KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Jan. 28 [Category: Sports] -- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics issued the following news release: * * * 2024-25 NAIA Men's Basketball Players of the Week - No. 7 (January 28) KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Keenan Jones of Missouri Valley secured NAIA Men's Basketball Offensive Player of the Week honors, and Collin Parker of Columbia (Mo.) was named the NAIA Men's Basketball Defensive Player of the Week. The duo was selected based on their performances from Janu  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Jan. 29 [Category: Sports] -- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics issued the following news release: * * * 2024-25 NAIA Women's Swimmer/Diver of the Month - No. 3 (January 29) KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Maaike Broersma of Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) has been named the NAIA Women's Swimmer of the Month. Swimmers/Divers are evaluated on their performance during the month before the announcement. Each swimmer/diver is selected out of a pool of nominees from around the c  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: * * * ADVISORY: Clean Energy & Consumer Advocates to Release St. Louis Energy Burden Report St. Louis, Mo \- A group of clean energy and consumer advocates will hold a press conference to unveil a new report that details the financial, health, geographic, and educational disparities and recommendations related to energy burden in St. Louis. Energy burden is defined as the percentage of household   more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, Jan. 29 [Category: Media]-- The Association of Health Care Journalists issued the following news: * * * Kennedy's hearings for HHS Secretary start today: What Americans need to know The past two weeks have been a dizzying whirlwind of executive orders, halting all health agencies' public-facing communications and freezing all federal funding until a federal judge's temporary restraining order paused that order. The flurry of executive orders -- some legal, some likely not   more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Jan. 29 [Category: Business] -- The Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry issued the following news: * * * Missouri Chamber supports Gov. Kehoe's vision for securing Missouri's future January 29, 2025 Less than a minute read # Gov. Mike Kehoe delivered his first State of the State address on Jan. 28, 2025, with many of his priorities aligning with the business community's top concerns: public safety, economic development, legal climate reform and child care.  more

ITASCA, Illinois, Jan. 29 (TNSres) -- The American Academy of Pediatrics issued the following news release: A case report describes a 13-month-old's unintentional ingestion of water beads, which led to serious medical problems requiring surgery. Ashley Haugen, the child's mother and president of That Water Bead Lady INC., collaborated with physicians Elizabeth Friedman MD, MPH from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine and Irina Duff, MD, PhD from Johns Hopkins University to  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, Jan. 29 [Category: Media]-- The Association of Health Care Journalists issued the following news: * * * Tips for covering the controversy surrounding pulse oximeters The U.S. Food and Drug Administration in early January released a proposed guidance document advising how manufacturers should evaluate and label pulse oximeters used for medical purposes. Pulse oximeters -- noninvasive devices placed on a finger and used to measure a patient's blood oxygen level and pulse --   more