AUGUSTA, Georgia, March 18 (TNSjou) -- Augusta University issued the following news release on March 17, 2023: About 17% of women with unexplained infertility also have gene variants known to cause disease, from common conditions like heart disease to rare problems like ALS, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University researchers report. Theirs appears to be the first study to identify an increased prevalence of disease-causing genetic variants in females with unexplained infertility, the  more

DALLAS, Texas, March 18 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 17, 2023, entitled "Employer Costs for Employee Compensation for the Regions - December 2022": Private industry employer costs for employee compensation among the four regions of the country ranged from $35.52 per hour in the South to $46.57 in the Northeast in December 2022, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, March 17 -- The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management issued the following news release: The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is announcing that depending on weather and wind conditions, it plans on conducting low-severity prescribed burns on state lands in Exeter and Coventry and on Prudence Island starting sometime in the last two weeks of March or the first week of April, excluding weekends. DEM will advise the public again several days bef  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 18 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, Rachael S. Rollins, issued the following news release: Assistant U.S. Attorney (AUSA) Amanda P. Masselam Strachan, Co-Chief of United States Attorney Rollins' Criminal Division, has been selected by the National Association of Former United States Attorneys (NAFUSA) as the recipient of its 2023 J. Michael Bradford Memorial Award for Most Outstanding Assistant United States Attorney. Each year, the distingu  more

MIAMI, Florida, March 18 (TNStalk) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Southeast Fisheries Science Center issued the following Q&A on March 17, 2023, with research fishery biologist Dionne Hoskins-Brown: * * * As part of the Faces of the Southeast Fisheries Science center Series, meet Dr. Dionne Hoskins-Brown. * * * Where did you grow up? For the most part I grew up in Savannah, Georgia. Before that I was in Lexington, South Carolina; Detroit, Michigan; and Cleveland, O  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Todd Young (R-IN) reintroduced the bipartisan American Innovation and Jobs Act to support research and development (R&D) investments by innovative small businesses and startups. Currently, companies and startups investing in R&D can claim tax incentives that help them to invest in developing new, innovative products that lead to additional jobs and a stronger e  more

CALLAGHAN, Australia, March 17 (TNSres) -- The University of Newcastle issued the following news: * * * More than $17.6 million has been awarded to Newcastle researchers working to better support patients and their carers in the latest Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) round administered by the Australian Government. * * * Researchers from the University of Newcastle, Hunter Medical Research Institute and Hunter New England Local Health District will focus on 10 new projects, including imp  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, March 14 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio issued the following news release: Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio melanoma expert Monte Shaheen, MD, was part of a team of investigators that conducted a phase II clinical trial funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to determine the efficacy and safety of administering the immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab before and after surgery in high-risk melanoma patients. Recently pu  more