SCHAUMBURG, Illinois, July 11 -- The Emergency Nurses Association issued the following news release: * * * Established in 2011, the ENA Lantern Award recognizes excellence in emergency departments * * * Since its establishment in 2011, the ENA Lantern Award has recognized emergency departments for demonstrating exceptional and innovative leadership, practice, education, advocacy and research. The 2024 class of ENA Lantern Award recipients is the largest yet, with a total of 94 emergency dep  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 10 [Category: Medical] -- The American Medical Association issued the following news release: The following statement is attributable to: Bobby Mukkamala, M.D. President-elect, American Medical Association "The American Medical Association (AMA) appreciates the Biden administration's work to clarify privacy protections applicable to reproductive health care information by including a new information blocking exception in the Office of the National Coordinator for Heal  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 11 -- The American Library Association issued the following news release: SAN DIEGO - More than 13,500 attendees gathered in San Diego, CA, for the largest library event in the world. The ALA Annual Conference and Exhibition took place at the San Diego Convention Center from June 28 to July 2. Total attendance was 13,532, with 8,439 of them being attendees and 5,093 being exhibitors, authors, illustrators, press and staff. Against a backdrop of increasing censorship an  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 11 -- The American Marketing Association issued the following news release: * * * Mike Brady of Florida State University Announced as New AMA Board Chair * * * The American Marketing Association (AMA) is pleased to announce new members for the 2025 Board of Directors term. The AMA Board of Directors is made up of volunteer leaders and impactful marketing visionaries who are providing insight and guidance to create the essential community for marketers. The new Board   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 10 [Category: Medical] -- The American Medical Association issued the following news release: The following statement is attributable to: Bruce A. Scott, M.D. President, American Medical Association "With CMS estimating a fifth consecutive year of Medicare payment reductions--this time by 2.8 percentit's evident that Congress must solve this problem. In addition to the cut, CMS predicts that the Medicare Economic Index (MEI)the measure of practice cost inflation--will  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 11 -- Chicago Teachers Union issued the following news release: * * * "City educators urge CPS leadership to be visionary and build a budget to transform our public schools." * * * For decades, Chicago's educators have been fighting to create the schools our city's children deserve. This fight has resulted in more clinicians, social workers, educators, special education investments, classroom resources for our most vulnerable CPS students, and smaller class sizes for   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 10 [Category: Business] -- The National Marine Manufacturers Association issued the following news release: For the second year, Discover Boating is partnering with premier celebrity golf tournament, American Century Championship (ACC), and NBC Sports to bring the fun of boating to a new and engaged audience. Throughout the week July 12-14, Discover Boating's new See You Out Here campaign spots, including "Voices" and "Beyond the Diamond" will air on the Golf Channel du  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 11 (TNSres) -- The Field Museum issued the following news release: A team of archaeologists, led by Field Museum scientist Luis Muro Ynonan, has unearthed the remains of what appears to be a four-thousand-year-old temple and theater in coastal Peru. "It was amazing," says Muro Ynonan, a research scientist in the Negaunee Integrative Research Center at the Field Museum in Chicago. "This discovery tells us about the early origins of religion in Peru. We still know very li  more

LA GRANGE PARK, Illinois, July 11 (TNSres) -- The American Nuclear Society posted the following news: An analysis of the LDR-50 low-temperature nuclear district heating reactor, developed by Steady Energy, indicates that "significant reductions in CO2 emissions can be achieved by replacing fossil heating fuels with nuclear energy [district heating]." The study, conducted by researchers from the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and published in the journal Energies, describes carbon foot  more

DES PLAINES, Illinois, July 11 -- GTI Energy issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: Today, GTI Energy announced new leadership and members of its Board of Directors. Mr. Nickolas Stavropoulos, an internationally recognized utility safety culture leader, and Mr. John Somerhalder II, a seasoned energy industry executive experienced in governance and strategy execution, will serve as Chair and Vice Chair of GTI Energy's Board of Directors, effective July 1. The board also elected two  more

ITASCA, Illinois, July 11 -- The National Safety Council issued the following news on July 10, 2024: * * * Part of the NSC Occupational Awards Program, the Industry Leader Awards, recognize outstanding achievements of NSC members. * * * The National Safety Council announced today 35 organizations will receive Industry Leader Awards in 2024 for excellent safety performance within their industries. The Industry Leader Awards are one component of the NSC Occupational Awards Program, which recog  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- The Government Accountability Project issued the following news release: Government Accountability Project, which has been investigating the East Palestine Train Derailment and response since last August, expresses grave concern over the recent train derailments in Illinois and North Dakota. These incidents, only a week apart, have resulted in the spill and subsequent burning of hazardous chemicals and mirror problems with the response to the derailment in East Palestine.  more

LISLE, Illinois, July 11 (TNSres) -- The Water Quality Association issued the following news release: Research into surrogate compound(s) that can be used as standards to evaluate the effectiveness of activated carbon and ion exchange technologies in removing a wide range of PFAS from drinking water has been funded by the Water Quality Research Foundation. University of British Columbia researchers will discuss their work in a July 23 webinar. The results will inform better testing protocols f  more