KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Feb. 13 [Category: Sports] -- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics posted the following news release: * * * 2025 NAIA Men's Wrestling National Championships Allocations Announced KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has announced the allocations for the 68th Annual NAIA Men's Wrestling National Championships, held March 6-8, 2025 at Park City Arena in Park City, Kansas. Each conference tournament was awarded  more

CANTON, Ohio, Feb. 13 [Category: Sports] -- The National Football League posted the following news: * * * Full list of prospects invited to 2025 NFL Scouting Combine The NFL released the list of players invited to the 2025 NFL Scouting Combine on Thursday. A total of 329 prospects have been invited to attend this year's event, which will take place in Indianapolis from February 24 through March 3. Here are the invitees, sorted by position. Tune in for live coverage of the 2025 NFL Scouting   more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, Feb. 13 [Category: Media] -- The Association of Health Care Journalists issued the following news: * * * How to use 'elimination' and 'eradication' correctly in infectious disease reporting When a new measles outbreak makes the news -- such as the expanding one in West Texas -- journalists usually note that vaccination enabled the elimination of the disease in the U.S. in 2000. But the term "eliminated" is often conflated or substituted with the term "eradicated" in discus  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Feb. 13 [Category: Sports] -- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics posted the following news release: * * * NAIA Announces Host Site for 2027 and 2028 Women's Golf National Championships KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has selected Dalton Golf and Country Club in Dalton, Georgia, and Dalton State College (Ga.) as hosts for the 2027 and 2028 NAIA Women's Golf National Championships. "Following a successfu  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Feb. 14 (TNSres) -- The Washington University School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Next-gen Alzheimer's drugs extend independent living by months New analysis recasts benefits of treatment in relation to day-to-day impacts on patients' lives By Tamara Schneider An Alzheimer's patient with very mild symptoms who undergoes treatment with one of the new, next-generation therapies could expect to gain eight or 10 months living independently, according  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, Feb. 12 [Category: Media] -- The Association of Health Care Journalists issued the following news: * * * Redlining's lingering public health legacy The enduring health impacts of redlining -- an institutionalized practice that segregated communities by race for decades until it was banned in 1968 -- are compounding. A new study revealed that children and young adults with cancer who previously lived in redlined neighborhoods have increased risk of death. Researchers found  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Feb. 14 -- The Washington University School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Study highlights barriers to genetic testing for Black children WashU Medicine's pediatric neurology uses findings to improve testing access for kids with suspected genetic disorders By Tamara Schneider A recent study by WashU Medicine researchers found Black children were about half as likely as white children to obtain genetic testing ordered by their neurologists. The res  more