BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 14 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - New England Regional Information Office issued the following report on April 12, 2023, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Boston-Cambridge-Newton - March 2023": Prices in the Boston area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 0.2 percent for the two months ending in March 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table A.) Regional  more

GROTON, Connecticut, April 14 -- The U.S. Navy's Chief of Naval Operations issued the following news release: Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Mike Gilday traveled to Groton, Connecticut, April 13, and visited General Dynamics Electric Boat with Rep. Joe Courtney (D-Conn.). During the visit, they met with Electric Boat leadership, received program briefs, and toured shipyard facilities. "We're working side by side with Congress and industry to build the most ready and lethal fleet we can,  more

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news brief: * * * Rhode Island power plant maintains safety distinction since 2005 * * * Participant: Tiverton Power Tiverton, Rhode Island Description: Tiverton Power employs about 20 workers at this site, a natural gas power plant generating electricity for the New England power grid. Duration: OSHA first recognized the facility in 2005 as a "Star" site, the highest l  more

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on April 12, 2023: A doctor made his initial appearance today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to face illegal distribution of opioids charges. According to court documents, Dr. Ndubuisi Joseph Okafor, 63, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, allegedly distributed oxycodone to individuals outside the usual course of professional practice and without a legitimate medical purpose from his medi  more

WASHINGTON, April 14 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health issued the following news release: Tranexamic acid appears no more effective than placebo in reducing the need for blood transfusion or preventing maternal death in patients with increased risk for excessive bleeding because of cesarean delivery, according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health. Tranexamic acid slows the natural breakdown of blood clots and was consid  more

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire, April 14 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on April 13, 2023: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) hosted a roundtable discussion with U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) and New Hampshire family care providers at the Planned Parenthood of Northern New England (PPNNE) Manchester Health Center. The discussion centered around the recent ruling out of Texas from U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk -  more

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following notice (Docket No. FD 36688) entitled "Green Mountain Railroad Corp. - Trackage Rights Exemption - New England Central Railroad, Inc.": * * * Green Mountain Railroad Corporation (GMRC) has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 C.F.R. Sec. 1180.2(d)(7) for acquisition of overhead trackage rights over approximately 61.4 miles of rail line owned by New England Central Railroad  more

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, April 13 (TNSres) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: * * * John Taylor and colleagues hope to identify opportunities for policymaking support * * * John Taylor, associate professor of agroecology at the University of Rhode Island, has received a $973,479 award from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, one of 12 to receive funding through the institute's Urban, Indoor, and Other Emerging Agricultural Production Research, Education a  more

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, April 13 (TNSjou) -- The University of North Carolina's Gillings School of Global Public Health issued the following news: New research led by the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health shows that bivalent COVID-19 boosters are still providing effective protection from hospitalization and death, even against the most recent omicron subvariants. Published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), researchers found that the bivalent boosters were   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 13 (TNSres) -- The University of Massachusetts System issued the following news release: * * * Includes $745 million (93%) in STEM for FY22. * * * The University of Massachusetts research enterprise grew to $813 million in fiscal year 2022, an eight percent increase over the previous year, according to the five-campus system's latest annual research report. Annual R&D at the Amherst, Boston, Dartmouth, Lowell, and Medical School campuses of UMass has grown by 23  more

OTTAWA, Ontario, April 13 (TNSjou) -- The University of Ottawa issued the following news: * * * Innovative clinical trial answers long-standing question and paves the way for lower-cost pragmatic trials * * * A large clinical trial of more than 8,700 patients published in the New England Journal of Medicine concluded that the sex of a donor has no effect on the survival of recipients of red blood cell transfusions. "Some observational studies had suggested female donor blood might be linked  more