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Northeast Fisheries Science Center issued the following news: * * * A photo gallery of ships has graced the wall outside the Directorate Office at the Science Center in Woods Hole for approximately 40 years. * ** The ships represented in the gallery, both surface and submersible, have served as platforms for research by the Northeast Fisheries Science Center since the 1960s. Most of the ship  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following opening statement on March 23, 2022: * * * The Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held a hearing about promoting American energy security while reducing emissions. Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), as prepared for delivery. "Thank you, Chairman Carper. "I also want to thank our witnesses for coming here today. It's nice to see my former col  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: The Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held a hearing about promoting American energy security while reducing emissions. Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), as prepared for delivery. "Thank you, Chairman Carper. "I also want to thank our witnesses for coming her  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- The White House issued the following transcript of a news briefing on March 23, 2022, by the White House COVID-19 Response Team and public health officials: * * * MR. ZIENTS: Good afternoon. And thanks for joining us. Today, Dr. Walensky will share the latest on the state of the pandemic and the BA.2 variant, Dr. Fauci will then discuss NIH's critical role in the research development of COVID therapeutics, and Secretary Becerra and I will discuss the clear consequences   more