NEW YORK, Aug. 7 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on Aug. 6, 2025, entitled "Business Employment Dynamics in Massachusetts - Fourth Quarter 2024": * * * From September 2024 to December 2024, gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments in Massachusetts were 175,796, while gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments were 169,582, the U.S. Bure  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 7 -- Boston University issued the following news: * * * Boston's Native Bees Are Under Threat. A BU Student Researcher Wants to Help Protect Them Biology undergraduate Matteo Finnerty's findings at the Arnold Arboretum could inform bumblebee-friendly plantings * In the 1920s, Boston University professor Otto Plath--a biologist and father of writer Sylvia Plath--studied insects at the Arnold Arboretum in Boston's Jamaica Plain neighborhood, where he observed 13 di  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Aug. 7 (TNSjou) -- The Broad Institute issued the following news on Aug. 6, 2025: * * * Breathing low-oxygen air slows Parkinson's progression in mice Low-oxygen air prevented and even reversed symptoms in a mouse model of Parkinson's disease. * Researchers from the Broad Institute and Mass General Brigham have shown that a low-oxygen environment -- similar to the thin air found at Mount Everest base camp -- can protect the brain and restore movement in mice with P  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Rep. Jake Auchincloss, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Auchincloss Introduces Resolution Honoring Community Health Centers * Washington, D.C. \- Congressman Jake Auchincloss (MA-04), a member of the Congressional Community Health Center Caucus, joined Reps. David Valadao (CA-22), Troy Balderson (OH-12), and Danny Davis (IL-07), to introduce a bipartisan resolution designating the week of August 3, 2025 as National Health Center Week  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 6 [Category: BizHospital] -- The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute issued the following news release: * * * Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston Children's Hospital, and Broad Clinical Labs launch precision genomics initiative for pediatric cancer * In a pioneering collaboration aimed at transforming pediatric cancer diagnostics and research, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston Children's Hospital, and Broad Clinical Labs have announced the formation of BrightSeq -- B  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 6 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Goodwin, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Goodwin Represented Harbour BioMed in Global Strategic Collaboration for up to $670 Million with Otsuka to Advance BCMAxCD3 Bispecific T-Cell Engagers * The Life Sciences team represented Harbour BioMed in a global strategic collaboration with Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. to advance BCMAxCD3 bispecific T-cell engagers for the treatment of autoimmune diseases. Under the t  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Aug. 6 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Helping data storage keep up with the AI revolution * Artificial intelligence is changing the way businesses store and access their data. That's because traditional data storage systems were designed to handle simple commands from a handful of users at once, whereas today, AI systems with millions of agents need to continuously access and process large amounts of data in parallel. T  more

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, Aug. 6 [Category: BizEngineering] -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, posted the following news: * * * John Hapkiewicz Named Wethersfield Managing Director * VHB is pleased to announce the appointment of John Hapkiewicz as the Managing Director of the Wethersfield, Connecticut, and Springfield, Massachusetts offices. In this pivotal role, Hapkiewicz will lead VHB's  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 7 -- Liberty Mutual Insurance Group issued the following news release: * * * Liberty Mutual Insurance Reports Second Quarter 2025 Results BOSTON, Mass., August 6, 2025 - Liberty Mutual Holding Company Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively "LMHC" or the "Company") reported net income attributable to LMHC of $1.845 billion and $2.870 billion for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, versus income of $717 million and $2.252 billion for the same periods in 20  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Markey, Huffman Lead Colleagues in Opposing Trump's Reckless Threats to the Western Arctic * Washington (August 5, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Committee, led 27 Democratic colleagues in writing to the Department of the Interior condemning the Trum  more

SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts, Aug. 7 -- The MassMutual Foundation issued the following news release: * * * MassMutual Foundation honors dedication of financial professionals with $275,000 in donations to nonprofit organizations SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - The MassMutual Foundation has awarded $275,000 to eligible nonprofit organizations through its annual Community Service Award (CSA) program. These charitable contributions - which include two $25,000 awards, fifteen $10,000 awards, and fifteen $5,000  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The Mid-Atlantic/Northeast Visibility Union (MANEVU), Boston, Massachusetts, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) expressing strong opposition to the agency's proposed approval of Texas' regional haze State Implementation Plan (SIP) for the Second Implementation Period. The comments also address the EPA's intention to withdraw its previous partial approvals and disapprovals of Texas' haze plans. In its public comment lette  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 6 [Category: BizHospital] -- Mass General Brigham issued the following news release: * * * Research Spotlight: New PET Tracer Can Reveal Deeper Insights into Multiple Sclerosis * Pedro Brugarolas, PhD, of the Department of Radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital, and Eric Klawiter, MD, MSc, of the Department of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital, are co-senior authors of a paper published in the European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imagi  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Aug. 6 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * School of Architecture and Planning welcomes new faculty for 2025 * Four new faculty members join the School of Architecture and Planning (SA+P) this fall, offering the MIT community creativity, knowledge, and scholarship in multidisciplinary roles. "These individuals add considerable strength and depth to our faculty," says Hashim Sarkis, dean of the School of Architecture and Pl  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Statement by Senator Warren on Trump Executive Order Criminalizing Homelessness U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, released the following statement on President Trump's executive order to criminalize homelessness: "The nation's homeless  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 5 [Category: BizHospital] -- Mass General Brigham issued the following news release: * * * Treatment for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Lowers Heart Risk for Some Patients, Increases Risk for Others * Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), where blockages in the airways cause breathing to uncontrollably stop and start during sleep, is a common sleep-related breathing disorder. Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machines can reduce interrupted sleep for patients with OSA.  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 7 (TNSrep) -- The Health and Fitness Association (formerly the International Health Racquet and Sportsclub Association) issued the following news release: * * * US Gym Visitation on the Rise in 2025, According to New HFA Tracker Fitness facility foot traffic increased 3.5% in the first half of 2025, with HVLP and mid-priced gyms leading the way. * BOSTON - The US commercial fitness industry extended its momentum from 2024 as visits to gyms, studios, and other fit  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Warren Calls for Comprehensive GAO Review of U.S. Foreign Investment Safeguards Warren urges review of whether CFIUS and FOCI programs have enough rigor to protect national security * U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee sent a letter to   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Warren Calls on Atkins to Disclosure Buyer of Lucrative Consulting Business Letter follows Atkins's failure to disclose buyer after Warren pressed him to commit to do so at nomination hearing "Avoiding the appearance of impropriety goes hand-in-hand with your ability to effectively regulate securities markets" * U  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren Warns Dick's Sporting Goods' Acquisition of Foot Locker Could Raise Back-To-School Prices for Families, Threaten Workers and Small Businesses * Deal could lead to higher prices while more than half of parents "plan to sacrifice necessities, such as groceries," because of rising prices for back-to-school shopping, including sneakers "The combination of Dick's Sporting Goods and Foot  more