WASHINGTON, March 3 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-23-0397) on March 1, 2023: In 2022, annual average unemployment rates decreased in 49 states and the District of Columbia, while the rate was little changed in 1 state, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment- population ratios increased in 36 states and the District and were little changed in 14 states. The U.S. jobless rate declined by 1.7 perc  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, March 3 (TNSper) -- Brown University issued the following news release: Brown University President Christina H. Paxson has been elected to the board of directors for the American Council of Education, the major coordinating body for U.S. colleges and universities. ACE announced the election of Paxson and other higher education leaders to its board during its Thursday, March 2, business meeting. All new members will begin their terms in April 2023 under the leadership   more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, March 3 (TNSrep) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia's Consumer Finance Institute issued a working paper (No. WP 20-42) in February 2023 entitled "Missouri's Medicaid Contraction and Consumer Financial Outcomes." The working paper was written by James Bailey, Nathan Blascak and Slava Mikhed. Here are excerpts: * * * Abstract In July 2005, the state of Missouri implemented a series of cuts to its Medicaid program. These cuts resulted in the elimination of   more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the following statement on March 1, 2023, by Commissioner Allison Clements on a decision (Docket Nos. ER22-983-000, ER22-983-001) involving ISO New England and New England Power Pool Participants Committee: * * * I concur with the Commission's Order because, importantly, it finds that ISO New England has not fully complied with Order No. 2222's metering and telemetry requirements. The Commission   more

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, March 2 (TNSper) -- The Medical College of Wisconsin issued the following news release: Matthew Cooper, MD, has been appointed Chief of the Division of Transplantation in the Department of Surgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW), Director of the Joint Solid Organ Transplantation Program at Froedtert Health and Children's Wisconsin, and the Mark B. Adams Chair in Transplant Surgery. Most recently, he served as Director of Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation and Me  more

LONDON, England, March 2 -- GlaxoSmithKline, a biopharmaceutical company, issued the following news release: GSK plc (LSE/NYSE: GSK) today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) voted that the available data support the safety and effectiveness of GSK's respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) older adult vaccine candidate for the prevention of lower respiratory tract disease (LRTD) caused by RSV in adults aged 60 y  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-New York, issued the following news release on March 1, 2023: In case you missed it, the New York Post covered Congresswoman Elise Stefanik's charge to hold the Biden Administration accountable for Biden's border crisis. Following reports that the Swanton Sector of the Northern Border has seen an 846% increase in illegal crossings since October and more illegal crossings in January than the previous 12 Januarys, Stefanik led a letter to Department   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 2 (TNSgov) -- GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders posted the following news release on March 1, 2023: Connecticut families and reproductive rights and LGBTQ+ advocates testified yesterday before the Human Services Committee in support of legislation that will promote equity in access to family building, fertility preservation, and reproductive health care. HB 6617, An Act Promoting Equity in Coverage for Fertility Health Care, is part of the legislative agenda for t  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 (TNSjou) -- Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility issued the following news release and letter: In a letter printed in the latest issue of Science, three experts register deep concern with the recent Congressional action to delay for six years long overdue safeguards to prevent entanglement by highly endangered North Atlantic Right Whales in fishing gear. With less than 350 remaining, this congressional intervention may push this population to extinction. Author  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 (TNStalk) -- The NAACP issued the following statement on March 1, 2023, by Ivory Toldson, director of education, innovation and research: * * * NAACP Director of Education Innovation and Research, Dr. Ivory Toldson, Releases Statement on Secretary Miquel Cardona's Meeting with NAACP State Education Chairs. "On February 28, 2023, U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona convened with NAACP State Conference education chairs to confront pressing matters facing Black communi  more

UNIVERSITY CITY, Pennsylvania, March 2 (TNSjou) (TNSres) -- The University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Emily Largent, JD, PhD, RN, Peter Reese, MD, PhD, and Dominic Sisti, PhD, MBE, are acknowledged for their outstanding accomplishments in ethics and health * * * Three faculty from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have been named 2023 Hastings Center Fellows. Emily Largent, PhD, RN, an assistant profe  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 2 (TNSjou) -- The University of California San Francisco campus issued the following news release: * * * Mandates May Help Reduce Health Care Inequities for Minorities, Low-Income Workers * * * An estimated 300,000 additional employees received colorectal cancer screening in a two-year period, following mandated paid sick leave in 57 metropolitan areas across the U.S. And about 250,000 additional workers underwent breast cancer screenings in a two-year period  more

WEST HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 3 (TNSfund) -- The University of Hartford issued the following news: * * * As interest in undergraduate nursing soars at the University of Hartford, students will soon benefit from additional scholarships and faculty support through a $1.2 million state grant. * * * UHart's College of Education, Nursing and Health Professions received the funding through the CT Health Horizons Grant Program, a new initiative aiming to make an impact on the statewide workforc  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, March 2 (TNSgov) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: The Media Education Lab at the University of Rhode Island launched on Tuesday Courageous RI, an initiative to provide interactive, hands-on training that counters disinformation, enhances civic participation, and improves media literacy. Funded with a $700,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Courageous RI was the only New England grant recipient in this national effort to  more

HOUSTON, Texas, March 3 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston issued the following news: Seizures can be predicted more than 30 minutes before onset in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy, opening the door to a therapy using electrodes that could be activated to prevent seizures from happening, according to new research from UTHealth Houston. The study, led by Sandipan Pati, MD, associate professor in the Department of Neurology with McGovern Medical School at U  more

HOUSTON, Texas, March 2 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas's MD Anderson Cancer Center issued the following news release on March 1, 2023: * * * Starting pembrolizumab before surgery instead of waiting until after surgery significantly improves the outlook for patients with stage III-IV melanoma * * * Patients with high-risk melanoma who received the immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab both before and after surgery to remove cancerous tissue had a significantly lower risk of their cancer recur  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, March 2 (TNSper) -- The University of Vermont issued the following news on March 1, 2023: The University of Vermont Board of Trustees today re-elected Ron Lumbra to serve as chair and welcomed three new members following a special meeting. Lumbra, who is scheduled to serve on the board until March 2028, was re-elected as the board's chair for a fourth one-year term. Lumbra is a partner in the CEO & Board Practice of Heidrick & Struggles and based in New York. Previously, L  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 3 (TNSjou) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: Vanderbilt was the lead site for an NIH-funded, phase 2, multicenter influenza vaccine study in pediatric allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HCT) recipients that may lead to a change in the current flu vaccine recommendations in this vulnerable population. The study was published in the New England Journal of Medicine, and the authors found that two doses of high-dose trivalent  more